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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 'We did it to avenge our fallen comrades'
2 Kite surfers jump seaside pier
3 In court, the carer accused of being London's notorious 'Night Stalker'
4 Nick Clegg: Cancel the Queen's Speech – and save democracy
5 Officer charged with assault at G20 protest
6 Iraq abuse was widespread, says convicted ex-soldier
7 Stagg welcomes apology from Rachel Nickell's boyfriend
8 Tweed to stand trial on rape charge
9 Site of IRA's biggest loss blossoms as best-kept village
10 British soldiers sexually abused us, claim Iraqis
11 Consultant who tried to poison pregnant lover 'a liar and a cheat'
12 Footsie climbs to 14-month high
13 Rail companies accused of hiding increases
Emailed
1 Illegal downloaders 'spend the most on music', says poll
2 Leading holiday companies come bottom for travellers
3 Education officials spent £10m on first-class fares
4 'We did it to avenge our fallen comrades'
5 Harman attacks call to scrap Queen's Speech
6 A field day for the Tory old guard
7 Afghan mission vital to combating al-Qa'ida, says Brown
8 More storms ahead to batter Britain
9 Doctor jailed for poisoning pregnant lover's drinks
10 Anti-terror police arrest five men in morning raids
11 The Big Question: What is the Queen's Speech, and does it serve any real purpose?
12 Tweed to stand trial on rape charge
13 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
6'Female viagra' find boosts women's sex drive
7Education officials spent £10m on first-class fares
8Countdown to Copenhagen: The President's lonely dilemma
9Afghan mission vital to combating al-Qa'ida, says Brown
10After 50 years, the 'lost innocents' shipped from home win apology
Columnist Comments
• Mary Dejevsky: Yes we can! (Slash the budget deficit)
Once you begin to look, the cuts just start rolling in
• Dominic Lawson: Let's stand up for Michael McIntyre
Luvvie-land has long had contempt for bourgeois values
• Tom Sutcliffe: Belle de Jour's over-complicated life
If it was so enjoyable and so well paid, why did she stop back in 2004?
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