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's annual meeting. With an election due by June, which Brown's Labour party appears set to lose to Cameron's Tories, one of the biggest debates is how to fix soaring public finances that were hit by recession and the global...
Rewriting history? And you can imagine the shelves of seed trays trembling as former Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair hammered out splenetic passages about those he blames for his downfall. The fact that he got a...
Labour leader Phil Goff is standing by South Australian Premier Mike Rann and does not believe allegations made against him.Mr Rann has been defending himself after an ex-barmaid's made claims in paid...
• Director of prosecutions to decide if trials take place • Accused parliamentarians all deny wrongdoing Scotland Yard believes it has uncovered enough evidence to bring criminal charges against four MPs and peers for allegedly...
Britain's traditional adherence to strong governments with solid, first-past-the-post majorities is actually at variance with the facts. Take away minority governments at Westminster, usually Liberal with Labour support (or...
Scottish politician and Labour MP who spent much of his time at Westminster on the opposition benches John McWilliam, who has died at the age of 68 following complications from pneumonia, was Labour MP for the Blaydon...
A Labour councillor, magistrate and union representative Rosemary Maher, who has died at the age of 81, served as a Labour councillor in Tower Hamlets, east London, from 1974 to 1978. She held various offices within the party,...
• Committee urges quick vote on Commons reform • Call for public to suggest debates via e-petitions "Achievable" but radical change to rebuild parliament's independence from the executive, including a new body of elected...
The appalling injustice done to wrongly accused Lofti Raissi ( Secret files show UK courts were misled over 9/11 suspects , 23 November) of course demands an apology from Jack Straw and former ministers. It also justifies the...
David Cameron: The Tory leader was being regarded as the next Prime Minister all but in name As if some hidden hand is mischievously shaking a giant kaleidoscope, the political landscape in Britain has shifted once again. The...
