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Darling, you’re going Home

By Anand Menon

From @LabourList Ladbrokes are offering odds of 3/1 that Alistair Darling will be installed as Home Secretary in the imminent cabinet reshuffle. Hat tip @northbriton45. Full odds for Home Secretary and Boylesports.com's odds for Chancellor…

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Chaos as Jacqui Smith resigns as Home Secretary

By Anand Menon

From @LabourList UPDATE: Jacqui Smith is still due to lead the second reading of the immigration bill at 3:30pm this afternoon. UPDATE: The BBC confirms Sky News' story that Jacqui Smith will resign from government. UPDATE: Number 10 is…

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The Fiona Millar interview

By Alex Smith

Fiona Millar is a journalist, education campaigner and author of The Secret World of the Working Mother. She met Alex Smith on Friday, 29th May, 2009. You've campaigned for years to make schools admissions fairer, but when I applied to the…

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Miliband calls the Tories out on Europe

By Anand Menon

From @LabourList In an article for this morning's Guardian, David Miliband has warned that David Cameron's proposals to renegotiate Britain's role in Europe are "dangerous" and "need to be exposed". The Foreign Secretary says: "The Tories…

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More belated apologies and excuses

By Anand Menon

From @LabourList On Day 26 of its MPs' expenses revelations, the Daily Telegraph is reporting that Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon has repaid £384 after it was discovered that he had claimed allowances for two different second homes at the…

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Latest poll shows Labour down on 18%

By Anand Menon

From @LabourList Iain Dale is reporting the news that the latest IPSOS Mori poll has Labour down at 18% for this week's European elections. It's the lowest opinion rating the party has registered in decades. In a separate question, only 18%…

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Is David Cameron losing track?

By Anand Menon

From @LabourList We've just been sent this video by a reader. It's about David Cameron losing track of diplomatic convention, as well as the number of houses he's got.

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It’s over, Darling

By Anand Menon

From @LabourList The Times is reporting this morning that new revelations about Alistair Darling's expense claims have opened the door for Ed Balls to secure the job he'd love to have. Mr Darling has been criticised for claiming allowances…

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