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Jonathan Djanogly, shadow solicitor general
Tory MP under fire for au pair claim

By politics.co.uk staff A Tory MP is furiously denying claims he hired an au pair using his parliamentary expenses, following another damaging revelation. Jonathan Djanogly, the shadow solicitor general, said the woman in question worked as a cleaner but did not provide childcare. The Telegraph says the student placed an advert for an au pairs… Read more »

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Troops in Afganistan
Clegg lays into Afghanistan tactics

By politics.co.uk staff A decision not send in another 2,000 troops to Afghanistan was made for political reasons, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has claimed. Mr Clegg alleged that an army request for an extra batch of troops was turned down, and that troops were operating in a “political vacuum”. “I think we are putting… Read more »