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David Dimbleby interview
The host talks terrified politicians, MPs' expenses and why he told David Starkey to 'shut up'
23 Sep 2009
Charles Clarke tells Gordon Brown to step down now
Former home secretary launches withering attack on Brown, telling the Prime Minister to quit or Labour will be condemned to at least a decade in opposition.
23 Sep 2009
The EU makes Britain stronger, says Miliband
David Miliband has attacked the Conservatives for their “massive strategic weakness” over Europe and said any pledge to hold a referendum on the European Union could condemn Britain to years on the sidelines in Brussels.
23 Sep 2009
Helping under 18s die 'more likely' to bring charges
Families who help loved ones commit suicide more likely to be prosecuted if person under 18 or mentally ill, Director of Public Prosecutions indicates.
23 Sep 2009
Attorney General Baroness Scotland duped by 'forged Home Office letter' over housekeeper
Britain’s most senior law officer, Baroness Scotland, was duped into employing an illegal immigrant by a forged Home Office letter, it was claimed last night.
23 Sep 2009
The Lib Dems’ bar-room briefing sets them dancing to Salmond’s tune on independence
The Lib Dems have been making asses of themselves at Bournemouth over the Nats’ independence referendum. It it time for cooler heads to prevail, writes Alan Cochrane.
23 Sep 2009
Cameron indicates shift away from Thatcherism
Conservative leader David Cameron has indicated a shift away from Thatcherism in the way he intends to handle public service cuts.
23 Sep 2009
Pension age could rise quicker under Tories
David Cameron could seek to raise the basic state pension more quickly than the current Government is planning.
23 Sep 2009
Nick Clegg battles to stop support going to Tories
Nick Clegg will today make a desperate attempt to stop Lib Dem support ebbing away to David Cameron's Conservatives.
23 Sep 2009
Tories say basic pension will be linked to earnings, despite cuts
David Cameron has said that the huge budget deficit will not stop a Tory government restoring the link between earnings and the level of the basic state pension.
23 Sep 2009
Lib Dem conference: British public lose confidence in Afghanistan
The war in Afghanistan could be lost as the British public lose confidence in the mission, Lord Ashdown has said.
23 Sep 2009
Keir Starmer: why I am clarifying law
As you may be aware, today I am publishing my interim guidance on what public interest factors should be considered when deciding whether or not to prosecute the offence of assisted suicide – an act which is itself not a crime. I have been required to do this by the Law Lords following the case involving Debbie Purdy.
23 Sep 2009
DPP: families may face assisted suicide charges
Families who help those who are not suffering from terminal illness to commit suicide more likely to be prosecuted.
23 Sep 2009
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US-China links marginalise Europe
A disunited continent carries little economic or political clout in the Chinese corridors of power, writes Peter Foster in Beijing.
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Tongan housekeeper on the run
For the past six years Loloahi Tapui-Zivancevic, the illegal immigrant threatening to derail the career of Baroness Scotland, has been faithfully sending her impoverished family in Tonga remittances for £31.
23 Sep 2009
Baroness Scotland faces being struck off as barrister
Baroness Scotland last night faced the possibility of being suspended or struck off as a barrister after a complaint about her was made to the legal authorities.
23 Sep 2009
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad threatened with UN walk out if Holocaust comments repeated
British officials plan to walk out of a United Nations session if Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, repeats comments which deny the Holocaust.
23 Sep 2009
Trident fleet to be cut, Brown to announce
Britain's Trident fleet should be cut from four submarines capable of firing nuclear weapons to just three, PM to announce.
22 Sep 2009
Tony Blair's biographer Anthony Seldon may give David Cameron lessons in happiness
Mandrake hears whispers that Anthony Seldon, the biographer of Tony Blair, is being lined up for a peerage by David Cameron, with a view to his becoming a minister under Michael Gove, the shadow education secretary.
22 Sep 2009
Attorney General Baroness Scotland duped by 'forged Home Office letter' over housekeeper
Britain’s most senior law officer, Baroness Scotland, was duped into employing an illegal immigrant by a forged Home Office letter, it was claimed last night.
22 Sep 2009
Baroness Scotland must now stand down
Telegraph View Baroness Scotland, the Attorney General, has been irreparably compromised
22 Sep 2009
We're up the Swannee, and all the parties are in the same boat
The Tories need to embrace the culture of wealth creation if they are to rebuild Britain, says Simon Heffer.
22 Sep 2009
Question Time still makes MPs squirm
Former panellist Benedict Brogan on why the show is as relevant – and intimidating – as ever
22 Sep 2009
Women will only bury the hatchet in their enemy's head
I can ignore slights against myself, but anyone who attacks my husband is marked for life, writes Rowan Pelling.
22 Sep 2009
How Baroness Scotland turned from law maker to law breaker in her own words
Baroness Scotland, the Attorney General, is clinging to her job after she was found to be employing an illegal immigrant as a housekeeper. Here is a reminder of how she helped promote the law which has (nearly) been her undoing.
22 Sep 2009
Kristol's gone – we'll miss his clear vision
Irwin Stelzer pays tribute to the humanity and intelligence of the godfather of neoconservatism.
22 Sep 2009
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