The company belonging to the back-to-work tsar, Emma Harrison, which is being looked at by Thames Valley Police in connection with allegations of fraud by employees, has been investigated nine times since 2005 by the Department for Work and Pensions.

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Government is urged to tax profits of the Big Six

One hundred leading figures are today urging the Government to tackle the predatory behaviour of big energy companies by introducing a new levy on their profits.

The Big Six energy suppliers increased their profit margins by 733 per cent in just three months last year

End energy profiteering: The rich get richer, the poor get colder

Big Six suppliers heading for bumper profits and bonuses as more than 5.5 million UK homes hit by fuel poverty

Bill Bratton: The gang-buster cop who still hankers after Scotland Yard

Why does the American former police chief, who last year was linked with the Met's top job, still manage to raise hackles in the UK? He talks to Kunal Dutta
Ms Jowell's phone was apparently targeted in 2006 when her estranged husband, David Mills, was mired in controversy over his links to former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi

News Group pay £200,00 to Tessa Jowell for NOTW hacking damages

Former Cabinet minister Tessa Jowell has accepted £200,000 in damages after her phone was targeted by the News of the World.

Stephen Glover on the Press

How Blunkett is fast-tracking his visa back into the Cabinet

David Blunkett: 'I'd like to come back but I have to earn it. That means the graft of getting round the country'

The sniffer dog, a spaniel, was the first clue. Then the small posse of police wearing earpieces and flak jackets confirmed the suspicions. The target was heading for platform five at King's Cross station.

Furious Quinns launch tirade against Blunkett

New row over paternity of second son. He breached our privacy says husband

The wronged husband and the spurned lover resume duel by media

David Blunkett emerged yesterday from what he called 'house arrest' to face the full wrath of a wronged husband. He knows he is not the father of Mrs Quinn's baby. But will he have to accept his career may never recover? By Andy McSmith

Blunkett launches battle for second son

The former home secretary David Blunkett is reported to have launched a legal challenge against his former lover, Kimberly Quinn, claiming he is the father of her new son born earlier this month.

'I'm relieved to be out of government' admits Blunkett

Former home secretary tells friends he cannot give his full attention while his private life remains in the headlines

Blunkett's tale reaches pub stage

Fridays at the Grey Horse Inn near York tend to centre on Black Sheep ale and a plateful of home-made beef lasagne. But they were seasoned last night with a story of one man's experience of intrigue, infidelity, tragedy and power which is soon to grace a West End stage.

Blunkett bid to halt 24-hour drinking

Home Officials tried to block the Government's much-criticised plan to abolish pub opening hours, fearing that it could lead to increased crime and be a nuisance to people living near pubs.

Praise for Blunkett seen as signal of quick return to the Cabinet

Tony Blair signalled a rapid return to the Cabinet for David Blunkett yesterday, as he praised the "real integrity" of his former Home Secretary.

Focus: Call my bluff...

A new version of the traditional panel game starring David Blunkett, Kimberly Quinn, Sir Alan Budd and, introducing, our mystery guest, the 'Fourth Man'. In the chair, Simon Hoggart.
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