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Ashcroft's taxes nothing to do with me, says Cameron
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Minister embroiled in phone hacking row
Sunday, 6 December 2009
The controversy over the News of the World is re-opened with new claims about the then media minister and Boris Johnson – and now footballer Sol Campbell is contacting the police. By James Hanning and Matthew Bell.
Polls suggest 'Brown bounce' over
Sunday, 6 December 2009
A revival in Prime Minister Gordon Brown's re-election chances evaporated on Sunday as two polls forecast victory for the Conservative party in a parliamentary election due by mid-2010.
Labour to paint Cameron's target seats green
Sunday, 6 December 2009
Labour is to step up its attack on the Conservative Party's climate change divisions by targeting 31 "green seats" that David Cameron needs to win the election.
Windfall tax on bankers' bonus billions being considered by Chancellor
Sunday, 6 December 2009
Treasury officials say that public anger at City 'fat cats' is prompting Darling to ponder imposing one-off levy, and also to charge banks an insurance fee
Tory leader is 'not embarrassed' by Eton, as shadow cabinet keeps quiet over schools
Sunday, 6 December 2009
David Cameron last night insisted that he was "not the slightest bit embarrassed" about attending Eton, amid claims that senior Tories are hiding details of their private school backgrounds in the face of growing attacks on "privilege" by the Labour Party.
Brown bounce or Cameron crumble?
Sunday, 6 December 2009
Labour's 'class war' strategy bears fruit: The gap between the Conservatives and Labour in the polls is closing fast and is now in single figures. Brian Brady and Jane Merrick report
Blair is paid thousands of pounds to 'endorse' a fossil-fuel power plant
Sunday, 6 December 2009
Experts dismiss the former prime minister's claim that Azerbaijan methanol factory is 'the way forward' for green energy. Jane Merrick reports
Sarah's heroes: The PM's wife has been making friends in surprising places.
Sunday, 6 December 2009
Together they have trudged through mud at Glastonbury and dined at countless functions in aid of maternal health. But Sarah Brown has now sealed her unlikely friendship with Naomi Campbell by nominating the supermodel as her 21st-century heroine.
Troop withdrawals unlikely next year, says Cameron
Saturday, 5 December 2009
British troop withdrawals from Afghanistan are unlikely to begin next year, David Cameron warned today on a visit to the country.
Village people: 05/12/2009
Saturday, 5 December 2009
Pickles's optimism *Eric Pickles the chairman of the Conservative Party, is an optimistic fellow. Not only did he send your diarist an email invitation this week to become part of an "exciting new network" called MyConservatives (thanks, but no thanks), he also thinks that his deputy, Lord Ashcroft, would be willing to go on the Today programme to discuss his tax affairs. "I dare say that if you get his lordship on the programme, he will be very happy to answer for you," he said on the programme yesterday.
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1 Police U-turn on photographers and anti-terror laws
3 Ashcroft's taxes nothing to do with me, says Cameron
4 Violence erupts at Nottingham anti-Islam demo
5 Polls suggest 'Brown bounce' over
6 London fails to make top 50 'most live-able' cities
7 Police close scam websites targeting Christmas shoppers
8 Britain faces return to Victorian levels of poverty
9 Husband held after wife found strangled
10 Warning: Do not take this picture
11 Minister embroiled in hacking row over voicemail messages
12 MoD 'did not want to breach privacy of detainee'
13 Strange island: Pacific tribesmen come to study Britain
14 The Queen writes to editors over paparazzi
15 'Reformed' teenage burglar who was given a free flat is back in police custody
Emailed
1 Mother 'accidentally smothered baby on plane'
4 MoD 'did not want to breach privacy of detainee'
5 Ashcroft's taxes nothing to do with me, says Cameron
6 Navy supply fleet 'to be privatised', as MoD seeks £200m cuts
7 Police U-turn on photographers and anti-terror laws
8 Violence erupts at Nottingham anti-Islam demo
9 Well swung: A guide to British swingers
10 Nasty, brutish and short: The horrific life of Baby P
11 Mowlam: Let's debate future of monarchy
12 WD-40: the scourge of snakes, beavers and cocaine-taking clubbers
13 Britain is focal point for terrorism, warns Europe's police force
Commented
1Class is the river that runs right through the English soul
3Joss Garman: Climate change deniers cost the earth
4A cup of warm milk for the 'she-devil' of Perugia
5What on Earth? The concerned citizen's guide to global warming
6The Queen writes to editors over paparazzi
7Polls suggest 'Brown bounce' over
8Evidence of mass cannibalism uncovered in Germany
9Tory leader is 'not embarrassed' by Eton, as shadow cabinet keeps quiet over schools
Columnist Comments
• Bruce Anderson: Bankers can deliver economic growth
There are already signs that financial service companies are moving abroad
• Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Still the most class-ridden country
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• Philip Hensher: Days of the Library Stinker are numbered
There's always been a gruesome whiffer in every library
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