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Spy bosses to give evidence to Iraq war inquiry
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Past and present chiefs of MI6 are to be among the first witnesses to give evidence to the official inquiry into the Iraq war, it was disclosed yesterday.
Harman attacks call to scrap Queen's Speech
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
The Government has hit back at Nick Clegg's call for tomorrow's Queen's Speech to be scrapped, accusing the Liberal Democrat leader of "pointless political posturing".
Nick Clegg: Cancel the Queen's Speech
Monday, 16 November 2009
Writing in The Independent, the Liberal Democrat leader issues a call for this week's speech to be replaced by a programme to "clean up politics".
Brown: Afghan mission vital to combating al-Qa'ida
Monday, 16 November 2009
The comments mark the latest stage in the Prime Minister's drive to shore up public support for the war.
Education officials spent £10m on first-class fares
Monday, 16 November 2009
Education officials have run up a £10m bill for the taxpayer from first-class rail travel over the last three years. Civil servants bought an estimated 60,000 first-class tickets between 2006 and 2009. The scale of the spending – equivalent to just over 300 teachers' salaries or four new primary schools – provoked anger among opposition MPs and parents' leaders.
A fight for Tory future
Monday, 16 November 2009
Andy McSmith : Deselection vote tonight in struggle between 'Turnip Taliban' and 'Notting Hill set'.
Parliamentary inquiry misled on phone hacks
Monday, 16 November 2009
Detective denies saying messages to 6,000 people were intercepted
Tories target newest BBC channels for spending cuts
Monday, 16 November 2009
The BBC could be forced by an incoming Conservative government to accept a cut in the licence fee and to justify subsidising digital channels such as BBC Three.
BNP leader to stand against minister
Monday, 16 November 2009
Nick Griffin, the leader of the British National Party, is to challenge Margaret Hodge, the Culture minister, for the Barking constituency at the next General Election.
Childcare relief to stay
Monday, 16 November 2009
Ministers were in retreat yesterday over plans to abolish tax relief on childcare vouchers paid to working families.
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1 Kite surfers jump seaside pier
2 Nick Clegg: Cancel the Queen's Speech – and save democracy
3 Stagg welcomes apology from Rachel Nickell's boyfriend
4 Site of IRA's biggest loss blossoms as best-kept village
5 Iraq abuse was widespread, says convicted ex-soldier
6 Tweed to stand trial on rape charge
7 Footsie climbs to 14-month high
8 Rail companies accused of hiding increases
9 A field day for the Tory old guard
10 Man remanded on 'night stalker' sex assault charges
11 British soldiers sexually abused us, claim Iraqis
12 Doctor jailed for poisoning pregnant lover's drinks
13 Five held in terror 'recruitment' probe
14 BNP leader to stand against minister
15 Be aggressive over enforcing fines, Straw tells magistrates
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1 The disgrace of Britain's jails: Institutions short-change inmates and society
2 New speaker warns of watering down new expenses rules
3 A field day for the Tory old guard
4 Afghanistan: IoS readers have their say
5 Be aggressive over enforcing fines, Straw tells magistrates
6 In a recession, they shoot horses, don't they?
7 Baby RB dies peacefully in his parents' arms
8 Leading holiday companies come bottom for travellers
9 Nick Clegg: Cancel the Queen's Speech – and save democracy
Commented
1Renouncing Islamism: To the brink and back again
2Bruce Anderson: Why the public are wrong over our mission in Afghanistan
3'Cancel the Queen's speech ? and save democracy'
4BNP leader to stand against minister
5Nick Clegg: Don't waste our time... bring forward real reform
6Countdown to Copenhagen: The President's lonely dilemma
7'Female viagra' find boosts women's sex drive
8Education officials spent £10m on first-class fares
9Afghan mission vital to combating al-Qa'ida, says Brown
10After 50 years, the 'lost innocents' shipped from home win apology
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
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