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Has Cameron done a deal?
Andy McSmith: Mandelson attack shines spotlight on Tory leader's links with Rupert Murdoch
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Brown details tighter immigration rules new
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Hospital consultants from outside Europe will no longer be able to take up jobs in the UK, under a tightening of immigration rules being announced by Gordon Brown today to cut numbers of migrant workers.
Anger over MoD civil servants' bonuses new
Thursday, 12 November 2009
The staff have shared performance bonuses of almost £300m since the start of the war in Iraq.
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.
Where MoD bonuses could have been spent... new
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Bereaved families said almost £300 million which has been spent on bonuses for civil servants at the Ministry of Defence since the start of the war in Iraq should have been spent on equipment for troops instead.
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.
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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 Ex-ministers call for vote on war in Afghanistan
4 Labour confident of success in by-election
5 Anger over MoD civil servants' bonuses new
6 Mandelson to become Government's 'TV face'
7 Wife says noisy sex conviction breaches rights
8 Home Secretary agrees protocol with advisers
9 Where MoD bonuses could have been spent... new
10 The Big Question: Why is Britain's DNA database the biggest in the world, and is it effective?
11 Zaha Hadid's 'Stingray' roof makes waves
12 Independent Live! 'In a democracy, changes are made by us'
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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 Churchill felt he was 'sold a pup' of a bomb shelter, letter reveals
4 Labour confident of success in by-election
5 Plain English campaigners target police jargon
6 Peers give up lobbying jobs in advance of Lords reforms
8 Canoe death fraudster must repay £591,000
9 Boy, 10, awarded £7.1m over medical negligence at birth
10 Zaha Hadid's 'Stingray' roof makes waves
11 The Big Question: Why is Britain's DNA database the biggest in the world, and is it effective?
12 Anger over MoD civil servants' bonuses new
13 Plan for DNA database to hold profiles for 6 years
14 Canoe wife must repay £600,000 – while husband faces bill for £1
Commented
1Johann Hari: Accept the facts ? and end this futile 'war on drugs'
2Has Cameron done a deal with Murdoch?
3Afghan war is bad for security, voters say
4Armistice Day: The Great War and the words we mustn't forget
5How a single bullet halted Taliban attack
6US 'wants to guard Pakistan's nuclear arsenal'
7Mark Steel: You almost have to feel sorry for Gordon Brown
8Will the lights go out on South Africa's World Cup?
9They come in search of justice ? but end up thrown into jail
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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