Councils are the ones that pull the levers in local economies
Margaret Eaton
Public Servant magazine
By Alison Thomas
21 November 2008
Elected chairwoman of the LGA at the beginning of September, Margaret Eaton has had plenty to keep her busy. She…
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In conversation with... Hazel Blears
Hazel Blears
Total Politics
By Iain Dale
21 November 2008
To her fans she's a human dynamo, to her enemies she's an irritating robot. Iain Dale talks to Hazel Blears,…
With liberal frankness
Nick Clegg
Total Politics
By Shelagh Fogarty
21 November 2008
Nick Clegg's views on God and sex may appear artless, but he is convinced the public prefer straight answers to…
End of an era
Sam Younger
Total Politics
By Ben Duckworth
21 November 2008
As Sam Younger leaves the "shark-infested waters" of the Electoral Commission, he talks to Ben Duckworth about his achievements and…
Leeds united
Richard Brett and Andrew Carter
Total Politics
By Ben Duckworth
21 November 2008
Working together comes more naturally to local politicians than those on the national stage. Conservative and Liberal Democrat leaders on…
Blogger profile
Tom Harris
Total Politics
21 November 2008
Labour MP and former minister Tom Harris on his sometimes controversial blog
If I were Prime Minister: Tim Vine
Tim Vine
Total Politics
21 November 2008
Comedian Tim Vine on what he would do if he were Prime Minister
The oldest snowboarder in town
Gil Paterson MSP
Total Politics
21 November 2008
Gil Paterson MSP reveals that age is no barrier when it comes to taking to the slopes with his snowboard
Israel's Peres 'hopes for peace'
Shimon Peres
BBC Radio 4, Today
By Jim Naughtie
18 November 2008
Foreign Secretary David Miliband is in Damascus, trying to improve relations with Syria. In the United States, the president-elect, Barack…
My assassins have not heard the last of me
Ray Lewis
Evening Standard
By David Cohen
18 November 2008
RAY Lewis, the man hailed as Boris Johnson's guru in the war against knife crime, today speaks for the first…
Mandelson admits Strictly 'envy'
Peter Mandelson
BBC1, Breakfast
17 November 2008
Lord Mandelson says he has been watching Strictly Come Dancing with "a degree of envy" and told the BBC it…
What can be done for UK economy?
Peter Mandelson
BBC Radio 4, Today
By Jim Naughtie
17 November 2008
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson accused shadow chancellor George Osborne of being "reckless and irresponsible" over his warning about the collapse…
The master who won't be Putin's pawn
Garry Kasparov
Independent on Sunday
By Shaun Walker
16 November 2008
The chess prodigy honoured by the Soviet Union now combines his Western lecture tours with vociferous opposition to the Kremlin…
Haringey Whistleblower: Council falsely accused me of abusing a child
Nevres Kemal
Mail on Sunday
By Eileen Fairweather
16 November 2008
Exclusive: the brave social worker who blew the whistle on Haringey's dire treatment of children before Baby P's death tells…
'Not a poster site has been booked'
Douglas Alexander
BBC, Andrew Marr Show
By Andrew Marr
16 November 2008
Labour's election co-ordinator Douglas Alexander dismisses early General Election talk.
