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Harriet Harman's costly Equality Bill won't do anything for women

The Equality Bill is a pointless piece of dogma that will ony make our businesses less competitive, says Alasdair Palmer. Dogma is the salient characteristic of Labour's Equality Bill, the showpiece of last week's Queen's...

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My expenses are above board, says David Curry

Tory David Curry stood down as head of standards and privileges committee pending inquiry into second home claims The Tory MP in charge of the Commons standards and privileges committee, who stood down pending an inquiry into...

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Public pay is bloated. But don't forget the virus source

The wild escalation of top salaries goes across both sectors – and so must the solution: a high pay commission If ever there were a need for a high pay commission to put some rationality into out-of-control top pay scales, this...

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Harriet Harman faces charges over car crash

Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman was today facing prosecution for her involvement in a car prang in which she was allegedly using her mobile phone, the Crown Prosecution Service said. A court summons will be served on the MP...

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Harriet Harman Faces Prosecution

Photo / Steve Punter The Deputy Labour party leader Harriet Harman is to be prosecuted for talking on her mobile phone while driving. The incident happened in Dulwich this past July. Ms Harman is alleged to have been involved...

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Simon Hoggart's sketch: I'm an MP … get me out of here!

A handful of Labour MPs turned up on the day after the Queen's speech. And most of them could scarcely be bothered to stand up and ask a question. Nobody believes in this thing. It's not worth the parchment it's written on....

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I'm an MP … get me out of here!

A handful of Labour MPs turned up on the day after the Queen's speech. And most of them could scarcely be bothered to stand up and ask a question. Nobody believes in this thing. It's not worth the parchment it's written on....

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DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Nightmare legacy of the Labour Party

'Ludicrous': Harriot Harman's equality measures It is a contrast that spells serious trouble for Britain. Our Government is borrowing money - far more than it said it would - but private sector companies are not. Figures out...

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Biggest copyright sting in history

p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- The British Labour Government has come up with “the most radical copyright proposal I’ve ever seen,” posts Boingboing. More radical than disconnecting people if they fail to toe the corporate...

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Government plans 'unravelling' over expenses, says Cameron

Tory leader David Cameron today claimed the Government's legislative programme was "unravelling" after ministers were forced to concede they could introduce laws to complete the clean-up of MPs' expenses.

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