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Next Left | The case for a second stimulus
- 07:35
- Next Left
ConservativeHome | Samantha Cameron breaks her silence with first interview as she prepares to hit ...
- 06:58
- ToryDiary
John Redwood | The Conservative message
- 06:58
- John Redwood's Diary
James Forsyth | Newsnight education debate shows the potency of parent power
- 00:13
- The Coffee House
Iain Martin | PMQs: Cameron Blows Up What’s Left of the Consensus on Defence
- 00:00
- Iain Martin Blog
Chris Cook | The LibDems are trying to murder me by filling my flat so full of leaflets, I ca...
- 23:53
- Christopher Cook
Angela Harbutt | A hung Parliament and the value of the £. Discuss.
- 23:31
- Liberal Vision
David Miliband | Governor Patrick, who I have just met, is only the second African American gover...
- 23:19
- David Miliband
Angela Harbutt | ITV’s inevitable cave-in to Tory pressure
- 23:16
- Liberal Vision
Paul Waugh | Lovin the way Phoenix head looked at his watch on #newsnight. If he's bored, god...
- 23:15
- Paul Waugh
Paul Waugh | Watching #newsnight for clues to leaders' debates. Lots of talking over each oth...
- 23:08
- Paul Waugh
Guido Fawkes | Laws wins it on hairstyle. #Newsnight
- 22:34
- Guido Fawkes
Kevin Maguire | Short post earlier on PMQs. Cam shd be calm by now. Toast if toys out of pram li...
- 22:32
- http://bit.ly/cqLvG4
James Forsyth | Brown risks being over-prepared for the debates
- 22:30
- The Coffee House
Next Left | Nick Clegg outflanks Cameron on right with praise for Maggie and cuts strategy
- 22:29
- Next Left
Jon Craig | Guthrie Wields The Knife
- 22:23
- Boulton & Co.
Labour List | YouGov tracker tonight: Con 37 (+1), Lab 32 (0), LD 17 (-3), Others 14 (+2)
- 22:07
- Labour List
Anthony Wells | YouGov Daily Poll – 37/32/17
- 22:05
- UK Polling Report
ConservativeHome | Tory lead increases by a point in the YouGov daily tracker
- 22:00
- ToryDiary
Mike Smithson | Tories daily poll lead goes up by a point
- 21:59
- PoliticalBetting
Iain Martin | Defending Nick Clegg
- 21:15
- Iain Martin Blog
Chris Cook | This is the HoC Library analysis that Grayling claims vindicates his statistics ...
- 21:11
- http://bit.ly/aqHybh
Sally Bercow | #iwontheColdWar with toasty warm fur coats. Made from foxes killed by the local ...
- 21:09
- Sally Bercow
Michael Crick (BBC News) | Stalybridge and Hyde - interesting developments
- 21:06
- Michael Crick's blog
Jessica Asato | Alexander: the way that the Tories are trying to neutralise their lack of growin...
- 21:06
- Jessica Asato
Jeff | The George Young Five Point Plan
- 21:05
- SNP Tactical Voting
Norman Tebbit | Funny how no one's talking about the European elephant in the room
- 20:51
- Telegraph politics blog
Michael White | Strikes are back, but unlikely to trouble Gordon Brown | Michael White | Politic...
- 20:17
- The Guardian
Gordon Brown has voters in a trance - it's time for a wake-up call
- 20:01
- Benedict Brogan Blog
David Cameron says wife wants to "get out there" on campaign trail
- 19:54
- BBC
Jeremy Cliffe | Tory council silences voluntary sector, slashes funding
- 19:52
- Tory Stories
Germans subsidise Blair-hating movie
- 19:45
- John Rentoul
Simon Hoggart | Red-faced and blue at PMQs
- 19:44
- The Guardian
Larry Elliott | Darling to make do with small mercies in pre-election budget
- 19:31
- The Guardian
Guest | Hung parliament could sort out public finances
- 19:21
- Liberal Conspiracy
noreply@blogger.com (subrosa) | The Power of the Blogosphere
- 19:01
- Subrosa Blonde
Cathy Newman | but he says he would be happy to advise a Conservative government...
- 18:57
- Cathy Newman
Cathy Newman | my defector hasn't defected...there were rumours ex-health minister Lord Warner ...
- 18:56
- Cathy Newman
Dan Roberts | The debt that lies beneath | Dan Roberts
- 18:27
- Comment is Free
Adam Boulton | Brown's Churchillian Fight
- 18:07
- Boulton & Co.
Giles Wilkes | The trend of falling violence is intact | Giles Wilkes
- 18:05
- Comment is Free
Brian Taylor (BBC News) | Is it all over for Anne Moffat?
- 17:56
- Blether with Brian
Cathy Newman | C4 News FactCheck tonight: Gordon Brown's lies on defence spending. More soon
- 17:55
- Cathy Newman
Guido Fawkes | Nick Hogan Freed by the Blogosphere
- 17:55
- Guy Fawkes' Blog
Faisal Islam | Spoken to FSA re stress test 23 per cent house price drop: 2009 GDP fall was eve...
- 17:51
- Faisal Islam
Double Carpet | Andy Cooke on the UNS - Part 3
- 17:51
- PoliticalBetting
Ian Cobain, Richard Norton-Taylor | What and when MI5 knew about torture
- 17:48
- The Guardian
Michael Tomasky | Michael Tomasky: Greece is the word
- 17:44
- Comment is Free
Guido Fawkes | Quote of the Day
- 17:38
- Guy Fawkes' Blog
David Blackburn | Hague and Cameron are vindicated for leaving the EPP
- 17:35
- The Coffee House
MPs should stage 'state of Scotland' debates
- 17:30
- The Daily Telegraph
Keith Ewing | Labour leaves blacklisted high and dry | Keith Ewing
- 17:30
- Comment is Free
Robert Peston | How much stress can the banks take?
- 17:28
- Peston's Picks
Alex Salmond says BBC TV debate snub is human rights breach
- 17:25
- The Daily Telegraph
Kevin Maguire | Pot Shots
- 17:25
- Kevin Maguire
Jon Craig | Gardening Or Football? Offside!
- 17:25
- Boulton & Co.
Anthony Wells | Northern Ireland polling
- 17:14
- UK Polling Report
Archbishop Cranmer | Church Commisioner Mandelson
- 17:14
- Cranmer
Faisal Islam | City regulator the FSA has told the banks to 'stress test' their solvency assumi...
- 17:10
- Faisal Islam
Alan Titchmarsh, Kelvin Mackenzie and David Cameron on one screen. An assault to...
- 17:10
- BevaniteEllie
Nadine Dorries | Evening Standard
- 17:07
- Nadine Dorries' Blog
Paul Sagar | Rights and the left | Paul Sagar
- 17:04
- Comment is Free
Telegraph Opinion | Gordon Brown and David Cameron ignore Alex Salmond at their peril
- 17:03
- Telegraph blog
James Lyons | Cameron is discussing the problems of public kissing on Titchmarsh
- 17:03
- James Lyons
Chris Cook | Proof that @TimMontgomerie is behaving: would he have allowed this to pass unrem...
- 16:57
- http://bit.ly/czHbmK
Match of the Day rejects PM request
- 16:56
- Press Association
Tal-Anna Silenski | Should MPs seek to regulate advertising?
- 16:52
- Total Politics Party Li...
Douglas Carswell | That really showed me
- 16:48
- Douglas Carswell Blog
Dave Hill | Tube Lines, TfL and the Law
- 16:38
- Dave Hill's London blog
Hewitt on Europe
- 16:35
- BBC
James Graham | The Lib Dem assault on online liberty | James Graham
- 16:32
- Comment is Free
Jon Craig | Bring On The TV Debates!
- 16:30
- Boulton & Co.
Paul Waugh | Is this a bit of political history? @edballsmp admits defeat on something. No, r...
- 16:23
- http://bit.ly/csEjml
David Miliband | The War in Afghanistan: How to End It
- 16:18
- David Miliband FCO
Guido Fawkes | Flashback 2007 : Brown “I Will Not Let You Down”
- 16:15
- Guy Fawkes' Blog
Iain Dale | It Shouldn't Happen to a LibDem: No 94
- 16:08
- Iain Dale
Alex Ross | Cameron's Conservative Youth as unreconstucted as his old guard
- 16:03
- LabourList
Carl Packman | Theses on Progressive Conservatism
- 16:00
- Liberal Conspiracy
Iain Martin | Brown Asks to Go on Match of the Day. Er … No, Says MOTD
- 15:57
- Iain Martin Blog
Stephen Glenn | When Less is More for Alex
- 15:56
- Stephen's Linlithgow Jo...
Brown meets MP over flats deaths
- 15:50
- Press Association
Richard | You can't buck the narrative
- 15:36
- EU Referendum
Kevin Maguire | Today's Commons adjournment debate on assisted suicide, moved by Patricia Hewitt...
- 15:24
- Kevin Maguire
Daniel Hannan | MEPs vote in favour of EU Tobin tax
- 15:20
- Telegraph politics blog
Fraser Nelson | Clegg: Heir to Thatcher?
- 15:20
- The Coffee House
The Orange Party | Why Did Brown Leave The Budget So Late?
- 15:16
- The Orange Party
Lobbydog | A particularly good PMQs today...
- 15:12
- LOBBYDOG
Harriet Harman | looking forward to Angela Eagle MP's fundraiser . David Cameron a picture of s...
- 15:11
- Harriet Harman
Joey Jones | Analysing An Explosive PMQs
- 15:07
- Boulton & Co.
James Macintyre | Iraq, the free market, and a clean break for 'Next Labour'
- 15:04
- James Macintyre
Sally Bercow | #iwonthecoldwar because Gorbachev & Raisa fancied a married couples tax break. W...
- 15:02
- Sally Bercow
Dave Osler | Back to the 1970s with William Hague
- 15:01
- Liberal Conspiracy
Charles Barwell | Grassroots politics is hugely rewarding
- 15:01
- The Blue Blog
As the Speaker prevents me 3 times from reading out Ball's correction, I have no...
- 14:59
- Michael Fabricant
David Miliband | JFK Library has everything from his Presidency. More a centre than a shrine. 50...
- 14:43
- David Miliband
Gaby Hinsliff | the real reason i want the election to happen, like, NOW: am gonna co-host the L...
- 14:43
- Gaby Hinsliff
Eric Joyce | I'm wondering how smart it is for Labour to get into a fight with Joanna Lumley ...
- 14:42
- http://bit.ly/bX89IX
Andrew Brown | Who really wears a burka? | Andrew Brown
- 14:38
- Comment is Free
Sholto Byrnes | The (im)morality of markets
- 14:33
- The Staggers Blog
Melanie McFadyean | Our asylum system's fatal failures | Melanie McFadyean
- 14:32
- The Guardian
Jeremy Hunt | Notice DCMS spent almost £125,000 advertising for new jobs last year – despite t...
- 14:26
- Jeremy Hunt
Stephen Glenn | We Fought the War and Well It Sort of Won Itself
- 14:12
- Stephen's Linlithgow Jo...
Brown: We will save £3bn by 2013-14 with public sector pay freeze
- 14:03
- LabourList
Iain Dale | A Matter for Regret?
- 13:54
- Iain Dale

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Three Labour MPs and a Conservative peer are due in court today on account of their parliamentary expenses.

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- 'Expenses fraud' MPs to challenge court's right to try them

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Strike action by British Airways staff is expected to take place, as last night efforts to reach an agreement collapsed, following weeks of talks between the airline and union Unite.

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- BA strike looms as peace talks collapse

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Police are investigating Labour MP Harry Cohen over his expenses claims, according to the BBC. Mr Cohen, who is standing down, was considered to be in "serious" breach of the expenses rules.

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Plans for a new high speed rail network, including trains capable of speeds of 250mph, will be published by the government today.

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Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, has said that fair taxation, a green economy, education investment and political reform would be central to his demands if negotiation a post-election deal in a hung parliament. He has called for a £10bn debt repayment in the next financial year to begin cutting Britain's deficit and calm the financial markets.

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The government's proposed levy to fund the establishment of a National Care Service could be sourced out of 10% of an estate's value for those receiving care, Health Secretary Andy Burnham has said.

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- Labour refuses to rule out 'death tax' to fund care for the elderly

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The chancellor confirmed in writing yesterday that this year's budget would took place on March 24 following a speech by the prime minister, fuelling the expectation that a general election will take place on May 6.

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Reaction continues to the prime minister's major economic address yesterday. Gordon Brown said there would be "bumps in the road", but that the UK had reached a turning point on economic recovery.

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Doubts cast over UK borders system
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The government's plan to roll-out an electronic border checking system to monitor 95% of journeys by the end of this year is "not credible," opposition parties and some airline operators have said.

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- Frosty welcome for UK electronic borders plan

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Non-political ministers should be 'exceptional'
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Ennobling people from outside parliament, in order to make them ministers, should only be done in "exceptional" circumstances, according to MPs from the Public Administration Committee.

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- Non-political ministerial appointments queried by MPs

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Police 'failing on anti-social behaviour'
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Police failures to properly record and resolve cases of anti-social behaviour has damaged public confidence in the police, according to the chief inspector of the constabulary Denis O'Connor.

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- Police accused of failures over anti-social behaviour

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Greece braced for more strikes
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Greece is bracing itself for strikes as workers prepare for the second general strike in a month.

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- Strikes to paralyse Greece as anger builds

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Judges warn of prison overcrowding
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The vice-president of an influential group of judges has said that government changes to criminal sentencing could result in further overcrowding of prisons by encouraging jail sentences.

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Hospitals criticised for medicine failures
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Hospitals have been criticised for failing to give patients the medicine they require. The claims have been made by the National Patient Safety Agency.

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- Hospitals rapped for failing to give patients medicine

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Ashton calls for EU military HQ review
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Baroness Ashton has launched a review of proposals for an EU military headquarters. Ashton said the Union risked becoming "bogged down" over the details of the new EU foreign service.

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- Lady Ashton answer critics with a review of case for EU military HQ

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Abbas to boycott peace talks
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Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, will boycott the US led peace talks with Israel. He blamed Israel's refusal to halt settlement expansion.

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Government back social profiling
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Ministers have proposed greater use of social science to track terrorists, saying that social scientists, psychologists and private companies could be brought in to help identify them.

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- Social profiling to play anti-terror role

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EHRC to label police forces 'racist'
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The equalities watchdog will say that police forces have been "racist" in their use of stop and search powers, saying there is a "disproportionality" in the way those are wielded in a report this month, the Guardian has learned.

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- Police forces face threat of 'racist' label over stop and searches

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MSM Catching up

More on Venables case of mistaken identity
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A man who has been repeatedly mistaken as James Bulger's killer has called for the Justice Secretary Jack Straw to make public the true identity of Jon Venables.

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Defence spending row continues
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The heated debate that took place yesterday at PMQs between David Cameron and Gordon Brown over Brown's evidence to the Chilcot inquiry has been escalated by criticism from former chief of defence staff Lord Guthrie.

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Tories: Govt will cut uniformed police
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Ministers are planning to reduce the number of uniformed police despite pledges to do otherwise, according to the Conservatives.

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- Tories say ministers will cut uniformed police numbers

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Scientists to review work of IPCC
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Science academies across the world will not review the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon has announced.

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- Scientists to review climate body

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Poll: Labour to be biggest party
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The general election will result in a hung parliament with Labour as the largest party, according to the latest YouGov/Sun tracker poll. The poll puts the Conservatives on 37% and Labour on 32%.

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Northern Rock in positive turnaround
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With reduced losses at Northern Rock and the bank set to turn around its beleaguered loan book this year, its chief executive yesterday defended proposed bonus payouts to staff of nearly £15 million.

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Report: Family of 'UK Fritzl' failed by system
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A father who raped his two daughters and made them pregnant 18 times over the course of 35 years, was never detected because of a number of failures by professional workers, according to a report.

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- System failed the family of the 'British Fritzl'

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Ofsted: Many schools still 'inadequate'
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The schools regulator has said that 14% of UK secondary schools still remain inadequate, despite the government's drive to improve their performance.

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- Parties split on how to teach failing schools a hard lesson

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Cameron's wife to have major campaign role
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Beginning with an interview with ITV's Trevor McDonald this weekend, Samantha Cameron will play a major role in the Conservatives' election campaign, David Cameron has revealed.

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Cameron privately 'much more conservative'
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One of David Cameron's key aides and long time friends the shadow arts minister Ed Vaizey has told Vanity Fair magazine that the tory party leader is "much more conservative" in private than his public image suggests

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