George Osborne will not be diverted from his mission, he tells Benedict Brogan and Robert Winnett

George Osborne will not be diverted from his mission, he tells Benedict Brogan and Robert Winnett

Eric Pickles, known for his ruthless approach to spending cuts, explains why the 50p rate must go, writes Robert Winnett

The tensions between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown permeate almost every chapter of his memoir, which gives the most detailed account of the dysfunctional relationship between the two men. Gordon Rayner and Robert Winnett summarise the political and personal attacks on his colleague

Anthony Howard is gripped by No Expenses Spared a brilliant account of the parliamentary expenses scandal floating duck islands moatcleaning and all

New book by The Daily Telegraph's Robert Winnett and Gordon Rayner reveals how one of the biggest scoops of modern times was pulled off.

Buried in the torrent of media coverage on MPs' "expenses" was a revealing piece in The Daily Telegraph recently, on the workings of the parliamentary fees office. The first of two pertinent observations comes in the opening to the piece, written by journalists Nick Allen and Robert Winnett. They remark that, "it has become increasingly clear that officials working in the office are often kee...

"The Prime Minsiter is revealed …" writes Robert Winnett in The Daily Telegraph. No wonder the country is going to the dogs. COMMENT THREAD

Alistair Darling is quite rightly coming under attack today for having his snout firmly in the trough, claiming a second home allowance while renting out his "First" home and living in two government mansions. You can read a very good expose by the Telegraph's Deputy Political Editor, Robert Winnett, here. Or you could go to Paul Staines' Guido Fawkes blog and see his lead article today,...

The Telegraph reports: "Gordon Brown helped fuel Britain’s banking crisis by pressuring the City regulator not to intervene and stop reckless lending, Lord Turner, the head of the Financial Services Authority, said. " Full article here by Robert Winnett. On any other day this would have caused a storm that could have sweeped the prime minster from office. Gordon's finger prints have now...