Cathy Newman
Women in Labour: will this pregnant pause ever end?
Despite a commitment to women’s rights from the outset, the Labour party has yet to have a female leader. Could that be about to change?
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Dame Tessa Jowell dies aged 70 after fight with cancer
Figures from the world of politics have been paying tribute to former Labour cabinet minister Tessa Jowell who has died, aged 70.
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FactCheck: Where are Labour’s voters going?
Tessa Jowell tried to brush off today’s humiliating slip in the leadership polls with the retort that no political party does well when the economy’s in the doldrums. “Benign times of growth are always easier for political parties,” she said, adding that it’s both a challenge and an opportunity for Ed Miliband. The news that the Tories have overtaken Labour for the first time since last October came as a huge blow to Mr Miliband as he delivered his keynote speech. According to a ComRes poll, the Conservatives are on 37 per cent, with Labour just behind at 36 per cent and the Lib Dems at 12 per cent. But Ms Jowell says this has more to do with people withdrawing from politics, than signing up to the Tories. FactCheck calls up the pollsters.
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Brexit negotiations start today. What’s going on?
361 days ago, Britain went to the ballot box to decide whether we should be the first member state to leave the European Union. 52 per cent of those that turned up chose to leave. Today is the first official day of divorce proceedings, after 44 years of rocky marriage. And like any break-up, it’ll…
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Sadiq Khan chosen as Labour’s London mayoral candidate
Former shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan is selected as Labour’s candidate for the London mayoral elections in 2016, the day before the party unveils its new leader.
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Vishal Mehrotra: father wants son’s murder case reopened
A group of MPs is backing a father’s call for the re-opening of the investigation into the death of his eight year old son who disappeared in 1981.
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Bees in his crown: the curious interests of Prince Charles
The newly published “black spider” letters reveal the Prince of Wales corresponded with government ministers on a wide range of topics, from Lynx helicopters to the Patagonian Toothfish.
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Prince Charles ‘black spider’ letters released
Letters sent by Prince Charles to government departments in 2004 and 2005 have finally been released to the public after a mammoth legal battle. Here’s what we know so far.
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Former News of the World journalist admits hacking
Ian Edmondson pleads guilty to conspiring with hacker Glenn Mulcaire to listen to the voicemails of a host of celebrities, politicians and royalty between 2000 and 2006.
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Lambeth ‘slave’ scandal: two suspects arrested in 1970s
Two people questioned after police rescued three alleged slavery victims, including a 30-year-old woman who had spent her whole life in servitude, were previously arrested in the 1970s, police say.
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Prince Harry, David Blunkett: phone-hacking trial week 3
Allegations of the hacking of people connected to two former home secretaries and the fourth in line to the throne: our summary of what happened in the past week at the Old Bailey.
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Love letters, celebrity phones: phone-hacking trial week 1
Jury sworn in, four defendants plead guilty to phone-hacking and a love letter from Rebekah Brooks to Andy Coulson read out in court: Channel 4 News has the weekly phone-hacking trial round-up.
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EU referendum bill passes first parliament test
The Tory MP behind a bid to introduce an in-out EU referendum says that millions of Britons want a vote on the UKs membership of the EU, as the bill passes to second reading.
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David Beckham retires from professional football
David Beckham says he is “fortunate to have realised his dreams” as he bows out of professional football.
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Q&A: Enquiring into inquiries
Hardly a month goes by before someone asks for another public inquiry. Channel 4 News asks: what’s the point?
