Harriet Harman

...accuses Nick Clegg of 'political posturing' over call to scrap Queen's speech Harman accuses Clegg of 'political posturing' over call to scrap Queen's speech Labour deputy leader rejects Clegg's claim that the majority of bills in the...

In this article: Nick Clegg, Labour Party, Waste, Democracy, Liberal Democrats, House of Lords, and Britain

...Speech. In the Speech, the Government confirmed that the Equality Bill, drawn up by Harriet Harman, the Labour deputy leader, will be carried over from the last parliamentary session and debated in the coming weeks. The bill...

In this article: Recession, Equality and Human Rights Commission, and Labour

...on education, social care and curbing bankers' bonuses. Harriet Harman, the deputy Labour leader, insisted there was no need for fresh legislation to reform the expenses system. But David Cameron claimed that Sir Christopher's...

In this article: Labour, Gordon Brown, Cancer, Liberal Democrat, and Jack Straw

...warned. Legislation championed by Harriet Harman, the equalities minister and deputy Labour leader, risks having a "chilling effect" on religious expression, according to the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. In evidence...

In this article: Ramadan, Labour, England, and Wales

Harman to face car crash phone charge LABOUR deputy leader Harriet Harman is facing prosecution over claims she crashed her car while chatting on a mobile. Scotland Yard will go to a magistrates' court to obtain a summons to be served on...

In this article: Summons, Labour, and Swindon

...get their legislation passed, if the other parties co-operate. "Nick Clegg is wrong to say it's a waste of everyone's time," Harriet Harman, the Commons leader, said yesterday. "Instead of this pointless political posturing, the Liberal...

In this article: Nick Clegg, Labour Party, House of Lords, Liberal Democrats, Prince Philip, and Robert Catesby

Brown backs driving-charge Harman Gordon Brown has signalled his support for Harriet Harman following news she will be prosecuted over a crash during which she was allegedly using her mobile phone. Labour's deputy leader still enjoys Mr...

In this article: Gordon Brown, Allegation, Labour, Suffolk, and London

...for its own sake.' Tory treasury spokesman David Gauke said: 'In her attempts to appeal to the Labour left and advance her own ambitions Harriet Harman is playing at being Chancellor - what does Alastair Darling think? This is yet more...

In this article: Tax, Labour Party, Alistair Darling, The Mail, and Tories

...pay gap to widen at a time when it has narrowed elsewhere in the UK. Ms Harman, the deputy Labour leader, said the gap had widened north of the border by 0.4% to 18%. It is at or near its worst in Aberdeen, where the gap is 24.6%, though...

In this article: Aberdeen, Recession, Labour, UK, and North Sea