The Independent's Political Editor David Maddox says that despite the clash with Unite, the deputy prime minister’s influence ...

I went to a graduation ceremony this week. It was a nice moment. Celebrating years of hard study and - one hopes - the start of working life. But there were two bum notes, one minor, the other major.

For Phyllis Wakiaga, Senior Adviser (Global Lead) at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, former CEO of the Kenya ...

FORMER Met Police boss Lord Ian Blair – the top cop during London’s 7/7 terror attacks – has died aged 72. The senior officer ...

Former Metropolitan Police commissioner Lord Blair, who was in charge of the force during the July 7 bombings, has died at ...

The catastrophic mistake of shooting dead an innocent man in the febrile weeks after 7/7 will forever be associated with his ...

Former Metropolitan Police commissioner Lord Ian Blair has died aged 72, Sky News understands. Lord Blair led the force for ...

The senior officer led the London force between 2005 and 2008 - and was at the forefront of the response to the 7/7 Tube bombings that killed 52 people.