Gordon Brown is preparing to make his full parliamentary comeback on Monday as the storm over accusations made against him by Tony Blair continues to rage.

The debate on whether to replace First Past the Post with AV for elections to the House of Commons certainly seems to be warming up. Both sides are seeking increasing media coverage, bloggers from both sides are debating on the internet, and public interest seems to be growing on the issue. Yet there seems to

That's how Bruce Anderson sums up Tony Blair's book in a caustic piece for the magazine. Here's the whole review for the benefit of CoffeeHousers: 'It is bizarre. As he often demonstrated in the House of Commons, Tony Blair knows how to use words. He could also have mobilised a team to help him write his memoirs. Instead, it is all his own work, and the words mutinied. This boo...

A former official in the House of Commons fees office faces jail for siphoning off almost £6,000 in bogus MPs' expenses claims to clear his own debts.

MPs who abused Commons staff handling their expenses claims should be named, a former watchdog has said.

We're shocked, I tell you, shocked. Name the names. Hm. Isn't this just what they did to the Commons functionaries when expenses were their job? MPs deserve not one jot of sympathy. They voted effectively to outsource authorisation of their expenses at uncapped cost. Was it put out to tender? No, because they were desperate for a quick fix. Will MPs learn from this? No, they're too ...

John Bercow, the Commons Speaker, is being urged to stop ministers from rushing through legislation that will slash redundancy terms for civil servants and clear the way for a cull of up to 100,000 jobs

It’s Friday, so here’s a fistful of lists that sum up the past week on Liberal Democrat Voice: 5 most-read stories on LDV this week 1. Opinion: why we should wish Labour well (99) by George Kendall 2. Tory MP in Commons sex party “scandal” (14) by The Voice 3. The Miliband campaigning house parties

Just over 100 days into coalition, it’s becoming clearer how the Parliamentary Party (in the Commons) is shaping up and where dissent is likely to come from in future. As I’ve argued previously, overall the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party has been remarkably united over the last few years. (Even the ousting of Charles Kennedy was

Labour's dealing with electoral reform, hanging it on a counter-gerrymandering of electoral constituencies, and even suggesting they would vote against the AV system unless they get their concessions in the House of Commons show that they are untrustworthy partners in the quest for fairer politics. Perhaps it's best we concentrate on less partisan areas of campaigning on this important i...