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MPs' expenses 7min ago

Watchdog rejects parliament's accounts over expense claims

15 Dec 2010: Government spending watchdog says it cannot verify expense claims made by MPs for up to £13.9m
Politics 17min ago

MPs' expenses body must change or be changed, says David Cameron

15 Dec 2010: Prime minister appeases Tory MPs with tough stance on Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
Comment is free 33min ago

Osborne won't go for Plan B until catastrophe has struck

15 Dec 2010: Larry Elliott: Despite the chill winds threatening the economy the chancellor is too fearful of the markets to make a U-turn for growth
House of Lords 54min ago

Lords committee unconvinced by argument for five-year fixed terms

15 Dec 2010: Lords report says bill will make parliament less accountable to the public
Comment is free 1hr 3min ago

Yes, prisons work. No, I am not a Michael Howard clone

15 Dec 2010: Zoe Williams: Imprisonment divides conservatives like Howard and Ken Clarke. But few get that success is about rehab, not punishment
Shortcuts 1hr 3min ago

Politicians who don't pull their punches

15 Dec 2010: The fracas over the Berlusconi vote is just the latest example of tempers fraying in debating chambers around the world
Employee benefits 1hr 46min ago

Tax relief for late-night staff taxis abolished

15 Dec 2010: Office of Tax Simplification says benefit discriminates against shift workers who regularly work unsociable hours
Obesity 2hr 11min ago

NHS child obesity figures show a third are overweight by year six

15 Dec 2010: Experts call for government action as new NHS figures show weight problems are worsening
Boris Johnson 3hr 12min ago

Housing crisis: Boris on the trouble with the 'total benefit' cap

15 Dec 2010:
London's mayor has candidly acknowledged that the government's proposed "total benefit cap" is at odds with his social housing policy
Military 3hr 47min ago

RAF's Harrier jump jet makes its final flight – 40 years on

15 Dec 2010: Plane scrapped after strategic defence and security review marks retirement with flight over RAF Cottesmore
Cif green 4hr 3min ago

Scaled-down green investment bank is a disaster

15 Dec 2010: Nicholas Milton: So, Chris Huhne has lost his battle with George Osborne over funding. It's not just his political credibility that suffers
Cif belief 4hr 3min ago

Sounds Jewish: December 2010

15 Dec 2010: Audio (30min 29sec)
Sounds Jewish: Jason Solomons is joined by Jonathan Freedland as he reviews the Jewish highs and lows of 2010
Byelections 4hr 25min ago

Lib Dems seek 13 January byelection in Oldham East and Saddleworth

15 Dec 2010: Lib Dems confirm they will move writ for byelection caused by court decision to strip Labour's Phil Woolas of the seat
Jeremy Hunt 4hr 27min ago

No Naughtie business at Hunt's Christmas do

15 Dec 2010: Media Monkey: Culture secretary and minister Ed Vaizey on song at DCMS festive drinks
Lembit Opik 5hr 36min ago

US embassy cables: Lembit Opik's spat with Nick Clegg

15 Dec 2010: Cable sent 12/03/2008
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Osborne won't go for Plan B until catastrophe has struck

Larry Elliott: Despite the chill winds threatening the economy the chancellor is too fearful of the markets to make a U-turn for growth
Yes, prisons work. No, I am not a Michael Howard clone

Zoe Williams: Imprisonment divides conservatives like Howard and Ken Clarke. But few get that success is about rehab, not punishment
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Steve Bell on the government's localism bill

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Tom Steinberg: 'The net can have real impacts, but they aren't necessarily as sexy as we'd like them to be'

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