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Gordon Brown prepared the ground for a historic realignment in the "war on terror" yesterday by setting out a four-point plan for withdrawal of British troops from Iraq by the end of next year.
By-election: A Glasgow kiss for missing Brown?
She is 49 years old, a reluctant third-choice candidate at best, and reduced to careering around the mean streets of Labour's third-safest seat in Scotland in a desperate attempt to prevent the "earthquake" that would follow if it slipped out of the party's hands.
Cameron upsets Shadow Cabinet with reshuffle
David Cameron has upset members of his frontbench team by preparing to promote more women to the Shadow Cabinet in a reshuffle expected this week.
500,000 pupils to sit new tests as heads scorn SATs
More than half a million 11-year-olds will have to sit new tests in maths and English when they start secondary school next term.
Lambeth Conference: God help the church
The row over gay bishops threatens to tear apart the Anglican Communion. It's not all about sex, explains Cole Moreton. But why should the rest of us care?
A year after the Tewkesbury floods, dozens of families still cannot return home
Residents of the Gloucestershire town say the Government's promise of extra funding is too little, too late.
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Adult literacy classes 'are failing millions of school dropouts'
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