The Week
The Week
A round-up of this week's news and events
Week in Westminster
Touched by the hand of Gord
Edward Davie explores the leadership implications of Home Office reform
Edward Davie
Commons
Commons Gallery
Daniel Forman reports on the week's key developments in the House of Commons
Daniel Forman
Clans gather for election battle
Social, physical and geographical exclusion are the issues that dominate the week of the MP with one of the most dispersed constituencies in Parliament
Danny Alexander
Lords
Lords Gallery
Andrew Evans rounds up the week's developments in the House of Lords
Andrew Evans
An aria a day
Operas and oratorios sustain Baroness Noakes through a hectic post-Budget week of prodigious number-crunching, statistics and Sudoku
Baroness Noakes
Feature Story
A Conservative conundrum
Senior Conservative backbencher Sir George Young reviews a new biography of David Cameron, and finds a subject who is well-bred to the point of inscrutability
Sir George Young
Interview
Keeping Rory on the rein
Rory Bremner talks to Charles Kennedy about his personal evolution from showbiz mimic to political satirist - and the constant quest for new political scalps
Charles Kennedy
Blair's Decade
Mission impossible
Tony Blair has made progress on the NHS, but civil service shortcomings have limited the impact of extra funding, says Sir Gerry Robinson.
Sir Gerry Robinson
Policy Focus: Defence
Gains worth consolidating
We've come too far in Afghanistan to give up now, says Des Browne
Des Browne
Overburdened and over there
Our Nato partners should contribute more in Afghanistan, says Liam Fox
Liam Fox
Multinational nationbuilding
A more diverse strategy is required to stabilise Afghanistan, says Nick Harvey
Nick Harvey
A Plymouth lynchpin
The fate of a vast range of local business is tied to Devonport, says Alison Seabeck
Alison Seabeck
Defence first, philosophy later
Eric Joyce takes a firmly practical line on the question of Britain's nuclear deterrent
Eric Joyce
Cuddling up to Uncle Sam
Jeremy Corbyn wonders at our nerve in lecturing the world on non-proliferation
Jeremy Corbyn
Don't negotiate naked
While working for disarmament we still need a deterrent, says Sir Malcolm Rifkind
Sir Malcolm Rifkind
Trident with more prongs
There are cheaper, more flexible missile systems than Trident, says Alan Whitehead
Alan Whitehead
Homes unfit for heroes
Sub-standard accommodation is the final insult to our brave troops, says James Gray
James Gray
Facing fearful odds
Tim Collins tries hard to be positive about the state of Britain's armed forces
Col Tim Collins
Special Reports
Commons rules
Sir Patrick Cormack MP reviews ‘How Parliament Works – 6th Edition’, by Robert Rogers and Rhodri Walters (Pearson Longman, pp504)
Sir Patrick Cormack
Bureaucracy before business
Mark Prisk questions the effectiveness of small business support schemes
Mark Prisk
Delivering devolution?
Ministers must act on the Lyons Report's proposals to shift power away from the centre, argues Adam Marshall
Dr Adam Marshall
Gallic guessing game
With their tendancy to switch allegiances between voting rounds, French electors make the presidential election hard to call, explains Sir Robert Worcester
Sir Robert Worcester
Others
Cobbett's Corner
Chris Moncrieff takes a wry look at British politics
Chris Moncrieff
Electionwatch
A round-up of recent and forthcoming polls
Backtracks...
...this week in history
