Iain Duncan Smith

In Pictures: Herman Van Rompuy’s Pet Dalek Introduces President Iain Duncan Smith

BEFORE our gallery of interesting EU President, Herman Van Rompuy aka Iain Duncan Smith, we bring good news that the EU’s new foreign minister, Cathy Ashton, does like the X Factor and has a full-size Dalek in the corner of her...

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26 MSPs employ their own relatives on staff

Published Date: 20 November 2009 ONE in five MSPs continues to employ members of their own family as staff – despite public outrage over the expenses scandal at Westminster. New figures have revealed that a total of 26 MSPs...

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'Lesbians make better parents', government advisor says

A government advisor has said that lesbians make better parents than straight couples. Professor Stephen Scott told a meeting last week that research showed children raised by lesbians tended to have higher aspirations.

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Third of family breakup children lose contact with fathers in 'failing' court system poll

Tens of thousands of children a year are losing contact with their fathers because of because of “failing” family court system and disastrous custody arrangements, a study has found. Iain Duncan Smith said the family court...

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John Rentoul: Labour must read the Tories' book

A week is no time at all in politics. Some things take a long time to change, and political parties are among the most resistant. That is the lesson of a new book to be published in January. The Conservative Party from Thatcher...

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MPs to live on council estates for C4 doc

Show featuring Iain Duncan Smith to join Mo Mowlam drama starring Julie Walters in broadcaster's spring lineup MPs including Mark Oaten, Austin Mitchell and Iain Duncan Smith are to get a taste of council estate living for a...

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1.2 million households get £15000 in benefits

More than one million households in Britain are receiving more than £15,000 in benefits every year - double the number since Labour came to power, official figures have revealed. By James Kirkup, Political Correspondent There...

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Channel 4 drops Wife Swap for plane crash TV

• Reality shows swept aside in 'creative renewal' • Air safety and blitz spirit in explosive new season First Channel 4 axed Big Brother. Now the broadcaster has brought the curtain down on two more reality shows, Wife Swap and...

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The Sun, the Tories and Labour

By hounding Gordon Brown the tabloid has returned to its natural comfort zone after an uncomfortable 14-year ceasefire, before which it hounded Neil Kinnock with even more savage venom. However, a question remains for Labour's...

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'Small shocks' that can derail the climb out of poverty

Perhaps we should try a different approach to helping people overcome poverty, says Julie Jarman "Events, dear boy, events." Harold Macmillan's famous reply when asked what was most likely to blow governments off course applies...

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