Politics

Vince Cable told me Chancellors can park anywhere, insists Osborne

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George Osborne has defended his right to park wherever the hell he likes, explaining to reporters that Vince Cable told him this was true shortly after he got the job ahead of him.

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George Osborne a ‘vile product’ of parental handouts, claim welfare supporters

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Chancellor George Osborne is a vile product of a culture where the handout of vast sums of cash to people who haven’t had to work for it is seen as a good thing, according to welfare recipients everywhere.

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Osborne blames taxpayers for funding Mick Philpott’s lavish lifestyle

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Chancellor George Osborne has claimed the little people who actually pay tax need to take a long, hard look at themselves for funding the lavish lifestyle of welfare recipient and child murderer Mick Philpott.

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I thought you meant 53 pounds of pheasant, admits Iain Duncan-Smith

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Work and Pensions minister Iain Duncan-Smith has this morning reiterated his belief that it is easy to live on 53 pounds of freshly caught game bird a week.

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David Miliband leaves UK now to avoid rush when Ed Miliband is elected

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David Miliband has confirmed he is to leave the country shortly, well before his brother has a chance to make matters even worse.

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Michael Gove’s parents summoned to ATL annual conference

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Michael Gove’s parents have been summoned to the Association of Teachers and Lecturers annual conference to discuss the unruly attitude of the disruptive education secretary.

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Iain Duncan Smith denies job centre death squads working to league tables

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The Department for Work and Pensions has strongly denied that death squads targeting benefit claimants are having their performance monitored by strict league tables.

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Chris Huhne’s prison diary

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Chris Huhne has begun his stay in prison by tweeting from the ‘inside’. Read below for the highlights so far, and don’t forget you can follow him at @ChrisHuhneDiary.

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Diane Abbott ‘literally finds everything arousing’

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MP for Hackney Diane Abbott is demanding a ban on anything moist, firm or pink, after suffering sexual exhaustion during a walk down her high street.

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Alcoholics delighted by 15p a night savings from Budget

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Heavy drinkers have sobered up long enough to welcome the 1p reduction in duty on beer, insisting that if they do this right they might be able to afford a packet of crisps at the end of the week.

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