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    David Lammy speech

     The last few weeks have been something of a political rollercoaster for us.   ·        In May we had the disappointment of local elections, not least in London, where we lost Ken Livingstone, one of the most charismatic and successful...
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    Cutting co-op red tape, building better credit unions

    The detail on Kitty Ussher's announcements on deregulation in the co-operative and credit union sectors have been coming thick and fast, first in a speech to Co-operative Congress on Saturday by Kitty, and today with her announcements on the expansion of...
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    Gordon Brown asks David Davis why Cameron stays quiet

    Turns out the hero of H&H wrote to the Prime Minister last week, as well as every Cabinet minister and even Keith Vaz, to challenge them to a debate on 42 days and the state of freedom in Britain. He...
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    Farewell to a colleague

    Very sad to see David Marshall stepping down as an MP. He and his wife, Tina, were extremely kind to me and Carolyn when we found ourselves trying to cope with life in London in 2001. David is one of...
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    Haltemprice & Howden: an armchair guide

    Turnout in Haltemprice and Howden at the 2005 election was just a smidgeon over 70 per cent. If turnout at the forthcoming by-election is a single vote less than that, David Davis’s kamikaze moment will all have been for nothing....
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    Luke's Blog: Purnell's speech

    I got an email yesterday from a friend whose politics are broadly Compass-ite saying "Have you read this Luke? Thought you’d like it - it’s a brilliant critique of Cameron – by far the best I've read from a cabinet minister...
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    Cameron wins with the greatest of sleaze

    The allegations are coming thick and fast against David Cameron's Shadowy Cabinet and his Tory team. Conservative sleaze-buster Caroline Spelman would have us believe she found a nanny who makes Mary Poppins look greedy. Heroic Tina Haynes, we are...
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    Polly Toynbee: The miserablists need a politics they can believe in | Comment is free | The Guardian

    The impact of newspapers is hard to measure, but over a century their caterwauling has helped make the British the worst Europeans, with the widest inequality, one of the lowest top tax rates, and more of its citizens jailed than...
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    Local parties need to be vigilant

    I’ve no idea how many of the Conservative gains at the last general election were as a direct result of the so-called “Ashcroft money”. But I do know that no party should be allowed to buy themselves a majority by...
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    BBC NEWS | NEWSNIGHT | Michael Crick's blog | Cameron's problem with women

    It has to be said that Caroline Spelman is not a hugely important member of David Cameron's front-bench team. Indeed, Mrs Spelman, who is currently being investigated by the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner John Lyon over paying her nanny from her...
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    Mayor's aide in sex claim inquiry BBC NEWS | England | London |

    London Mayor Boris Johnson is launching an independent inquiry into allegations of sexual misconduct against deputy mayor Ray Lewis. The allegations against Mr Lewis, who has responsibility for youth, refer to when he worked as a vicar in east London...
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    By-election fails to excite voters BBC NEWS | Politics |

    "So what are your policies then?" the man in the Elvis costume asked his neighbour at the bar. Supping half a pint of bitter at the White Horse pub in Howden, David Pinder from the New Party sketched his plans...
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    Happy Days for birthday boy Balls BBC NEWS | Politics |

    Most first birthday parties are a mix of balloons, sandwiches, cooing parents and lots of noise. This one was quite similar.... except the birthday boy was a 41-year-old Cabinet Minister - and his guest of honour was in serious danger...
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    PM attends NHS celebration service

    Gordon and Sarah Brown have attended a service at Westminster Abbey to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the NHS. The Prime Minister was asked to deliver one of the reflections within the service in the company of guests including HRH...
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    PM takes "green revolution" message to G8

    Developing countries need western support to increase food production to deal with difficulties in the global market, the PM told MPs this morning. Addressing MPs this morning, Mr Brown said he would go to the G8 with a proposal that...
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    British economy "resilient"

    Gordon Brown is committed to "keeping the economy moving" in the face of a tougher global economic climate. Government plans to increase fuel duty by 2p would be looked at "very, very carefully" over the next few weeks, the PM...
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    Times Diary

    — David Cameron’s appearance at the NHS’s 60th birthday party held at St Thomas’ Hospital, London, was not strictly ballroom, says George Sampson, winner of Britain’s Got Talent. “He struck me as the type who would stand at the back...
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    Darling to protect savers | Northern Rock | Credit crunch | The Sun |HomePage|News|Sun Money

    SAVERS will be protected from another crash like Northern Rock under plans unveiled yesterday. Chancellor Alistair Darling is to give watchdogs powers to step in, seize cash and hold it in a “safe” account if a bank...
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    Alistair Darling to raise bank deposit guarantee - Telegraph

    Alistair Darling will today increase the level of deposits held in British bank accounts that is legally guaranteed by the Government....
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    Housing: Flint plans emergency measures to combat housing slump | Politics | The Guardian

    The housing minister, Caroline Flint, will try to shore up the collapsing housebuilding industry tomorrow by proposing that housing corporations give bigger upfront payments to developers to buy properties. The minister's proposals are part of a wider plan to save...
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