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1.6% inflation: is this the turning point for Tory election prospects?

In Depth If wages are shown to be outstripping inflation, Labour's cost-of-living argument collapses

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  'Sexminster' victim Nigel Evans urges abuse case time limit

  In Depth Former Deputy Speaker believes we need statute of limitations – and anonymity for those accused

  By The Mole Published 14 April 14

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  Sajid Javid, 'more Thatcherite than Thatcher', tipped for top

  In Depth But the real winner from yesterday's Cabinet coup is George Osborne: will Boris ever catch up?

  By The Mole Published 10 April 14

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  Maria Miller quits: three good reasons why she had to go

  In Depth The scandal was losing the Tories votes, damaging the PM and overshadowing positive economic news

  By The Mole Published 9 April 14

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  Maria Miller: trial of strength as Norman Tebbit wades into row

  In Depth As Thatcherites vent their feelings, new polls show Cameron has lost the 'Budget bounce'

  By The Mole Published 7 April 14

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  Clegg's EU debate flop spells election doom for Lib Dems

  In Depth Whatever happened to the blue-eyed boy of the 2010 debates? Even his own supporters think Farage won

  By The Mole Published 3 April 14

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  Warning to Ed Miliband: win election or face Workers' Party

  In Depth Union leader McCluskey issues 'biggest threat to Labour since the Gang of Four left to form SDP'

  By The Mole Published 2 April 14

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  A second referendum? What have you done now, Darling?

  In Depth Alistair Darling suggests whole of the UK should get a vote on Scotland's bid for currency union

  By The Mole Published 31 March 14

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  Farage beats Clegg and boosts chances of joining 2015 debates

  In Depth He may have been sweating - but he didn't 'look nuts' and he's staked his claim as UK's leading Eurosceptic

  By The Mole Published 27 March 14

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  Ed Miliband 'unfit to be PM' – but they said the same about Mrs T

  In Depth Still, the Times splash is not what Miliband needs as he faces a backbench rebellion over the welfare cap

  By The Mole Published 26 March 14

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  Labour jitters as polls show big Tory leap for pension reform

  In Depth Where's the vision, ask think tanks? Where's the response to scrapping of annuities, ask MPs?

  By The Mole Published 24 March 14

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  40p tax trap revelation takes shine off Osborne's Budget

  In Depth And Cameron's message to Boris via James Corden will wipe the smiles off the Osborne-for-leader gang

  By The Mole Published 21 March 14

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  Toasts to Osborne in Tunbridge Wells: but what about the rest?

  In Depth Comfortably-off savers and pensioners get a Budget boost – and a reason (perhaps) to vote Tory not Ukip

  By The Mole Published 19 March 14

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  Osborne refuses to 'behave like a Tory' and save 40p taxpayers

  In Depth He needs the money – and he needs to refute Labour's charge that he's only out to help the rich

  By The Mole Published 17 March 14

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  Miliband EU referendum pledge sends confusing signals

  In Depth It might have been a lot easier if he'd just said: vote Labour and you won't get a referendum

  By The Mole Published 12 March 14

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  'Witch-hunt' forces ministers to own up to foreign cleaners

  In Depth 'Are you employing - or have you ever employed - a foreign cleaner?' It's the new 'McCarthy' question

  By The Mole Published 10 March 14

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  Vince Cable implicated in row over 'withheld' migration report

  In Depth Cameron accused of two cover-ups at once – over immigration impact report and No 10 aide's arrest

  By The Mole Published 5 March 14

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  Rubles rolling into London force Cameron to cool it on sanctions

  In Depth And how do we know? Because, once again, an official visiting the PM has failed to keep his papers to himself

  By The Mole Published 4 March 14

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  Boris Johnson rules out standing as MP in 2015 general election

  In Depth Mayor had been keeping his options open: but 'dirty tricks' speculation has forced his hand

  By The Mole Published 3 March 14

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  Radicalisation of young Muslims is child abuse, says Boris

  In Depth Where children risk being turned into suicide bombers, the law must intervene, says mayor

  By The Mole Published 3 March 14

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  Inept handling of Merkel visit offers Nigel Farage a field day

  In Depth Merkel offers little hope of EU reform while figures show immigration up: not Cameron's finest hour

  By The Mole Published 28 February 14

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  Cameron takes huge gamble by ruling out another coalition

  In Depth PM is trying to placate his angry right-wing – and also tempt voters who prefer single-party government

  By The Mole Published 25 February 14

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  Bribery or clever politics? North Sea oil now the battleground

  In Depth Coalition ups the campaign against Scotland going it alone by announcing £100m plant for Peterhead

  By The Mole Published 24 February 14

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  Why Nigel Farage has accepted Clegg's EU debate challenge

  In Depth Ukip leader hopes it will lead to him being included in televised leaders' debates at 2015 general election

  By The Mole Published 21 February 14

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  125,000 jobless drop – good news but not good enough

  In Depth Another fall in unemployment – but recovery is not coming as fast as the government had hoped

  By The Mole Published 19 February 14

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