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The official police log of Andrew Mitchell's angry confrontation with Downing Street police records the Chief Whip describing officers as "plebs". A 442-word account of the incident, published for the first time by The Daily Telegraph, records Mr Mitchell repeatedly refusing to comply with police requests and then...
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David Cameron has resisted demands for an inquiry into the conduct of Tory Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell as the row over his tirade against police officers in Downing Street deepened. Mr Mitchell sought to draw a line under the affair as he appeared before the cameras for the first time...
BRIGHTON - The Liberal Democrats were "opportunistic" in promising not to raise tuition fees, the party's former leader Paddy Ashdown has admitted. Speaking to an audience of activists in Brighton on Monday afternoon, Lord Ashdown said the party knew there was not going to be a majority Lib Dem government...
A letter describing Vince Cable as the "contact minister for Shell" has raised fresh questions about the business secretary's relationship with the oil giant. In the letter to Cable dated 19 March 2012, Malcolm Brinded, the then chief executive of Shell Upstream International, sets out how the company...
Tory co-chairman Grant Shapps, or marketing guru Michael Green depending on where you've met him, is falling further into a scandal over his identity after it was reported he had changed his birthplace multiple times for elections. Shapps, formerly the housing minister, appears to have changed his place of birth...
The Metropolitan police are investigating how a newspaper managed to get hold of police transcripts detailing the incident between Andrew Mitchell and Downing Sreet officers, in which he is said to have called officers 'plebs'. A Met police spokesperson told The Huffington Post UK they were looking into how police...
Vince Cable's much reported government plans to create a business bank may have the support of the Federation of Small Businesses, but many entrepreneurs were less welcoming. The FSB said the move would open the door to alternative lenders and create new ways for small businesses to get...
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(By @davidschneider, Chigwiri.com and @Ross_Owen) More TOPICALOLs: Liberal Democrat Party Apologises For Nick Clegg Michael Gove IS The End Of Terminator Stacey Solomon Is New Voice Of...
Lynne Featherstone's suggestion that The Sun's page 3 can help fuel domestic violence has been backed up by women's groups, which warn pictures of topless women in national newspapers only serve to undermine female equality. Women's Aid's deputy chief executive Nicki Norman told The Huffington Post...
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Business leaders and unions have criticised Vince Cable's nascent business bank, saying it will provide "nowhere near enough" money to kickstart the economy. The business secretary was given the go-ahead to announce the business bank today; it will be funded using £1bn of taxpayers money found through governmental cost cutting,...
Meanwhile, over on the US presidential campaign trail... Second Lady of the United States Jill Biden entertained the crowds at a New Hampshire rally by accidentally implying that she was there to talk about husband Joe's penis. (Incidentally, we're pretty certain that wasn't why she was there. Well, that definitely...
A new "business bank" will be handed £1bn of taxpayers' money in a bid to kick-start lending to small and medium-sized British firms, Business Secretary Vince Cable has announced. In what an aide hailed as a "big win" for the Liberal Democrat, he has secured Treasury approval to set up...
Downing Street has backed Andrew Mitchell after he denied calling police "plebs" despite the chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation warning the Tory MP had impugned "the integrity" of officers. John Tully said David Cameron should hold an investigation after Mitchell denied calling a police officers plebs, but admitted he...
Britain and Canada will establish joint diplomatic missions and share embassy offices abroad, Foreign Secretary William Hague is set to announce on Monday. Mr Hague will reveal more details of the plans when he meets his Canadian counterpart, John Baird, in Ottawa later, a Foreign Office spokesman said. The proposals...
Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell “should explain fully and in detail his version of events” over the row with police at Downing Street, Nick Clegg said on Monday. The deputy prime minister's comments come after it emerged published records made by members of Scotland Yard's specialist protection team, which have been...
** Breaking - Mitchell's Non-Apology Apology ** Vince's Victory ** Danny In The Dumps ** Tax, Tax, Tax ** With Friends Like These... ** Lib-Lab Flirtathon, Part 54 ** Gategate ** Run, Hillary, Run ** BREAKING - MITCHELL'S NON-APOLOGY APOLOGY The chief whip Andrew Mitchell popped up outside the Cabinet...
