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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
Prime Minister Gordon Brown today announced a review of student visas to clamp down on people applying to study in the UK with the intention of working illegally when they get here.
Griffin announces alliance of EU nationalist parties new
Thursday, 12 November 2009
BNP leader Nick Griffin today announced a new political alliance to fight "this monstrous federal Europe".
Anger over MoD civil servants' bonuses
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...
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 podcast: 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.
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1 Has Cameron done a deal with Murdoch?
2 Griffin announces alliance of EU nationalist parties new
3 Brown details tighter immigration rules new
4 Police guide to riding a bicycle given thumbs down new
5 Judge banned for motorway drink-driving new
6 Man sacked for belief in psychics backed by judge (but, of course, he knew that would happen)
7 Anger over MoD civil servants' bonuses
8 Wife says noisy sex conviction breaches rights
9 Ex-ministers call for vote on war in Afghanistan
10 Zaha Hadid's 'Stingray' roof makes waves
11 Mandelson to become Government's 'TV face'
12 Labour confident of success in by-election
13 Independent Live! 'In a democracy, changes are made by us'
14 The Big Question: Why is Britain's DNA database the biggest in the world, and is it effective?
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1 Brown details tighter immigration rules new
2 Has Cameron done a deal with Murdoch?
3 Man sacked for belief in psychics backed by judge (but, of course, he knew that would happen)
4 Independent Live! 'In a democracy, changes are made by us'
5 Sent back by Britain. Executed in Darfur
6 Myth of ancient Greece's 'heroes' blown away
7 Judge banned for motorway drink-driving new
8 Ex-ministers call for vote on war in Afghanistan
9 City pay culture has spread to charities, union says
10 Singer faces jail over child sex abuse
11 UK's database plan condemned by Europe
12 Police guide to riding a bicycle given thumbs down new
13 Men jailed for life over flat fire deaths
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2Has Cameron done a deal with Murdoch?
3Brown details tighter immigration rules
4US 'wants to guard Pakistan's nuclear arsenal'
5Undercurrent of doubt over electric motors
6Anger over MoD civil servants' bonuses
7Mark Steel: You almost have to feel sorry for Gordon Brown
8The dirtiest ever footballers
9Mandelson to become Government's 'TV face'
10They 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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