Retiring MP hits out at 'professional politicians'
News Article 13 April 2005
Retiring Conservative MP Archie Norman has warned that the UK is on the rocky road to the "the professionalisation of parliament".
Blair agrees to part-elected House of Lords
Press Review 11 April 2005
Reform of the House of Lords will see at least some peers elected rather than appointed, the prime minister has conceded.
Dig for victory
Publication Article 8 April 2005
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Publication Article 8 April 2005
Committee calls for new sex equality law
Press Review 8 April 2005
MPs on the Commons trade and industry committee have called for new legislation to tackle inequality between men and women in the workplace.
Peerages on offer to veteran Labour MPs
Press Review 8 April 2005
Labour MPs have complained privately that some long-serving backbenchers have been offered peerages to stand down and make way for younger government loyalists.
Tories force tax change to Finance Bill
Press Review 8 April 2005
The government got its slimmed-down Finance Bill through parliament on Thursday, but the Tories won key concessions on delaying controversial new tax avoidance measures.
MPs attack Iraq weapons intelligence
Press Review 8 April 2005
A report from the Commons intelligence and security committee has voiced fresh criticism of information on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.
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Despatch box clash as election looms
Press Review 7 April 2005
Michael Howard and Tony Blair slugged it out in the Commons at the last session of PMQs yesterday.
Whitehall 'short of qualified accountants'
Press Review 7 April 2005
Many government departments do not properly understand or use commercial accounting and budgeting techniques, a Commons committee says today.
Illiteracy rates unacceptably high, say MPs
Press Review 7 April 2005
The government's national literacy strategy is failing one child in five and needs to be urgently reviewed, a committee of MPs said yesterday.
Whitehall told to boost efficiency
News Article 7 April 2005
Many Whitehall departments are failing to use their accounting mechanisms to ensure the effective delivery of public services, MPs have warned.
Research urged on literacy teaching
News Article 7 April 2005
Too many 11-year-olds are failing to reach the expected standards in reading and writing, ministers have been warned.
Leaders lock horns in last Commons clash
News Article 6 April 2005
Tony Blair, Michael Howard and Charles Kennedy engaged in heated exchanges over the choice facing voters in the general election.
