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They are tasked with running the country and their decisions affect all of our lives – but a series of incidents is casting doubt over how seriously MPs take their jobs.
Had Osborne’s 2010 predictions actually happened, the deficit would be small, the debt falling, and the much vaunted rebalancing of the economy would have taken place.
Labour MP Emily Thornberry is not the first politician to drop herself in it on Twitter. Countless others have also been forced to repent after unburdening themselves on social media.
Military widows who lost loved ones in Iraq and Afghanistan will be able to marry again without losing their pensions, under new plans announced today.
Labour appears to have sleepwalked into a leadership crisis. But how likely are claims of a new leader to replace him before the 2015 general election? And who might replace him?
Do immigrants pay their way, or are they a drain on the economy? FactCheck looks at the latest evidence.
Benefit claimants in areas piloting the new universal credit seem to like it. But with its roll-out taking much longer than anticipated, are government hopes for billions of pounds of savings misplaced?
Why should disabled people feel hard done by? Welfare Secretary Iain Duncan Smith says the UK probably spends more on the disabled and sick “than almost any other country in the developed world”.
Gary Gibbon
Danny Alexander is not without ambition. Over time he has tried various tactics to convince Lib Dems that they should take him to their hearts and consider him future leadership material.
Working-age benefits will be frozen for two years, Chancellor George Osborne tells the Conservative party conference in Birmingham.
An American TV reporter quits her job live on air, swearing before walking off camera. We look at how others have resigned in style.
Jackie Long
Rachel Reeves’ optimism and excitement are perhaps a little premature, even after today’s government defeat in parliament over reform of the spare room subsidy.
The Liberal Democrats and Conservatives clash over a Commons bill that is seeking to reform the government’s so-called “bedroom tax”.
As joblessness continues to fall, self-employment has reached record levels. But there is concern about the types of jobs being created.
Iain Duncan Smith, work and pensions secretary, claims benefits cuts will push people to work. Jane Deith finds his plans haven’t gone down well in his own back yard, and Michael Crick speaks to him.