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Mr Keen and his wife's face a house repossession
MP couple’s home could be repossessed

By politics.co.uk staff A Labour couple has been given a month by their local council before it repossesses their ‘main’ home. MPs Ann and Alan Keen claimed £137,679 over four years for their second home, a Thameside flat in Waterloo; a sum which drew the public attention in recent weeks. Now, a letter by Hounslow… Read more »

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Bank of England governor Mervyn King wants "slightly greater ambition"
Bank governor downbeat on deficit

By Alex Stevenson Britain’s spending deficit cannot be sustained into the parliament after next, Bank of England governor Mervyn King has warned the Treasury. Giving evidence to the Commons’ Treasury select committee in Westminster, Mr King said he did not think “we can afford to wait” until the parliament after next before demonstrating the fiscal… Read more »