Former government minister Denis MacShane said last night a cross-party group of MPs supported changing the law to make it illegal to buy sex, bringing the UK in line with the Swedish model. (politics.co.uk)
Since June 2015, Christopher Howarth, son of the long term ERG member and former government minister Gerald Howarth, has had the job running the group. (opendemocracy.net)
The book reveals the dirty tricks that were used to destabilise the Conservative Party, including the newspaper's bribery of US government officials, the abuse of parliamentary privileges by New Labour MPs and financial intimidation by former Government minister, Clare Short. (lordashcroft.com)