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Aid commitment dropped from Queen's Speech
Brown's pledge to prevent future governments cutting overseas aid will appear as a draft bill only
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At last, PM eclipses 'The Sun' and enjoys a good week
Sunday, 15 November 2009
Gordon Brown emerged the winner after a bruising battle, but that success and a by-election victory in Glasgow still leave him a long way short of a convincing comeback
Civil servants earn £30m bonuses (and claim £35m in fares)
Sunday, 15 November 2009
Mandarins climb aboard the 'performance-related pay' bandwagon – in the first-class compartment
Children's rights 'being systematically breached'
Sunday, 15 November 2009
Poverty, abuse and a harsh criminal justice system mean Government is failing in its legal obligations to the young, charities warn
Stephen Byers to quit as MP
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Former Cabinet minister Stephen Byers is to stand down from Parliament at the next general election, he announced today.
Stephen Byers: A Blairite thorn in Brown's side
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Stephen Byers is one of a small group of prominent Blairite "ultras" who have been a thorn in the side of Gordon Brown since he became Prime Minister.
Cultural Olympiad 'will be a fiasco as big as Dome', says Tory spokesman
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Shadow culture minister expresses his fears for the future of £80m project
Labour hails by-election victory
Friday, 13 November 2009
Nigel Morris: PM ended traumatic week on high note as he celebrated Labour’s "tremendous" victory in the Glasgow North East by-election.
PM to push for 5,000 extra troops in Afghanistan
Friday, 13 November 2009
Britain has pledged to provide a 500-strong reinforcement if partner nations will share the burden.
'Slimline' Queen's Speech to push financial reform
Friday, 13 November 2009
Election-year legislative programme to prioritise debt and social care.
Brown to get tough on student visas and foreign skilled workers
Friday, 13 November 2009
Portrayal of immigration concerns as racist is 'lazy elitism', says PM.
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5 Strong winds replaced by heavy rain
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7 Aid commitment dropped from Queen's Speech
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9 An unforgettable memory contest
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12 Children's rights 'being systematically breached'
13 Baby RB dies peacefully in his parents' arms
14 Civil servants earn £30m bonuses (and claim £35m in fares)
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1 British soldiers sexually abused us, claim Iraqis
2 War in Afghanistan: Not in our name
3 Cultural Olympiad 'will be a fiasco as big as Dome', says Tory spokesman
4 Baby RB dies peacefully in his parents' arms
5 Strong winds replaced by heavy rain
6 The disgrace of Britain's jails: Institutions short-change inmates and society
7 Children's rights 'being systematically breached'
8 Homecomings fit for heroes? The plight of Britain's veterans
9 An unforgettable memory contest
10 Home Secretary agrees protocol with advisers
11 Stephen Byers to quit as MP at next general election
12 Crime Exchange: What we can learn from each other
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5Afghanistan: <i>IoS</i> readers have their say
6British soldiers sexually abused us, claim Iraqis
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8Justice at Ground Zero for September 11 accused
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Four unsuitable leaders cost the Conservatives power. Gordon Brown should take note and act fast
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