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MPs Call For 32% Payrise Of £86,250 As Survey Finds Most Feel Underpaid www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

John Nash, Conservative Donor, Appointed Minister In Department For Education www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

Lord Heseltine attacks David Cameron's EU strategy BBC

Exclusive: Osborne's father-in-law in 'conflict of interest' row
Lord Howell is both a personal adviser to William Hague and a paid consultant to a train company Independent

JOHN RENTOUL Indepndent

A civil servant too effective for his own good
Within an hour of his return to Whitehall, you felt his presence. It's about grip

Prime Minister often finds out about policies from the radio or newspapers, says former advisor Hilton Independent

To understand the deepening mess we are in now, it's worth looking to the words of a Polish economist in 1944
This assault on an entire social contract is what Michał Kalecki warned about

Aditya Chakrabortty Guardian

Police pay to start £4,000 lower, at £19,000 BBC

Christopher Chope, Tory MP, Calls Waiters 'Servants' And Asks For Cheaper Meals For MPs www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

Benefits and child credits squeeze pushes 200,000 children into poverty
Government admits statistic that Labour says shows children are victims of Tory 'games' and 'economic failure'

Patrick Wintour Guardian

Forget Ken's cronies. Now it's Boris's buddies
Boris Johnson's choice of Andrew Gilligan as London's cycling tsar increases the whiff of cronyism around the London mayor


Sonia Purnell www.guardian.co.uk

Lord Tebbit serves PM an unpalatable dish
David Cameron warned of backbench revolt if he does not offer the 'red meat' of significant power shift from the EU Independent

Olympics workers cross-checked against unlawful blacklist
Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna calls for action over blacklisting database www.guardian.co.uk

Denis MacShane Expenses Investigation To Be Reopened, Says Scotland Yard www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

Charities' silence on government policy is tantamount to collusion
Charities that surrender campaigning voices to safeguard government contracts leave us chasing the shadows of disaster

Zoe Williams www.guardian.co.uk