The Week
A round-up of this week's news and events

Time to put up or shut up?
Edward Davie on the increasingly intriguing race for Labour's deputy leadership
Edward Davie

Commons Gallery
Daniel Forman reports on the week's key developments in the Commons
Daniel Forman

My japes with Mates
The talented Scots nationalist MP does a cross-party piece at the Palace of Varieties, samples the Radio 2 Folk Awards - and climbs every mountain in Perthshire
Pete Wishart

Lords Gallery
Andrew Evans rounds up developments in the House of Lords
Andrew Evans

With a limp and a smile
Like his home town of Blackpool, a recuperating Lord McNally gets back on his feet quickly
Lord McNally

Triangulation or strangulation?
David Cameron's reinvention of the Conservatives seems to have softened the party's image, but Edward Leigh cautions against a pragmatism so extreme that voters are left with little to choose between the parties
Edward Leigh

Dismantling discrimination
Bert Massie tells Danny Alexander that there will be no let-up in the drive for equality for disabled people
Danny Alexander

Hard drive for success
Pat McFadden defends the tarnished image of government IT projects
Pat McFadden

Ministerial restraining order
Oliver Heald calls for a bill to protect civil servants from undue political pressure
Oliver Heald

Time for a bit of transparency
External accountability is urgently needed in the civil service, says Danny Alexander
Danny Alexander

Confessions of a blue-sky kid
Helen Goodman explains how she challenged accepted wisdom at the Treasury
Helen Goodman

Whitehall's whipping boys
Tony Wright sticks up for civil servants who act with integrity and professionalism in a climate of constantly moving targets and changing political masters
Tony Wright

Masterclass with the mandarins
A civil servce career not only gave Clare Short an invaluable insight into the machinery of government; it also inspired her to become an MP
Clare Short

Time to share the buck
Guy Lodge says the anachronistic doctrine of ministerial responsibility must be rewritten
Guy Lodge

Surfing on joined-up waves
In the bonfire of government websites Richard Sarson sees a metaphor for the perennial problem of departments overlapping and duplicating work
Richard Sarson

My not-so relaxing recess
Jenny Willott explains why she signed up for the Westminster Arctic Challenge
Jenny Willott

A parade of old chestnuts
The BBC's Party Animals is a salacious travesty, says Victoria Roberts
Victoria Roberts

Last of the buccaneers
Lord Chidgey thrills to the larger-than-life exploits of Earl Jellicoe
Lord Chidgey

Minister of information
Sarah Southerton meets the Commons librarian and learns about his proliferating responsibilities in the information age
Sarah Southerton

Westminster warning
Paddy Tipping remembers former Newark MP Fiona Jones - whose tragic tale serves a warning that the personal well-being of MPs should not be forgotten amongst the political rough-and-tumble at Westminster
Paddy Tipping

Cobbett's Corner
Chris Moncrieff takes a wry look at British politics
Chris Moncrieff

Electionwatch
A round-up of recent and forthcoming elections

Backtracks...
...this week in history