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Expenses review is bad for family life | Gaby Hinsliff

The Kelly report will increase the strain on MPs who are parents, missing a chance to help make Westminster more representative I woke up this morning to a radio interview with an army chaplain, talking about the latest deaths in Afghanistan. It was ...

From GABY HINSLIFF, Comment Is Free,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: David Cameron,  Tony McNulty,  Jacqui Smith

'I had it all, but I didn't have a life'

Gaby Hinsliff at home with her son, Freddie. Photograph: Suki Dhanda Tucked away down a winding track on a remote Welsh peninsula, the farmhouse we rented for a family holiday last June was a much-needed haven from real life. My two-year-old son and ...

From GABY HINSLIFF, Guardian Unlimited,  31 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Samantha Cameron,  James Purnell,  Gordon Brown,  Trevor Phillips,  Boris Johnson

Bosses to be told to offer more part-time work for parents

Work and pensions secretary Yvette Cooper wants firms to offer more part-time jobs for working parents. Photograph: Sarah Lee/Guardian Employers will be expected to offer more part-time jobs for working parents under a major shift in government ...

From GABY HINSLIFF, Guardian Unlimited,  24 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Yvette Cooper,  Sarah Lee,  Lord Mandelson,  UK Conservative Party

Labour accused of seat-rigging

Downing Street was last night facing a bitter "jobs for the boys" row amid allegations that one of Gordon Brown's closest aides was given an unfair headstart for a parliamentary seat. The conduct of the selection in Barrow and Furness has been ...

From GABY HINSLIFF, Guardian Unlimited,  10 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Gordon Brown,  John Hutton,  Tony Blair,  David Miliband,  Harriet Harman

Brown dismisses fears about his vision

Gordon Brown has suffered two tears to the retina of his remaining good eye, Downing Street disclosed yesterday, days before the start of what is set to be a challenging new parliamentary session. The tearing, said to be minor, was detected during what ...

From GABY HINSLIFF, Guardian Unlimited,  10 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Gordon Brown,  Charles Clarke

Tories plan flexible pensions

Flexible pensions allowing Britons to raid retirement pots in times of financial need could be introduced under Tory plans to boost saving for old age. The idea follows David Cameron's pledge in his party conference speech last week that thrift should ...

From GABY HINSLIFF, Guardian Unlimited,  10 Oct 2009

Related Topics: UK Conservative Party,  David Cameron,  Theresa May

Osborne was not aiming for the party's erogenous zone

Shadow chancellor George Osborne announces a public sector pay freeze at the Conservative party conference in Manchester. Photograph: Jon Super/AP ConservativeHome, that accurate barometer of Tory grassroots feeling, didn't like it much: they concluded ...

From GABY HINSLIFF, Guardian Unlimited,  6 Oct 2009

Related Topics: George Osborne,  Rupert Murdoch,  Irwin Stelzer,  UK Conservative Party,  Boris Johnson

Brown agrees to TV debates – now

Downing Street bowed last night to demands for Gordon Brown to stage a US-style televised debate with David Cameron – but called for it to begin this autumn rather than waiting until the election campaign. The prime minister announced his willingness ...

From GABY HINSLIFF, The Observer,  3 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Gordon Brown,  David Cameron,  UK Conservative Party,  BBC,  Andrew Marr

Cameron vows to champion the poor

David Cameron wants to be judged in government on what he does for the poor, his party chairman declares today, amid growing signs that the Tories may use tax rises or new charges to help cut the public debt. The Conservatives will use this week's ...

From GABY HINSLIFF, Guardian Unlimited,  3 Oct 2009

Related Topics: George Osborne,  Eric Pickles,  David Cameron,  UK Conservative Party,  Kenneth Clarke

Eyes on Osborne at Tory conference

David and Samantha Cameron: he wants a united party in Manchester. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Settling into his cream leather armchair in the bustling bar of a Westminster hotel, Eric Pickles looks in need of his large americano. After a gruelling ...

From GABY HINSLIFF, Guardian Unlimited,  3 Oct 2009

Related Topics: David Cameron,  George Osborne,  UK Conservative Party,  David Miliband,  Gordon Brown

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