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Croydon’s “Deep Throat”: Frank Field breaks his silence

Frank Field, the veteran campaigner on social policy, has broken a five-decade omerta over the identity of a government whistle-blower who helped shame a Labour government into honouring its election promise to introduce child benefit. Field’s admission this week explained … Continue reading

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Gordon Brown and Tony Blair lead tributes to Malcolm Wicks

Tributes from all sections of politics, blue as well as red, continued to be made to Malcolm Wicks, Croydon North’s first Labour MP, who died on Saturday.

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