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Google boss Eric Schmidt hits back at Ed Miliband and vows to invest in UK even if it has to pay more tax
22 May 2013 05:49 PM
Labour leader had claimed US company was going to 'extraordinary lengths to avoid paying its taxes'
Ed Miliband warns Google: I'd make you pay more tax
22 May 2013 12:40 PM
Google is betraying its founding principles by going to extraordinary lengths to avoid paying taxes in Britain, says Ed Miliband.
Hospitals freeze A&E targets - because they can’t hit them
21 May 2013 07:27 PM
Doctors warn that the best they can do now is try to prevent patients waiting for 12 hours, not four
Sir David Nicholson quits: NHS chief steps down in wake of Mid Staffs scandal
21 May 2013 04:14 PM
He took on the job less than two years ago and will leave his role next March
Jeremy Paxman reveals he has heard senior Tories calling activists 'swivel-eyed loons'
21 May 2013 11:46 AM
Newsnight presenter's disclosure further undermines attempts by the party to shut down affair amid continuing rows over Europe and gay marriage
British business: We need to stay in the European Union - or risk losing up to £92bn a year
20 May 2013 12:00 AM
Richard Branson and Martin Sorrell among signatories to a letter to ‘The Independent’ that takes aim at Eurosceptics
Independent Scotland 'might not be able to guarantee savers' deposits'
20 May 2013 12:00 AM
An independent Scotland might find itself unable to guarantee the deposits of savers in the event of another financial crisis, the Treasury warns today.
Tory Lord Feldman to face questions about allegations he described grassroots activists as 'swivel-eyed loons'
19 May 2013 08:31 PM
The Conservative Party Chairman, Lord Feldman, has privately admitted speaking to journalists who reported a senior Tory figure describing local party activists as “swivel-eyed loons”, it emerged on Sunday.
Nick Clegg promises prisoner rehabilitation shake-up to cut re-offending
19 May 2013 06:59 PM
Sending a criminal to prison costs more than sending a child to Eton and “we need a better return on our investment” Nick Clegg will say tomorrow.
Philip Hammond breaks ranks on gay marriage
18 May 2013 12:00 AM
A Cabinet minister has controversially warned that the Government is upsetting “vast numbers of people” with its plans for same-sex marriage.
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