Alex Stevenson

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*Comment & Analysis

As-it-happened: Clegg v Farage live from the spin room

*Comment & Analysis

Tory backbenchers were delighted by David Cameron's performance in this week's PMQs

PMQs verdict: Miliband’s smile froze on his lips

*Comment & Analysis

Lots of bright ideas? Not really

‘We’re getting hammered’: The never-ending misery of energy bosses

News

Miliband urged to be "bolder" by left-wing critics

Miliband in crisis again as left reveals frustration with Labour leader

*Blog

David Cameron and Jose Manuel Barroso: A tense relationship at the best of times

The ‘green card’ which lets Westminster take the fight to Brussels

News

General Sir Richard Dannatt (l) has been shaking his head for years

‘Shadows of the 30s’: Ex-military chief raises Nazi threat in fight against Army cuts

*Comment & Analysis

George Osborne had a good week. Unlike the Tory party

The Week in Review: Was this the perfect Budget?

It’s been an omnitriumph for George Osborne – if not for the Conservative party – this week

News

Britain's richest criminals are happy to stay in jail if it means keeping the cash

Super-rich criminals happy to stay in jail – if it means keeping their stolen cash

Criminals are effectively being allowed to keep stolen money in exchange for more time behind bars, MPs have revealed.

News

Boris Johnson and David Cameron have remained rivals for years. Could one replace the other?

The return of Boris? PM wants his ‘best striker’ back in parliament

News

Scottish independence debate takes a left turn today

Miliband unleashes left-wing politics on Scottish independence referendum campaign

News

Margaret Thatcher's coffin lies in the St Mary Undercroft chapel in the Commons last year

MPs grumble as Tony Benn honoured

News

Ed Balls can spot these traps coming a mile off

It’s not a trap! Balls defiant over welfare cap

*Comment & Analysis

The poster that wrecked otherwise perfect Budget coverage

How to ruin a Budget: Left turns on ‘patronising’ Tories in beer and bingo backlash

*Blog

Eric Pickles: Needed his beauty sleep

Eric Picklezzzzz: Balls accuses local government secretary of falling asleep

*Comment & Analysis

The chancellor is bashing the baddies - and taking money from your bank account

Budget 2014: Osborne’s three clever tricks revealed

News

Widespread talk of a 'trap' before today's Budget appears to have been confirmed

It’s a trap! Labour faces ‘budget responsibility’ vote

News

George Osborne claimed the government's actions were behind the economic recovery - but warned more austerity would be needed

Budget 2014: Osborne gloats over growing economy

*Blog

Budget day: Aaaaaaaaaargh

Why covering the Budget live is a one-sided nightmare

*Blog

Margaret Thatcher is the only other politician to have 'rested' in the Westminster chapel overnight

Parliamentary cogs in motion to give Tony Benn a solemn send-off

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