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Ed Miliband fails to knife William Hague
Rumours swept the Palace of Westminster that William Hague was unwell. Labour’s bloodthirsty young leader, Ed Miliband, descended from his left-wing heartlands in the hill country of north-west London and attempted to finish Mr Hague off.
09 Mar 2011
Iain Gray confirms Labour university 'sell-out'
Labour’s Holyrood leader was last night accused of sacrificing Scotland’s universities for his party’s election campaign after ruling out introducing a graduate contribution.
09 Mar 2011
Benefits overhaul 'will hit cancer patients'
Cancer sufferers will be hit by Government plans to overhaul the benefits system, it was claimed last night.
09 Mar 2011
Timeline: From poor laws to rates to poll tax
Here is a timeline showing how local taxation has evolved in Britain.
09 Mar 2011
Public sector pensions will cost other taxpayers £1,600 each unless system reformed
Every taxpayer working in private industry will be forced to hand over almost £1,600 to pay for the public sector pension black hole unless the system is reformed, it has been claimed.
09 Mar 2011
Council tax frozen as authorities cut services
Council tax bills will be frozen next year as town hall chiefs cut services rather than passing on cost of slashed budgets.
08 Mar 2011
Tu-whit, tu-who: Simon Burns and John Bercow make it up
A miracle took place during health questions. Most of us had assumed that relations between John Bercow, the Speaker, and Simon Burns (C, Chelmsford) were incurably bad.
08 Mar 2011
Miliband is right – Labour got it wrong on crime and its causes
The party’s leader has broken with the Blairite theory that more prisoners means less crime, says Mary Riddell.
07 Mar 2011
William Hague turns pink with embarrassment after his Libyan tour goes wrong
How unfortunate to see a British Foreign Secretary being made to look like ropey travel agent whose ill-conceived arrangements have broken down. William Hague found himself forced to explain why the North African spring break which he had arranged, or at least sanctioned, had to be cancelled after his entire tour group was arrested in the middle of the night while looking for a hotel.
07 Mar 2011
Downing Street puts arm around Duke of York
Downing Street yesterday moved to defend the Duke of York’s position as United Kingdom trade envoy amid concerns about anonymous briefings against him from within No 10.
07 Mar 2011
Expenses watchdog 'spent £300,000 on luxury chairs'
The new watchdog in charge of policing MPs’ expenses spent £300,000 of taxpayers’ money furnishing its offices including hundreds of pounds on luxury chairs.
07 Mar 2011
Cherie Blair to lead Labour Party policy review
Move raises prospect that she could take a seat in the House of Lords.
07 Mar 2011
Prescott to read Shipping Forecast
Word-mangling politician to read the late-night bulletin for Comic Relief.
07 Mar 2011
David Miliband: losing leadership battle still hurts
David Miliband has admitted that life after losing out to his brother in the Labour leadership bid, admitting ''sometimes hurts.''
06 Mar 2011
Blair the 'back seat driver' tells Ed Miliband to up his game
Tony Blair has opened himself up to charges of being Labour's "back seat driver" by privately warning party leader Ed Miliband to improve his performance.
06 Mar 2011
Miliband celebrates Barnsley victory
Labour leader Ed Miliband on Dan Jarvis's Barnsley by-election victory.
04 Mar 2011
Labour victor is former Parachute Regiment officer
Former Parachute Regiment officer Dan Jarvis's background is a long way from the coal mining and trade union heritage you might expect from the new representative for Barnsley Central.
04 Mar 2011
MPs debate the sombre topic of how we look after veterans
Liam Fox, the Defence Secretary, paid tribute to Lance Corporal Liam Tasker, of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, who has been killed in Afghanistan: “He and his working dog Theo who also died undoubtedly saved the lives of men.”
03 Mar 2011
Disgraced expenses MPs received thousands
MPs caught up in the expenses scandal claimed thousands of pounds for closing their offices after the general election.
02 Mar 2011
Colonel Gaddafi fails to follow David Cameron's script
David Cameron’s sabre rattled a bit less loudly on Wednesday than it had on Monday. When Ed Miliband asked how the proposal for a no-fly zone now stands, the Prime Minister replied that we are putting “every possible pressure on the Libyan regime” and it is “the job of leaders of the western world to prepare for every eventuality”.
02 Mar 2011
Nick Clegg: voters should have right to expel MPs convicted of a criminal offence
Voters will have the right in future to sack their Member of Parliament if they are found guilty of a criminal offence, Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, has said.
01 Mar 2011
Nick Clegg runs out of credibility
Nick Clegg’s first appearance at the Dispatch Box since his skiing holiday cannot be regarded as a success. It was like watching a supply teacher being torn to pieces by a gang of hooligans.
01 Mar 2011
Gordon Brown 'blocked knighthood' for Steve Jobs
Brown refused to knight the Apple boss after he turned down an invitation to speak at a Labour Party conference.
01 Mar 2011
Labour accused of covering up warnings about immigration
Secret research commissioned by Labour ministers warned that the number of immigrants moving to Britain threatened to drive down wages and inflame community tensions, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.
01 Mar 2011
State pensions are so complex that even Government officials can’t work them out
The state pension has become so complex that even Government officials are unable to work out how much people will receive on their retirement, a senior minister has said.
01 Mar 2011
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