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Tories accuse Brown of selling out the City
PM accused of failing to protect British national interest by handing the French a powerful European post which could allow them to shackle the City of London.
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Politics is a nice little earner – if you're a Tory
Saturday, 21 November 2009
Harvard study reveals the financial benefits of winning a seat in the House of Commons
David Curry: 'I'm Yorkshire's second-cheapest MP'
Saturday, 21 November 2009
Conservative forced to quit anti-sleaze committee over expenses hits back
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Saturday, 21 November 2009
The plot thickens*Yesterday, we learnt that the Tory MP David Curry has resigned the chairmanship of the Parliamentary Standards Committee because he has been claiming for a second home that he rarely uses because his wife allegedly would not let him because that was where she suspected he had conducted an affair.
Illegal downloaders face broadband limits
Friday, 20 November 2009
Michael Savage: Copyright abusers could even be cut off under new laws published by the Government today.
Ashcroft asked questions in Lords about tropical idylls
Friday, 20 November 2009
Caribbean the focus of Tory donor's recent queries in the upper house
Benefits could be axed to fund care for the elderly
Friday, 20 November 2009
Central plank of Queen's Speech in danger of collapsing after attack from all sides
Brown appeals to Labour MPs over Afghan war
Friday, 20 November 2009
Email attempts to head off calls for a Commons vote on pulling out troops
Expenses-row MP dismisses 'house ban' claim
Friday, 20 November 2009
The head of the Commons committee that deals with MPs' expenses abuse dismissed an allegation that his wife banned him from the constituency home he claimed for as "akin to Harry Potter" today.
Brown: We'll provide what's needed in flood crisis
Friday, 20 November 2009
The Government will provide anything needed to help during the flooding which has seen hundreds of people evacuated from their homes, Gordon Brown said today.
Police chiefs issue threat over Tory plans
Friday, 20 November 2009
Chief constables could resign if a Tory government presses ahead with plans to put police forces under the control of directly-elected local commissioners, the senior officers' leader warned today.
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6 Baroness Young, enemy of gay rights, dies at 75
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9 Man who killed his wife while sleeping goes free
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