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Cameron: we need to get a grip
Andrew Grice: David Cameron has warned his top team over the Conservatives' dip in the opinion polls which threatens to deprive the party of an overall majority at the general election.
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Commanders turn on Tories over defence 'cuts'
Monday, 8 February 2010
A key plank of the defence and foreign policy of a future Conservative government is a “fundamental misconception” that will cost “hundreds of millions of pounds”, according to Whitehall officials and eminent former military commanders.
Straw to face further questioning from Chilcot inquiry new
Monday, 8 February 2010
Jack Straw will return to the Chilcot Inquiry today to face questions about why he rejected advice that the Iraq war was illegal.
Tories to make MPs liable to prosecution
Monday, 8 February 2010
An incoming Tory Government would pass early legislation making clear that MPs cannot escape prosecution for fiddling their expenses by claiming they are above the law.
Campbell at loggerheads with BBC for grilling over Iraq Inquiry
Monday, 8 February 2010
Alastair Campbell was embroiled in another row with the BBC last night after breaking down on television as he answered questions about the Iraq war.
Brown promises 'a revolution' in healthcare
Monday, 8 February 2010
Gordon Brown will promise a "personalised" revolution in health and social care today, with one-to-one support at home for all cancer patients.
Labour goes on the offensive over Tory family policies
Sunday, 7 February 2010
David Cameron's plans for a married couples allowance have been derided as a 'John Terry tax'.
Expenses MP 'told by Labour whip to move money round'
Sunday, 7 February 2010
Jim Devine claims cleaning bill was funded from separate account on advice of Westminster old hand
Sound familiar? The BAE scandal, and the parallels with the Iraq war
Sunday, 7 February 2010
An Attorney General who suddenly switches his legal advice, a Prime Minister desperate to please a foreign power, Clare Short fuming on the sidelines, and the truth shrouded in mystery...
Campbell defends Blair in emotional interview
Sunday, 7 February 2010
In an emotionally charged interview Alastair Campbell said former leader was a "totally honourable man".
Green light for show homes to sell eco-town project
Sunday, 7 February 2010
Government to fund construction of 100 state-of-the-art houses to show public that environment-friendly estates really can work
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6 Investigation into 'lost' Heathrow emails
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9 'Hold inquiry into Army abuse in Iraq'
10 Expenses MP 'told by Labour whip to move money round'
11 Army may patrol streets to confront terror threat
12 Tories to make MPs liable to prosecution
13 McKellen speaks out against vetting scheme
14 Plan to oust Saddam drawn up two years before the invasion
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5 Cameron: we need to get a grip
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