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By politics.co.uk staff John Prescott and Michael Howard were two of the big names to feature on the dissolution honours list. Des Browne, former defence secretary, and Ian Paisley have also won peerages, together with John Hutton and John Reid, the former home secretary. Sue Nye, the former aide to Gordon Brown who he criticised… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Reconciling London’s coalition government with Cardiff and Edinburgh could be harder than David Cameron thinks, a report has suggested. The prime minister quickly visited Scottish first minister Alex Salmond and Welsh first minister Ieuan Wyn Jones after taking office in a bid to improve relations between the devolved administrations and the national… Read more »