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Aid commitment dropped from Queen's Speech
Brown's pledge to prevent future governments cutting overseas aid will appear as a draft bill only
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At last, PM eclipses 'The Sun' and enjoys a good week
Sunday, 15 November 2009
Gordon Brown emerged the winner after a bruising battle, but that success and a by-election victory in Glasgow still leave him a long way short of a convincing comeback
Civil servants earn £30m bonuses (and claim £35m in fares)
Sunday, 15 November 2009
Mandarins climb aboard the 'performance-related pay' bandwagon – in the first-class compartment
Children's rights 'being systematically breached'
Sunday, 15 November 2009
Poverty, abuse and a harsh criminal justice system mean Government is failing in its legal obligations to the young, charities warn
New speaker warns of watering down new expenses rules new
Sunday, 15 November 2009
John Bercow, the Commons Speaker, warned yesterday it would be a “catastrophic mistake” to water down tough plans for sweeping reform of MPs’ expenses.
Stephen Byers to quit as MP
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Former Cabinet minister Stephen Byers is to stand down from Parliament at the next general election, he announced today.
Stephen Byers: A Blairite thorn in Brown's side
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Stephen Byers is one of a small group of prominent Blairite "ultras" who have been a thorn in the side of Gordon Brown since he became Prime Minister.
Cultural Olympiad 'will be a fiasco as big as Dome', says Tory spokesman
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Shadow culture minister expresses his fears for the future of £80m project
Labour hails by-election victory
Friday, 13 November 2009
Nigel Morris: PM ended traumatic week on high note as he celebrated Labour’s "tremendous" victory in the Glasgow North East by-election.
PM to push for 5,000 extra troops in Afghanistan
Friday, 13 November 2009
Britain has pledged to provide a 500-strong reinforcement if partner nations will share the burden.
'Slimline' Queen's Speech to push financial reform
Friday, 13 November 2009
Election-year legislative programme to prioritise debt and social care.
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3 At last, PM eclipses 'The Sun' and enjoys a good week
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5 Dozens injured at Birmingham JLS Christmas lights gig
6 Afghanistan: IoS readers have their say
7 Aid commitment dropped from Queen's Speech
8 An unforgettable memory contest
9 In a recession, they shoot horses, don't they?
10 Be aggressive over enforcing fines, Straw tells magistrates
11 PM to apologise for child migrants
12 Battered child wins compensation from three-year-old
13 Children's rights 'being systematically breached'
14 Civil servants earn £30m bonuses (and claim £35m in fares)
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1 Cultural Olympiad 'will be a fiasco as big as Dome', says Tory spokesman
2 The disgrace of Britain's jails: Institutions short-change inmates and society
3 War in Afghanistan: Not in our name
4 PM to apologise for child migrants
5 In a recession, they shoot horses, don't they?
6 Vetting database will cost NHS and public bodies £170m
7 Darling: FSA to curb banker bonuses
9 Champagne put to the test: Taking the fizz out of bubbly
10 Dozens injured at Birmingham JLS Christmas lights gig
11 Three children a week – the death toll from abuse
12 Airline backs out of further deportations
13 Be aggressive over enforcing fines, Straw tells magistrates
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1War in Afghanistan: Not in our name
2Howard Jacobson: Nick Griffin looks as if he'd be light on his feet. So here's what to do with him
3British soldiers sexually abused us, claim Iraqis
4Aid commitment dropped from Queen's Speech
5Welcome to Club Bounce: Where the big ? and beautiful ? people go
6Afghanistan: <i>IoS</i> readers have their say
7Mary Wakefield: Sex education classes are the last thing young children need
8Stephen Byers to quit as MP at next general election
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President's decision could rebound. US courts are not used to defendants who've been tortured
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