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Austin Mitchell wants watchdog post

By Alex Stevenson Austin Mitchell is to stand for the critical post of chair of the Commons’ influential public accounts committee, he has told politics.co.uk. The Great Grimsby MP, whose antics on Channel 4’s Tower Block of Commons programme entertained the nation before the general election, said he thought the public spending watchdog could be… Read more »

Cameron sails through first PMQs

By Alex Stevenson David Cameron experienced few perils in his first prime minister’s questions, after five years on the other side of the Commons chamber. The new PM’s first half-hour session was dominated by questions about Afghanistan, the economy and developments in Israel and Cumbria. New leader of the opposition Harriet Harman, after asking a… Read more »