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The Big Brother state
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Personal information detailing intimate aspects of the lives of every British citizen is to be handed over to government agencies.
Anti-trafficking unit saved from axe new
Thursday, 4 December 2008
The UK's only specialist police unit to combat human trafficking has been saved from the axe, Justice Secretary Jack Straw said today.
Home Secretary warns on systematic leaking threat
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith insisted today that it would have been "wholly inappropriate" for her to have intervened in police operational decisions over the Damian Green affair.
Heathrow expansion decision delayed
Thursday, 4 December 2008
A Government decision on expanding the UK's biggest airport has been been postponed, it was announced today.
Investment in science vital for the future, says Brown
Thursday, 4 December 2008
The UK must continue to invest in research to secure its economic future, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said today.
Bill-by-bill: From pay to poverty
Thursday, 4 December 2008
BanksBy Ben RussellOpposition MPs have warned that banking reforms will do little to break the logjam preventing lending reaching consumers and small businesses. Gordon Brown had announced that banks’ voluntary code of practice would be legally binding, giving financial services watchdogs new powers to impose fines or freeze banks’ assets if they did not comply with the code, which forces lenders to be fair when they change interest rates or conditions of loans or overdrafts.
Speaker admits police did not have search warrant
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Uproar over search blunder turns pressure on Michael Martin, Serjeant-at-Arms and police chief
Banking Bill at centre of Queen's speech
Wednesday, 3 December 2008
Gordon Brown today presented a slimmed-down legislative programme for the coming year in a Queen's Speech focusing on measures to help Britain through the economic downturn.
Home Secretary steps in over MP arrest row
Wednesday, 3 December 2008
Jacqui Smith attempted to defuse a bitter showdown between MPs and the Commons Speaker today as the Whitehall leaks row escalated.
Mandelson attacks Tory 'smokescreen'
Wednesday, 3 December 2008
Lord Mandelson stoked up the row over the arrest of MP Damian Green by accusing the Conservatives of collusion in a breach of the law.
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