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Jackie Doyle-Price complained an 'old boys network' shouldn't decide who leads the Tories

Tory MP hits out against ‘old boys network’

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William Hague in the Commons chamber - on a historic but subdued day in Westminster

A declaration of Cold War: Washington and London turn their backs on Russia

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Nick Clegg said it was too complicated to remove richest parents from the coalition's childcare support package

Rich parents still in line for coalition’s childcare payout

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The report noted several weaknesses of parliament's website. A redesign has been held up because of internal infighting

Parliament’s internet freeze: Westminster officials in ‘deadlock’ over online future

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Rockall, the last expansion of the British Empire

This is how Britain does annexations

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Britain's inequality problem is much bigger than this year's Budget

Inequality: Budget obsessives risk missing the bigger picture

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Nick Clegg on the shipping forecast, and politics too

Wanted: Clegg seeks ‘coalition’ of liberals to keep him in power

Nick Clegg took the unexpected step of appealing for votes beyond his party in his closing speech at the Liberal Democrats’ spring conference in Brighton.

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Nick Clegg’s ‘I love Britain’ speech in full

Read Nick Clegg’s speech to the 2014 Lib Dem spring conference in York here

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Alex Stevenson: Labour and Russia have always had a troubled history

Analysis: A British divide emerges over how to handle Russia

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Ukip's support for a BNP pact was limited - but not

Ukip’s ‘angry old men’ backed BNP pact

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Russia's involvement in Crimea a 'big miscalculation', Hague says

Crimea crisis: Labour’s ‘suspend Russia’ call ends Westminster consensus

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Stephen Lawrence's mother, brother and father in 2012 after his murderers' sentencing. They were subsequently spied on by Met undercover officers

So much for justice: How undercover police officers encouraged crime and ruined lives

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'Profoundly shocking' review paves way for judge-led inquiry into Stephen Lawrence murder investigation

Undercover policing inquiry ordered after Stephen Lawrence review shocks ministers

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Andrew Miller is chair of parliament's science and technology committee

Why can’t science and politics get along?

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The coalition formula just doesn't come up with results, parliament's science champion warns

Coalition has been ‘worse for science’

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Tory backbenchers were in giggle mode this week

PMQs verdict: This truce won’t last long

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Russian troops' presence in the Crimea region is prompting international response

UK reviewing arms exports to Russia

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Tony Blair's office strenuously denies he is now worth £75 million

Blair ‘reaching for cheque book’ to rescue Labour’s bank balance

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It all gets too much for this Ukip conference delegate at the party's spring gathering in Torquay

The importance of being idle: Why Ukip’s MEPs should trumpet their laziness

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