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Andrew Grice
Andrew Grice has been Political Editor of The Independent since 1998. He was previously Political Editor of The Sunday Times, where he worked for 10 years, and he has been a Westminster-based journalist since 1982. His column, Inside Politics, appears in The Independent each Saturday.
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Tony Blair backs Ed Miliband’s internal Labour reforms
28 February 2014 10:03 PM
Tony Blair gave his strong personal backing to Ed Miliband’s internal Labour reforms on the eve of a special party conference that will approve the sweeping changes on Saturday.
Angela Merkel visit: German Chancellor delivers reality check for Tory Eurosceptics
27 February 2014 07:39 PM
It was a much-needed cold shower, a reality check for the Conservative Eurosceptics who thought Angela Merkel would arrive for her high-profile visit to London bearing gifts for them.
'Beyond Whitehall farce': MPs and children's charities condemn Iain Duncan Smith's long-awaited child poverty announcement
27 February 2014 06:47 PM
The Government was accused of having no strategy to combat child poverty after Iain Duncan Smith was forced to drop his plans to bring in a new set of targets to tackle the problem.
'You are in for a disappointment,' Angela Merkel tells Eurosceptic Tories hoping for fundamental EU reform in speech to Parliament
27 February 2014 05:00 PM
Mrs Merkel is the third representative of the German government to be invited to speak to both Houses of Parliament since the Second World War
Nick Clegg plans employment safety net for 16-year-olds who don’t go to university
27 February 2014 12:31 AM
The move follows criticism that the current system gives much more help to the 40 per cent who go university than to the 60 per cent who do no
Whitehall prepares for a minority Government as David Cameron makes anti-coalition pledge
25 February 2014 06:48 PM
David Cameron has tried to reassure Conservative backbenchers that he is not angling for another coalition with the Liberal Democrats after next year’s general election.
Nick Clegg pleads with students to trust the Lib Dems again in an another attempt to put the tuition fee farrago behind him
25 February 2014 05:00 PM
Nick Clegg has made a fresh attempt to put his party’s debacle over tuition fees behind it by insisting that the £9,000-a-year maximum charge has not deterred young people from going to university.
Merging police forces and councils sharing staff and services: Labour to pledge to 'streamline' local government services
25 February 2014 12:02 AM
A Labour Government would streamline local public services to save money, Chris Leslie, the shadow Chief Treasury Secretary, will pledge today.
Independence row gets vicious as First Minister Alex Salmond accuses UK Government of being 'thieves' who plunder Scotland's oil and gas reserves
24 February 2014 06:16 PM
Alex Salmond has branded the UK Government “thieves” who have plundered Scotland’s “black gold” as he and David Cameron clashed over the future of North Sea oil and gas reserves.
Tories told to change image in the North following by-election embarrassment
14 February 2014 06:27 PM
Ukip took the second place, while LibDems lost their deposit
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Volcanic eruptions ‘contributed to global warming pause’, scientists claim
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India's gay community scrambling after court decision recriminalises homosexuality
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Independence row gets vicious as First Minister Alex Salmond accuses UK Government of being 'thieves' who plunder Scotland's oil and gas reserves
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Now the two most famous scientific institutions in Britain and the US agree: 'Climate change is more certain than ever'
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Scottish independence: Warnings over pound ‘swaying undecided voters’ as poll shows strong lead for 'No' vote
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David Cameron's migration pledge 'in tatters', as figures reveal net immigration of 200,000
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