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Plight of the families who rely on food parcels

Edwina Currie may deny it, but the shocking truth is that in Britain today many people have to chose between eating and paying the rent'Are you telling me people in this country are going hungry?...

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Currie causes stink on 5 Live family finances debate

Former MP Edwina Currie accused an indebted couple of 'living the high life' on a radio discussion of families feeling the pinchNo one should be surprised by the news that Edwina Currie has managed to...

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Sorry, you aren't poor enough to please Ms Currie | Barbara Ellen

Haley Sanderson was reduced to tears by Edwina Currie on 5 live who quizzed the young mother on her spending habitsThe last time I looked, Edwina Currie had still not apologised for her disgraceful...

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Rewind radio: Your Call; Witness; The Interrogation; Professor Hallux's Map...

Listening to Edwina Currie bring a hard-up mother to tears was the low point of a lively week on 5 LiveYour Call (5 Live) | iPlayerWitness (World Service) | iPlayerThe Interrogation (R4) |...

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iLL Manors – reviews

From Goldie to Edwina Currie, leading figures from music, politics, film, charities and the media assess Plan B's directorial debutCAMILA BATMANGHELIDJHFounder of Kids Company, a London charity for...

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Edwina Currie accused of patronising Paralympians

Former health minister draws condemnation after tweet describing Italian team as 'gorgeous even in wheelchairs'Former health minister Edwina Currie was forced to defend herself against accusations she...

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Edwina Currie's September 2012 diaries – a sneak preview

Enjoying the ex-MP's 'shameless, unflinchingly blunt' diaries? Here's what she might say about this monthThe Daily Mail has been serialising extracts from Edwina Currie's 1992-97 diaries ("shameless,...

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Is there life after politics? | The conversation

Tony Blair is busy brokering multi-billion pound mergers. But what of other ex-ministers? Edwina Currie and Jacqui Smith discuss what to do after WestminsterWhen she left parliament Edwina Currie...

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Girls, please! Talk about putting the 'dire' into diaries | Barbara Ellen

Edwina Currie and Sally Burton are to publish diaries – and they have other women in their sightsIf ever there was a tale of two diaries, it's now. Both Edwina Currie and Sally Burton are to publish...

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Diaries Volume II: 1992-1997 by Edwina Currie - digested read

John Crace reduces Edwina Currie's tales of sexual magnificence and political intrigue to a manageable 400 wordsWell: we won the election and I was offered a job, but I turned it down as it was so...

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Diaries Volume II: 1992-1997 by Edwina Currie – review

Zoe Williams on sideswipes and vitriol in Edwina Currie's diariesThe year is 1992. John Major has just won an election and will become, in due course, the most unpopular prime minister since polling...

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Edwina Currie by Nicola Jennings

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Edwina Currie: My family values

The writer and former minister talks about her familyMy grandfather was a classic pater familias– tough, strong, very loving. He came to the UK aged 16 from Poland. He presided over Sabbath dinners and...

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Venn worlds collide: the connections between celebrity memoirs

All memoirs have common themes. And some of those from this year, including books by Jack Straw, Kris Jenner and R Kelly, take us effortlessly from Salman Rushdie to Uggie the dogPriya Elan

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Oona King, Tessa Jowell, Angela Eagle and others on sexism in Westminster

The Rennard allegations have put Westminster's sexual politics in the spotlight. So how bad is it? Women who know tell of boozy conferences, wandering hands and the obstacles to complainingGaby...

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Edwina Currie urges protesters not to disrupt Margaret Thatcher's funeral -...

Former Conservative minister says while demonstrators are free to protest, they should understand how much offence they may cause

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Mail on Sunday's mysterious story of Downing Street love affair

The Mail on Sunday has published one of the most intriguing of splashes. On a day when the news agenda has been dominated by cash-for-questions newspaper stings (in The Sunday Telegraph and Sunday...

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MPs pay: how much are they worth?

MPs may be about to get a salary increase. Next week the parliamentary spending watchdog is expected to recommend a £10,000 rise, to £75,000. We ask them if they're worth itGlenda Jackson, Labour MP...

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Rewind radio: Your Call; Witness; The Interrogation; Professor Hallux's Map...

Listening to Edwina Currie bring a hard-up mother to tears was the low point of a lively week on 5 LiveYour Call (5 Live) | iPlayerWitness (World Service) | iPlayerThe Interrogation (R4) |...

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iLL Manors – reviews

From Goldie to Edwina Currie, leading figures from music, politics, film, charities and the media assess Plan B's directorial debutCAMILA BATMANGHELIDJHFounder of Kids Company, a London charity for...

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