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  • Clegg seeks to calm cuts anxiety
    Nick Clegg has sought to calm fears over the impact of spending cuts, insisting they will be spread over four years not implemented immediately.
  • Chote set to head Budget office
    Economist and former journalist Robert Chote is to become the new head of the Office for Budget Responsibility.
  • MPs back new phone hacking probe
    MPs back calls for a fresh parliamentary investigation into allegations of phone hacking by journalists at the News of the World.
  • Cameron tribute to 'amazing dad'
    David Cameron and his family pay tribute to their late father, saying he had "touched a lot of lives".
  • MPs get first vote on Afghanistan
    The Commons is to vote for the first time on whether UK troops should remain in Afghanistan - almost nine years after the war started.
  • Euro MPs condemn France over Roma
    Euro MPs call on France to suspend its deportations of Roma (Gypsies), as Paris seeks co-operation from Romania.
  • Ed Miliband tops August donations
    Leadership hopeful Ed Miliband raised the most money of any of the Labour contenders during August, Electoral Commission figures show.
  • North East 'least resilient' area
    Industrial areas in the North East and Midlands are least resilient to economic shocks, BBC-commissioned research suggests.
  • BP's Hayward to face MP grilling
    The outgoing boss of BP Tony Hayward is to be questioned by a committee of MPs over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
  • MPs to probe Cameron-Clegg deal
    MPs are to examine how the coalition was formed after the election and issues arising from the negotiations between the two parties.
  • Labour MPs to pick shadow cabinet
    Labour MPs have rejected a move to allow the new party leader to choose who serves in the shadow cabinet.
  • At-a-glance: The candidates
    A rundown of the five candidates in the race to be the next Labour leader.
  • Leader hopefuls: Policy-by-policy
    What do the five candidates stand for?
  • James Landale: State of the race
    The personalities and policies behind the Labour contest
  • Newsnight's candidate hustings
    All the action and expert analysis as the Labour leadership hopefuls went head-to-head on BBC's Newsnight.
  • Labour leadership rules
    What are the rules for electing a new Labour Party leader?
  • The rise and fall of New Labour
    New Labour was the dominant political force in the UK for more than a decade, but even its biggest devotees proclaim it over.
  • Live: Themed question time
    MSPs question Scottish government ministers during themed question time.
  • Cuts 'must be resisted' says SF
    Sinn Fein says cuts "proposed or imposed by the British goverment must be challenged and resisted", following Peter Robinson's call for savings.
  • Guide to N.Ireland Assembly
    A tour of the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont.