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David Cameron has appointed a former lobbyist for British Gas to be his personal advisor on energy and climate change

No 10’s new energy adviser is a former British Gas lobbyist

Ministers are working furiously to complete the ambitious and important Energy Bill

GP leaders clash with Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, over A&E crisis

GPs’ leaders have clashed with the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, in their increasingly acrimonious row over who is responsible for the crisis in Accident & Emergency departments.

Murder of soldier in Woolwich was a 'betrayal of Islam' says Cameron as he insists Britain will stand resolute against terror

The Prime Minister said the attack 'sickens us all' and was a 'betrayal of Islam'

Whitelee Windfarm on the outskirts of Glasgow

Switch to low-carbon future would save households £1,600

A saving of £45bn should be good news,  but the study’s conclusions clash with the pursuit of gas

Cameron: 'We have had these sort of attacks before in our country and we never buckle in the face of them'

Woolwich attack: Britain 'will not buckle' in the face of terrorism, says David Cameron

Prime Minister cuts short visit to France and will chair a session of Whitehall's Cobra committee in the morning

Andy McSmith's Diary: Woolwich Twitter witness, Boya Dee, refuses to sell story

The first that many people knew about the ghastly murder in Woolwich was from the Twitter feed of an eye witness, Boya Dee, a south London musician and filmmaker.

The Woolwich murder will be used by Theresa May, the Home Secretary, to revive plans for a “snooper’s charter”, allowing police and security services to monitor internet use, Conservative sources indicated last night

Theresa May keen to revive 'snooper's charter' in wake of Woolwich attack

Home Secretary under pressure from senior figures in all parties to strengthen police and security service powers after killing of off-duty soldier

One of the country's leading headteachers is to accuse Education Secretary Michael Gove of “chickening out” of bringing back a return to grammar schools

Leading headteacher: Michael Gove 'chickening out' on return of grammar schools

One of the country's leading headteachers is to accuse Education Secretary Michael Gove of “chickening out” of bringing back a return to grammar schools.

Ed Miliband addresses Google executives today

'An act of complete cowardice': Ed Miliband blasts Woolwich solider attack

Labour leader Ed Miliband described yesterday's murder of a soldier in Woolwich as “an act of complete cowardice”.

UK immigration continuing to fall as overseas student numbers shrink

Government could still meet its net migration target by the 2015 election

Jeremy Hunt has been branded 'childishly superficial and misleading'

Leading doctor launches second attack on Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt over 'childishly superficial and misleading' comments

Dr Laurence Buckman also said Hunt had made a mess of introducing the troubled NHS 111 emergency line

MPs write to Privy Council to protest press industry's proposals for regulation

A majority of MPs on the House of Commons specialist media committee have written to the Privy Council to protest over the press industry's proposals for its future regulation.

Andy McSmith's Diary: Those hacked off Ukip councillors

After Ukip’s success in the local elections there has been growing interest in what sort of people the party attracts. In Lincolnshire, Chris Pain, leader of the 16 Ukip councillors who are now the main opposition on the county council, denies writing offensive comments posted under his name on Facebook. “My email has been hacked several times. I have got someone looking into this, but it has been a shock to find out how easy it is to do,” he tells me.

Anti-same sex marriage activists demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament in London

Gay marriage opponents warn David Cameron of 'long battle' ahead for Bill to become law

PM promises Tory MPs to avoid any more divisive social issues

Senior Tories will urge David Cameron to bring forward the referendum

Tory Eurosceptics to defy David Cameron again by demanding referendum on Europe is held on the same day as general election

PM tells Conservative MPs he will not make any more concessions over EU vote

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