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Has Cameron done a deal with Murdoch?
Andy McSmith: Mandelson attack shines spotlight on Tory leader's links with media mogul.
Inside UK Politics
Ex-ministers call for vote on war in Afghanistan
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Pressure grows on Brown after claim that US was close to troop decision is rejected
Independent Live! 'In a democracy, changes are made by us'
Thursday, 12 November 2009
The latest debate was a fiery affair that covered topics from the crisis in politics to climate change
Labour confident of success in by-election
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Party expects to beat SNP in Glasgow just 16 months after heavy loss in city
Mandelson to become Government's 'TV face'
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Lord Mandelson will become the "public face" of the Government by giving regular televised press conferences as it tries to sharpen its message in the run-up to the general election.
Britain offers land for Cyprus reunification
Thursday, 12 November 2009
The UK would give up tracts of its military bases in Cyprus if reunification talks are successful, Gordon Brown said yesterday.
Independent Live: Is Politics in Crisis?
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Independent Live, our series of free debates featuring commentators from The Independent, returned in Brighton for a debate on the state of politics in the UK.
Cameron: 'Big society' is the solution to poverty
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Conservative leader accuses Labour of fostering a centralising bureaucracy.
Miliband picks election battle over EU role
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Foreign Secretary David Miliband firmly ruled himself out of contention for the role of European foreign minister today, saying he wanted to "stay and fight" the general election.
Three more government drugs advisers quit
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Alan Johnson failed in an attempt to defuse the damaging row between the Government and Britain's top scientists after three more of his drugs advisers resigned last night.
Andrew Grice: A new Gordon Brown?
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
David Cameron went on the attack over youth unemployment at Prime Minister's Questions this afternoon.
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1 Has Cameron done a deal with Murdoch?
2 Man sacked for belief in psychics backed by judge (but, of course, he knew that would happen)
3 Labour confident of success in by-election
4 Ex-ministers call for vote on war in Afghanistan
5 Wife says noisy sex conviction breaches rights
6 Mandelson to become Government's 'TV face'
7 Anger at 'cloak of secrecy' for Freemason judges
8 Home Secretary agrees protocol with advisers
10 The Big Question: Why is Britain's DNA database the biggest in the world, and is it effective?
11 Britain offers land for Cyprus reunification
12 Zaha Hadid's 'Stingray' roof makes waves
13 Ministers cancel 'Big Brother' database
14 Illegal downloaders 'spend the most on music', says poll
15 The jousting accident that turned Henry VIII into a tyrant
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1 Churchill felt he was 'sold a pup' of a bomb shelter, letter reveals
2 The Big Question: Why is Britain's DNA database the biggest in the world, and is it effective?
3 I understand the pain of losing a child, says Brown
4 Calls for inquiry over secret CIA flights
5 Moss escapes drugs charges because of legal loophole
6 Blair faces allegations of complicity in torture
7 John Major leads calls for inquiry into conflict
8 Labour confident of success in by-election
9 Homes fit for paedophiles: What happens to the 30,000 sex offenders who live among us?
10 A double-first at the Bodleian library as US woman takes over
11 Last Post for the heroes of Normandy
12 A green light for Eurostar: The train that takes the eco-strain
13 Police investigate 'backlash' attacks
14 Plan for DNA database to hold profiles for 6 years
15 Labour accused of aiding extremists by its focus on Muslim issues
Commented
1Johann Hari: Accept the facts ? and end this futile 'war on drugs'
2Afghan war is bad for security, voters say
3Armistice Day: The Great War and the words we mustn't forget
4Has Cameron done a deal with Murdoch?
5Mark Steel: You almost have to feel sorry for Gordon Brown
6How a single bullet halted Taliban attack
7US 'wants to guard Pakistan's nuclear arsenal'
8Pound under new attack as agency says it will cut UK's credit rating
Columnist Comments
• Matthew Norman: Cowell is a God
He has no need to play God. On Greek mythological lines, he is one
• Adrian Hamilton: Lies, damn lies and Berlin speeches
We're back to propping up rotten regimes. Stability is more important than values
• Christina Patterson: Why it's hard to be a blonde in the City
A big, fat, dark, ugly man who complained about their intelligence
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