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Labour’s 2010 manifesto has been given the FactCheck treatment. For more read on.
Gary Gibbon
I am at an event of great pomp, majesty, ancient tradition. Peter Mandelson is giving us an off-camera briefing at Labour’s HQ near Victoria Station on what the Queen’s speech really means. (Actually, he hasn’t changed into his noble robes but admits he is looking forward to it.) He says the programme of government to…
Gary Gibbon
So Gordon Brown is through this storm. And he has Peter Mandelson to thank for it. For one moment on Thursday night, the government hung by a cashmere thread. But Peter Mandelson rallied David Miliband, the moment of maximum danger passed. The Prime Minister is a weakened figure sitting in the Cabinet this morning. He…
Gary Gibbon
New rumour is that Gordon Brown didn’t actually decide to keep Alistair Darling in place until this morning and that an early morning conversation with Peter Mandelson swung it. That won’t do much for Mandelson/Balls relations, which had been patched up since Lord Mandelson’s return to government. Ed Balls will be feeling frustrated that his…
We spoke to the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, who was taking part in an anti racism workshop organised by Chelsea football club.
Passport applicants who paid £30 extra for a fast-track service because of severe delays should get their money back, MPs say.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy speaks to Ed Balls, who says the contest has been a “liberation” from which he has no intention of quitting.