Immigrant stories: The minister's cleaner

The story of Mark Harper's cleaner, in her own words

Week in Review: A government of tiny talents

It is as if the prime minister went searching for signs of intellectual rigour and swiftly ejected it from his government.
PMQs as-it-happened

All the twists and turns of this week's PMQs in our live blog
Liz Truss: A not-very-green environment secretary

Liz Truss, the woman now charged with watching out for Britain's environment, used to spend her days working for Shell - and has been a vocal supporter of a third runway at Heathrow. So why has David Cameron made her the next environment secretary?

Nicky Morgan: 'Fed up' with teachers not taking responsibility

Michael Gove's successor is unlikely to give our schools the easy ride they might be hoping for
Speaking to an empty room: MPs skipped ethics class

Why are MPs so sniffy about being trained in being good people?
PMQs as-it-happened

Missed this week's PMQs? Catch up here
Everything you need to know about the Westminster paedophile allegations in five minutes

Allegations of a child abuse ring in Westminster in the 1980s are leaving parliament facing a huge scandal, its biggest for years
The Week in Review: Miliband's summer malaise

Drifting along is a good way of enjoying the hot weather, but not a great approach if you're leader of the opposition.
PMQs verdict: Cameron's masterpiece of mockery

In one joke David Cameron managed to make Ed Miliband look geeky, isolated, dominated by the unions and Ed Balls, and above all "miserable". Whatever you think of the prime minister, this was political artistry at its finest.
PMQs as-it-happened

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Trident renewal: Both inevitable and hypocritical

Contradictions and myths make it difficult for politicians to hold an intellectually coherent position on Trident. The resulting compromise is full of flaws - and could even be illegal.

Tory MPs admire Cameron's laurels of defeat

Make your choice: David Cameron is either a feckless idiot or a principled champion of Britain.
The Week in Review: Cameron's secret skill

This week, David Cameron exercised the trait which might just keep him in power after 2015
Ghosts of WW1 haunt the Lords

Amid one of the most moving debates in the Lords, a Labour peer stands up and invites Michael Gove to a fight
PMQs as-it-happened

David Cameron's judgement faces scrutiny in the Commons following Andy Coulson's guilty verdict yesterday
George Osborne's 'northern powerhouse' speech in full

Read the script of the chancellor's speech setting out the case for linking northern England's cities together - and using a new high-speed rail link to do so, to boot - delivered in Manchester this morning
PMQs as-it-happened

All the action from the House of Commons as MPs question David Cameron.
PMQs as-it-happened

All the twists and turns of this week's session, in real time
Competition: Win Veep Season 2 boxset!

Politics.co.uk has got its hands on three Blu-Ray boxsets of Veep's second season for your viewing pleasure.