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MPs attack top civil servants over Thatcher tribute
Thursday 18 April 2013
Head mandarins praised Lady Thatcher as the 'best kind of boss'
Britain's honours system set for shake-up, with ministers given powers to 'fast track' nominations for knighthoods and other awards
Wednesday 23 January 2013
Ministers are to be given the power to ‘fast track’ nominations for knighthoods and other awards as part of plans to radically shake-up of Britain’s ancient honours system.
Plebgate may have been a ‘gigantic conspiracy’, admits man who let it lie
Thursday 10 January 2013
MPs give top civil servant Sir Jeremy Heywood a rough ride over Mitchell inquiry ordered by PM
Tory rebels give PM a bloody nose in fight over EU budget
Thursday 01 November 2012
Eurosceptics defy whips and join Labour to defeat Cameron and demand cut in Brussels spending
The Sketch: How ethical activity and processing propriety can make one forgetful...
Tuesday 19 June 2012
There is a Director of Propriety and Ethics for the Government. Is she busy? Are her days full of ethical activity, does she process much propriety?
Hunt acted 'wisely and fairly' says Cameron
Sunday 03 June 2012
David Cameron has defended his refusal to launch an investigation into Jeremy Hunt - insisting the Culture Secretary acted “wisely and fairly” and had given “a good account of himself”.
Cameron criticised over Fox probe
Saturday 17 March 2012
David Cameron came in for fresh criticism today over the investigation into former defence secretary Liam Fox's working relationship with his friend Adam Werritty.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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