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2 A field day for the Tory old guard
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5 Parliamentary inquiry misled on phone hacks
6 Education officials spent £10m on first-class fares
7 Five held by anti-terror police new
8 Energy firms to be forced to help the poor
9 BNP leader to stand against minister
10 Number of prisoners let out overnight soars
11 British soldiers sexually abused us, claim Iraqis
12 Tweed to stand trail on rape charge new
13 Tories target newest BBC channels for spending cuts
14 The disgrace of Britain's jails: Institutions short-change inmates and society
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1 Nick Clegg: Cancel the Queen's Speech – and save democracy
2 Energy firms to be forced to help the poor
3 Education officials spent £10m on first-class fares
4 Illegal downloaders 'spend the most on music', says poll
5 Battered child wins compensation from three-year-old
6 Homecomings fit for heroes? The plight of Britain's veterans
7 Plan to give 16-year-olds the vote fails to win support
8 Number of prisoners let out overnight soars
9 Funeral costs jump, but too few will haggle
10 Five held by anti-terror police new
11 A field day for the Tory old guard
12 The disgrace of Britain's jails: Institutions short-change inmates and society
13 Record numbers of women imprisoned
14 Stop and search: white people held 'to balance racial statistics'
15 Civil servants earn £30m bonuses (and claim £35m in fares)
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1Renouncing Islamism: To the brink and back again
2'Cancel the Queen's speech ? and save democracy'
3Bruce Anderson: Why the public are wrong over our mission in Afghanistan
4War in Afghanistan: Not in our name
5Mary Wakefield: Sex education classes are the last thing young children need
6British soldiers sexually abused us, claim Iraqis
7Nick Clegg: Don't waste our time... bring forward real reform
8Aid commitment dropped from Queen's Speech
9Welcome to Club Bounce: Where the big ? and beautiful ? people go
Columnist Comments
• Bruce Anderson: Why the public are wrong over our mission in Afghanistan
The West must be seen as a reliable foe
• Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Libel laws silence our democracy
Most journalists have to accept severe limits on what we can say
• Philip Hensher: Computers have got to learn about grammar
Some of the things we are told in school are just terrible rules

