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Chris Huhne aims to become a political force
The grassroots choice for the Lib Dem leadership race could become the most powerful politician in the country.
08 Dec 2007

Alan Johnson: No plot to oust PM
Alan Johnson, the Health Secretary, has acknowledged that it was "not a good time for the Labour Party", but denied there was a Blairite plot to get rid of Gordon Brown.
08 Dec 2007

Commons clash over EU treaty
Ministers are facing a Commons clash with Eurosceptic MPs and Labour rebels on the eve of signing up Britain to the new European Union treaty next week.
08 Dec 2007

Clare Short hits out at summit move
Gordon Brown's decision to boycott a summit meeting with Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and send Baroness Amos instead has triggered a race row.
08 Dec 2007

Baroness Amos at summit 'as she is black'
The only justification for sending Baroness Amos to represent Britain at the controversial EU-Africa summit is that she is black, Clare Short suggested, sparking a furious row.
07 Dec 2007

Lost for words in search to sum up Britain
Minister plays an impeccably straight bat to a Muslim peer's leading question on nationhood.
07 Dec 2007

I will come out fighting, donor warns Labour
David Abrahams, the man at the centre of the Labour donations scandal, has warned ministers that he will come out fighting if they begin "hammering" him over his secret bankrolling of the party.
07 Dec 2007

Female 'lyrical terrorist' escapes jail
A worker at Heathrow airport convicted for possessing records likely to be useful for terrorism has today been spared a prison term.
06 Dec 2007

Government proposes 42-day terror detention
The Government is heading for a bruising parliamentary battle over plans to increase the period police can detain terror suspects without charge to 42 days.
06 Dec 2007

Government proposes 42-day terror detention
The Government wants to increase the period terrorist suspects can be held without charge to 42 days, Jacqui Smith has confirmed.
06 Dec 2007

Brown hands 'sleaze' chair to Sir Chris Kelly
In the wake of the donor scandal Gordon Brown has finally announced the new chairman of the Committee for Standards in Public Life.
05 Dec 2007

Abrahams' donation may not be refunded
The property developer at the centre of the Labour donations scandal is unlikely to be repaid his money despite previous assurances from the Prime Minister that it would be refunded.
05 Dec 2007

Gordon Brown to appoint new head of 'sleaze'
Gordon Brown is hoping regain public trust after allegations of Labour sleaze by announcing the appointment of a new chairman of the committee for standards in public life.
05 Dec 2007

Jack Straw keeps his nerve under heavy fire
As Brownite forces fell back in disarray, it was the turn of Marshal Straw to show how to conduct that most awkward of military manoeuvres, an orderly retreat under heavy fire.
05 Dec 2007

Donor hits back at Labour's Scotland leader
Wendy Alexander, the beleaguered Scottish Labour leader, has been accused of "gross mismanagement" by the businessman at the centre of the row over an illegal donation to her campaign.
05 Dec 2007