Westminster's sharpest researcher has some handy hints for saving on the expenses, Mission Impossible-style
Keith Simpson reviews a diary that reveals Spicer's relationship with five prime ministers and four Conservative Party leaders
Jane Ellison MP argues for gay people’s right to be ‘married’, not just ‘civilly partnered’, while Peter Bone MP believes marriage should only be for a man and a woman
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The agenda
Blog 25 May 2012
What's happening
Today Former special adviser Adam Smith and DCMS permanent secretary Jonathan Stephens appear before the Leveson Inquiry
Today The Scottish National Party launches the campaign for a 'yes' vote in the referendum on independence
Today David Willetts visits Edinburgh University and speaks at the Horizon 2020 conference at Holyrood
Today Vince Cable visits Dusseldorf
19.30 The Stop the War coalition hosts a 'Don't Iraq Iran' cultural event…
The laws of the IPSA jungle
Blog by Felicity Parkes / 25 May 2012
Westminster's sharpest researcher has some handy hints for saving on the expenses, Mission Impossible-style...
Time for Conservatives to stop the union-bashing
Articles by Robert Halfon MP / 23 May 2012
Robert Halfon MP supports the idea of union membership for Conservative Party members...
PMQs: the 'European neighbours' problem
Blog by Amber Elliott / 16 May 2012
David Cameron and Ed Miliband grappled for the upperhand on the eurozone crisis today....
Life: Researchers and civil servants aren't 'all in this together'
Our anonymous researchers lift the lid on what really goes on in Westminster...
Donations on the doorstep
Campaigns by Melanie Batley / 10 May 2012
Melanie Batley discovers new smartphone technology that could revolutionise and democratise fundraising...
How I introduced David Cameron to Andy Coulson
Blog by Ian Kirby / 09 May 2012
Former News of the World political journalist Ian Kirby explains the inner workings of...
Eric Pickles and his 'Binquisition'
Articles by Amber Elliott / 09 May 2012
Amber Elliott talks to the communities secretary about refuse policies, the London mayoral elections...
Chuka Umunna on meeting Tony Blair
Articles by Amber Elliott / 13 Apr 2012
As Labour’s shadow business secretary, he has been vocal about the need for ‘better...
Siobhan Benita: 'Labour is in complete meltdown'
Articles by Amber Elliott / 27 Apr 2012
We step onto the campaign trail with the independent candidate for mayor, a woman...
Life: Review: The Spicer Diaries
Keith Simpson reviews a diary that reveals Spicer's relationship with five prime ministers and...
Should we introduce gay marriage?
Opinion by Jane Ellison MP and Peter Bone MP / 24 May 2012
Jane Ellison MP argues for gay people’s right to be ‘married’, not just ‘civilly...
History: They were also MPs: Sir Thomas More
JB Seatrobe examines the political life of a major figure of Henry VIII’s court,...
Commons spends £5.8m to heat and light estate
Blog by Amber Elliott / 15 May 2012
The cost of gas and electricity on the Commons estate exceeded £5.8m since 2010...
Being a special adviser under the coalition
Articles by Duncan Brack / 08 May 2012
Duncan Brack, former SpAd to Chris Huhne in the Department for Energy and Climate...
History: How the Union Jack became our national standard
Before becoming one nation, Britain’s countries had separate national flags. Nick Groom discovers we...
Life: Top ten party political tunes
D:Ream’s Things Can Only Get Better became the anthem of Labour’s 1997 landslide general...
Bad plans for planning
Articles by Stanley Johnson / 07 May 2012
The government's reworked planning reforms assuaged some of its critics but Stanley Johnson remains...
Politicians and their black dog days
Articles by Kirsty Buchanan / 30 Apr 2012
Kirsty Buchanan debunks the myths and misinformation about mental health, and says it’s time...
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