Mr Mudie said he was 'deeply worried' about Labour’s election prospects

The traditionally precarious holiday season for the nation’s leading politicians is once more upon us.

The public want politicians to feel their pain as incomes fall behind inflation – and to know what they are going to do about it

Labour have attempted to ratchet up the pressure on Britain’s most senior civil servant to intervene in the row over allegations that the Conservatives’ election guru used his position to lobby ministers on behalf of private clients.

He says claims made that he 'sought to improperly use his position' as campaign advisor were 'simply false'

In what seems like another age, but was actually February this year, David Cameron made a sober, non-partisan Commons statement on the Francis report’s exposure of the gruesome failings of the Mid Staffs Hospitals Trust.

Labour has backed plans for a new Royal College of Teaching in an effort to raise the profession's status and standards.

Chancellor says he suspects Labour would plan "big tax increases" if they regain power in 2015

David Cameron and William Hague got into similar trouble, but for exactly opposite reasons. If the Foreign Secretary had said “stupid person” or (admittedly a bit of a mouthful for an impromptu sedentary aside) “stupid Honourable Member”, he’d be home free. As the lip reading consensus was that he muttered “stupid woman” while Cameron was answering, or more accurately not answering, a hostile question from Labour’s Cathy Jamieson, he quickly became Twitter villain of the day.

Drummer: 'My mum's a fan but when she says she is a fan to her mate there's no media storm over that'

Inside Westminster

The MP's resignation letter couldn't disguise his disenchantment with Ed Miliband

Ed Miliband under pressure to intervene after David Cameron seizes on the fall-out from Falkirk

OK, so George Osbourne poked down a posh patty, but give a burger fan a break!