Fairness is said to be at the heart of the Coalition's economic recovery strategy. So it is only fair to acknowledge that David Cameron put his finger on the right issue when he proclaimed yesterday that things are unfair at the top. The growing disparity between the top 10 per cent and those at the bottom of British society makes a mockery of Chancellor George Osborne's suggestions that "we are all in this together".

Opposition is never easy. It’s frustrating when you see people experiencing tough times up and down the country.

Miliband’s tough talk could help Lib Dems as Coalition prepares to release its proposals

Labour frontbencher Diane Abbott apologised today after claiming "white people love playing 'divide & rule"'.

Cooper's politics are not mine but she would be populist on law and order, and she would be noticed

Train companies should be banned from imposing huge increases to rail fares, Labour said last night as passengers were braced for price hikes of more than 10 per cent in some cases.

Poll shows strong Conservative gain as Labour reflects on year of wasted opportunities

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Anne Diamond, scourge of the tabloids, was in fighting form on the Today programme yesterday as she spoke of "35 to 40 years of misbehaviour" by an industry that – unlike the broadcast media – knows no rules or self-restraint, and which thinks that anyone who enters public life has "sold their private life".

Lacklustre performance at PMQs stokes anger of party members who voted for him instead of his brother and now regret it

Johann Lamont scored a crushing victory over her rivals to be named the new leader of the Scottish Labour Party yesterday.

Labour's by-election victory was a "verdict on the Government's failed economic plan", Ed Miliband said today.