David Miliband tells me his friend James Purnell is right to spend some time on the backbenches...
"Afghanistan has defeated the British in the past. It has defeated the Russians. I believe it will defeat Americans with their British and European allies. Our troops should not be there.....
But there are certain things you can't really blame him for. Having poor eyesight. Having poor handwriting. Refusing to let his staff write or endlessly check his personal letters before ...
"This is a little like playing Manchester United - you get a couple extra minutes when you play them..."
Update on progress towards a 'city-region' of Greater Manchester - with its own version of Transport for London...
This is terrible. Can anything be done to avoid this catastrophe?...
The government is currently asking the regions for its views on what its priorities for high-speed rail should be. And I understand they will take seriously any suggestion that a Mancheste...
By Friday lunchtime, we will know whether the National Football Museum is staying in Preston or moving to Manchester...
Later, executive member Mike Amesbury addressed other Labour members as 'comrades'. This caused much amusement among the Lib Dems. They pointed out that they described each other as 'colleagues',...
HARRIET Harman has demanded California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger closes down a website where men ‘review’ British prostitutes. The deputy Labour leader said the site - based in the America...
HOSPITAL car parking charges for inpatients and their families will be phased out 'within three years' under Labour, Andy Burnham pledged . The health secretary said it was 'not right' that peo...
PHIL Woolas has admitted Labour has a 'mountain to climb' to win the next election but said Gordon Brown's key conference speech had given them a fighting chance. The Oldham East and Saddlewort...
THIRTY minutes to the biggest speech in Gordon Brown's life, and the omens are not good. Doleful-looking delegates sit in their seats and exchange whispered words.
GORDON Brown launched his Labour fight back with a one-man manifesto including a referendum on proportional representation and supervised homes for teen mums on benefits. The prime minist...
BRITAIN will be presented with its "biggest choice for a generation" at next year's general election, Gordon Brown said in his last conference speech before the poll expected in the spring. The...
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