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Families concerned over sailors held by Iran
The families of five Britons seized in the Gulf spoke after reports that the crew faced "serious" action.
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'Switch PMQs so MPs stay around longer'
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Nigel Morris: The Commons Speaker is pressing for Prime Minister’s Question Time to be moved to Thursdays.
UK heading for a hung parliament, poll shows
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Andrew Grice: Labour closes gap to ten points as economic confidence returns, according to the latest ComRes poll for The Independent.
I did not bully Lord Goldsmith, insists Blair
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Former PM comes out fighting as more revelations emerge from inquiry
This is a political as well as a military surge, says PM
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Brown confirms Afghan reinforcements and admits presence of special forces
Dog that mauled boy to death was illegal
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
The dog that savaged John-Paul Massey to death was an illegally-held pitbull-type dog banned for being too dangerous to keep, it was revealed today.
Clegg denies U-turn over 'mansion tax'
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Liberal Democrat leaders beat a hasty retreat yesterday from controversial plans to impose a "mansion tax" on the owners of £1m homes.
SNP makes the case for Scottish independence
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Salmond uses St Andrew's Day to launch campaign to break up the Union
Tories and Labour clash over marriage policy
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
David Cameron accused Labour of "pathological" opposition to supporting marriage as he pledged a Tory government would reward every wedded couple through the tax system.
The Big Question: Is Scotland ready for independence, and if so what form will it take?
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Brown confirms 500 extra troops
Monday, 30 November 2009
The Prime Minister said that all the conditions had been met to allow an extra 500 troops to be deployed in December. The "total military effort" would be more than 10,000 troops including special forces.
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1 London fails to make top 50 'most live-able' cities
2 Britain faces return to Victorian levels of poverty
3 Billionaire brothers lose Sark reform challenge
4 Mother 'accidentally smothered baby on plane'
5 UK heading for a hung parliament, poll shows
6 Dog that mauled boy to death was illegal
7 I did not bully Lord Goldsmith, insists Blair
8 Father jailed for cruelty to children
9 Doors open for 'living' beach hut advent calendar
10 'Switch PMQs so MPs stay around longer'
11 RAF's wartime reconnaissance photos go online in new archive
12 Investigation launched after dog kills boy aged 4
13 Primark is named as least ethical clothes shop
15 'Historic' victory for terror suspects over secret evidence
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1 Doors open for 'living' beach hut advent calendar
2 Britain faces return to Victorian levels of poverty
3 Shitterton: The village that dare not speak its name
4 Henry McLeish: 'Freeing Lockerbie bomber Megrahi was the right decision'
5 The Big Question: How did Topshop become the high street's dominant fashion brand?
6 I did not bully Lord Goldsmith, insists Blair
7 Mother 'accidentally smothered baby on plane'
8 Prince Charles: Entertainment, gardening and a 'staycation'
10 London fails to make top 50 'most live-able' cities
11 10 new nuclear power stations named
12 Minister accuses councils over poor white communities
13 'Dogs bred' at home where four-year-old savaged to death
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1Killer syndrome: The Aids denialists
2I did not bully Lord Goldsmith, insists Blair
3Melting ice sheets threaten defences
4UK heading for a hung parliament, poll shows
6Mary Dejevsky: Iraq exploded the special relationship
7Michael McCarthy: Will history see this as a turning point for climate change?
8Switzerland votes to ban the building of minarets
Columnist Comments
• Mary Dejevsky: Iraq exploded the special relationship
Tony Blair will not be the only, or even the greatest, victim of the Chilcot inquiry
• Dominic Lawson: Why exactly should Cadbury stay British?
Britain has gained not lost by being open to foreign capital investment
• Rupert Cornwell: Obama must explain how he'll get them out
The President is accused of being too ruthless – or not tough enough
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