“Her shadow is very long,” someone said on the Huw Edwards special which took over the afternoon schedules – and if you’d been watching the rolling news coverage since the announcement of Baroness Thatcher’s death, you would have felt every inch of it.

It was the ancient Greek sage Chilon of Sparta who is recorded as first coining the phrase “do not speak evil of the dead”, 2,600 years ago.

1 Remodelled fences are a leap forward

Disabled people say the government’s consultation over the new system was unlawful

She achieved great things in changing the economy, but it wasn’t necessary to push unemployment or interest rates that high

Miliband accuses lenders of  ‘engulfing’ people in debt

Chancellor insists 'public agrees' with changes to disability benefits

Shadow ministers Liam Byrne and Harriet Harman says 'work should pay'

Changes to benefits and personal taxation mean the female population is hit hardest

Nick Clegg defends the move, urging: 'don't let Labour pull the wool over people's eyes'

The next leader of the Labour party?

A whistleblower, who claims she was wrongly accused of reporting her company to shadow justice minister Sadiq Khan, began her case for unfair dismissal today.

Little Josh becomes the second fatality in as many days