Harbinger of doom David "Danny" Blanchflower says it is "perfectly feasible" that the economy will shrink again in the first and second quarters of 2011 after the slump at the end of 2010... more
By electing Ed Miliband leader, Labour has vacated the centre ground in the same way the Conservatives did in 1997, handing the future of politics to the Government, Cabinet minister Michael Gove claimed... more
Latest: Gordon Brown's determination to toughen cannabis laws soon after becoming Prime Minister was blamed for the furore around sacking of Government's top drugs adviser... more
Labour faces general election disaster in London that will put more than a third of its sitting MPs in danger, Evening Standard research reveals... more
Former Cabinet minister Charles Clarke today opened Labour tensions by calling for tax increases, deep spending cuts and cash charges to users of public services including the NHS.... more
Gordon Brown took a fresh battering as Labour MPs said he was “doomed” and former cabinet minister Charles Clarke said he was ashamed to be in the party... more
Georgia Gould isn’t the only child of a Labour dynasty making her mark in politics. Emily Hill reveals the other holders of famous names following the family tradition... more
Former home secretary Charles Clarke has denounced plans to build up to three "Titan" super prisons as a "major step backwards" in a powerful attack on government penal policy... more
Another day, another fightback in ruins. Charles Clarke's brutal intervention has ensured the Prime Minister's big economic speech tonight will be derailed just like his housing and fuel policy launches... more
Forget the Commons - London's finest restaurants are where all of the real political scheming takes place, as former Labour minister Gerald Kaufman reveals.... more
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