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• Letters: Ofqual appointment

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Barry Sheerman has got the wrong end of the stick over the appointment of the chair of Ofqual ( MP accuses Balls of ignoring vetting rules , 19 December). I told parliament on 24 March that there would not be a pre-appointment hearing for Kathleen Tattersall – but that there would be for new candidates for that post ...
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• Labour MP David Taylor dies at 63

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  David Taylor had been MP for North West Leicestershire since 1997 and planned to retire at next election David Taylor, the hard-working leftwing Labour MP and one of parliaments polymaths, had died from a heart attack. The 63-year-old was walking with his family at Calke Abbey, in Derbyshire, on Boxing Day when he ...
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• Police hand over more files on expenses

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Two more sets of evidence against politicians given to Crown Prosecution Service Scotland Yard handed two more files of evidence against politicians suspected of abusing their expenses to prosecutors today. Officials at the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) are now examining six cases of alleged wrongdoing by MPs and ...
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• Tory whip Jeremy Wright appealing against MPs expenses payback demand

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Jeremy Wright disputes order to repay £800 for mobile bills A Conservative whip is one of the 80 MPs appealing against the Commons auditors demand to pay back expenses. Jeremy Wright, who has been ordered to repay nearly £800 he claimed for mobile phone bills, appears to be the first Conservative or Labour ...
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• Taxing bankers bonuses does not breach their human rights

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Committee of MPs and peers concludes that new tax is compatible with European law When it emerged that Alistair Darling was planning to announce a tax on bankers bonuses in the pre-budget report, some figures in the City seemed to think that their human rights were about to be infringed. Bill Dodwell, the head of ...
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• Camerons plan to remove anti-Tory bias in electoral system wont work

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Two academic studies say Tory leaders plan to cut number of MPs by 65 will not create level playing field for Conservatives David Cameron wants to cut the number of MPs by 65. As he explained in September in a speech called Cutting the Cost of Politics, thats partly because he wants to save money. But he has also ...
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• News from the Government Press Office - Extra Government funding to keep flood rail s

  
  Politics Forum and Political Blog discussing and debating political and social issues. — Authority: 151
  A free train service set up to help Cumbrian residents affected by the recent floods will continue operating until May 2010 thanks to an extra £750,000 of Government funding, Transport Minister Sadiq Khan has announced. More...
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• Pay commission should investigate top public sector salaries, MPs say

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Compass welcomes report but says government needs to address high pay in private sector too A Top Pay Commission should be set up to investigate "fat cat" salaries in the public sector and name and shame organisations that pay too much to senior officials, a committee of MPs said today. The House of Commons public ...
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• MPs expenses: the worst ever year for politics?

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 965
  With widespread abuse of the expenses system revealed, was 2009 the worst year ever?
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• The X Factor overlord is set to make Jedwards of us all | Marina Hyde

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  If Cowells idea succeeds, the UK will be one vast reality show with leaders too weak to resist his nightmarish referendums A "political X Factor", in which hot topics are voted on by members of the public in instant referendums? A red phone in the middle of a shiny floor studio, just daring No 10 to call and explain ...
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• Ed Balls accused of breaking rules over Ofqual appointment

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  MPs on schools select committee say they should have had chance to vet chair of new exams watchdog The childrens secretary, Ed Balls, has been accused of breaching parliamentary rules by appointing the chair of the new exams watchdog without giving MPs on the schools select committee a chance to vet the candidate. ...
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• 80 MPs challenge expenses rulings

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  High number of appeals illustrates extent to which Sir Thomas Legg has infuriated MPs by imposing retrospective rules Eighty MPs are challenging the results of the review process set up to ensure the repayment of expense claims allowed in the past but now deemed questionable, it was revealed today. The figure, ...
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• Demos power map: how powerful is your constituency?

  
  News: Datablog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 120
  A new index by Demos attempts to quanitfy how much power we have as individuals. Get the data here • Get the data The Demos Power Map is the first attempt to show the British power postcode lottery. This is not about the power elites but rather on the power held by us as citizens. Demos have put together ...
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• No, Simon Cowell is not a saviour

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Engagement via entertainment is a failed model – shouldnt we be talking about how to make politics less like the X Factor? All hail Simon Cowell, saviour of democracy . This all sounds a bit familiar. During the height of the Big Brother phenomenon, the then Endemol producer Peter Bazalgette was similarly ...
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• Yesterday in parliament

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  16 December session Copenhagen World leaders are facing an "uphill task" to reach agreement on tackling climate change in Copenhagen, the government insisted. Harriet Harman, the leader of the Commons, standing in for the prime minister, who is at the talks, said legally binding targets were required to combat ...
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• MPs: Dozens challenge payback rulings

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  MPs have until 3pm to say whether they want to appeal against Sir Thomas Leggs findings Dozens of MPs are challenging rulings from the Commons auditor, Sir Thomas Legg, ordering them to repay parliamentary expenses, it was revealed today. MPs have until 3pm to say whether they want to appeal against Leggs findings ...
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• Simon Hoggarts sketch | There once was an ugly cackling …

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  There are times in the Commons when the only tolerable response is to throw food. Sadly this is not allowed There are times in the Commons when the only tolerable response is to throw food. Sadly this is not allowed. Nor may we shout at MPs from the public and press galleries. Otherwise wed be constantly yelling ...
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• Senate Continues To Pose Problems For Harper

  
  Unambiguously Ambidextrous — Authority: 529
  The rumour mill that Stephen Harper might prorogue Parliament again this year has prompted quite a few theories about why, along with the spawned jokes about it becoming a regular Conservative Christmas tradition. Governor-General Michaelle Jean granted prorogue of Parliament last December after the members of the ...
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• Security Certificates: Finding the right balance

  
  Faisal Kutty.com — Authority: 128
  By Omar AlghabraThe matter of “Security Certificate” is garnering news headlines again. Today, the federal court struck down a certificate against a Mississauga resident.Security Certificate is a deportation instrument that the government can employ to ... Related Posts B Canada’s War on Terror Hangover – ...
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• MPs expenses – what youve discovered

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  An A-Z guide to the most interesting claims made by MPs for their second homes from April 2008-June 2010 Many thanks to all those readers who contributed to our crowdsourcing exercise on the release of MPs expenses last week . Here we publish a consolidated list of the best finds from a team of 20 Guardian reporters ...
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