Boateng to quit as MP and minister
News Article 14 March 2005
Treasury chief secretary Paul Boateng has announced he is to stand down from parliament at the general election.
MP's late night offer revealed
Press Review 14 March 2005
A drunk Labour MP offered to pay a female colleague for sex during last week's all night debate on anti-terrorism laws, it has been claimed.
MPs condemn Deepcut failures
News Article 14 March 2005
A committee of MPs has launched a wide-ranging condemnation of the army's failure to ensure the welfare of its trainees.
Peers warned on future of Lords
News Article 11 March 2005
Labour MPs have claimed that peers could have been "signing their own death warrant" with their behaviour over the Prevention of Terrorism Bill.
Something fishy afoot
Publication Article 11 March 2005
Lords Gallery
Publication Article 11 March 2005
Ever-decreasing circles
Publication Article 11 March 2005
'Utter confusion' over Iraq war legal advice
News Article 10 March 2005
The Liberal Democrats have attacked the "utter confusion" at the heart of government following the revelation that the attorney general may never have provided a full legal brief on the legality of the Iraq war.
Sinn Fein lose MPs' allowances
News Article 10 March 2005
MPs have voted to suspend Sinn Fein's parliamentary allowances for a year.
Parties row over tax burden
News Article 10 March 2005
Ahead of next week's Budget, Gordon Brown and Oliver Letwin have exchanged blows over tax policy.
MPs give mixed report on police workload
Press Review 10 March 2005
MPs on the home affairs committee have criticised ministers for not doing enough to cut paperwork for the police.
Too few crimes being solved, say MPs
News Article 10 March 2005
Police forces are solving too few crimes despite government efforts, according to MPs.
Majority not completing drug orders
News Article 10 March 2005
In some parts of the country fewer than one in 10 criminals who undergo drug treatment finish their programme, a select committee has reported.
Party leaders exchange blows over terror law
News Article 9 March 2005
Tony Blair and Michael Howard have engaged in bitter clashes over the government's anti-terrorism legislation.
PMQs - The verdict
News Article 9 March 2005
Inevitably this weeks prime minister's questions turned into a row about the government's anti-terror legislation that has been so thoroughly gutted in the Lords.
