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Brown called before Iraq inquiry - after the election
Douglas Alexander and David Miliband will also testify to Chilcot.
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New plot to dislodge Brown
Thursday, 24 December 2009
Andrew Grice: Critics would ask him to stand down as leader but remain as PM
BNP in trouble for filing 'inadequate' accounts
Thursday, 24 December 2009
The British National Party (BNP) could face prosecution for breaking electoral law over its annual accounts after it filed financial records which its accountants refused to sanction and the far-right group's own leader admitted were "inadequate".
Anger at £130m civil service bonuses
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
Opposition parties demanded reform of Whitehall's bonus culture today after research revealed civil servants shared payouts of almost £130m last year.
Hutton admits saying Brown would be disaster as PM
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
It was one of the worst-kept secrets in Westminster: which cabinet minister said Gordon Brown would be a "fucking disaster" as prime minister before he had even stepped into 10 Downing Street?
Record number of companies go bust
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
27,000 firms forced to close during economic crisis, Conservatives say
Long hours blamed as Government's carbon footprint increases
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
Figures show 10% increase in energy use compared with last year
Review of the Year 2009: The BNP
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
Still on the fringes, but making more noise than ever
Tories are a party for the rich, say voters
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Andrew Grice: New poll shows the Conservatives' lead over Labour slipping and finds they offer 'unappealing' alternative.
Party leaders to take part in election TV debates
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg will go head to head in an historic series of television debates during next year's general election campaign.
Lloyds and RBS to cut their overdraft charges
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Nationalised banks to be made to lower fees as OFT drops court case
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1 More shops to open on Christmas Day because of demand in cities
2 Fire hits central London hotel new
3 25 alternative ways to spend Christmas Day
4 Taxi driver battled blizzards to deliver blood
5 Man stabbed to death after snowball fight
7 Hit-and-run asylum seeker to remain in the UK
8 New plot hatched to dislodge Brown before election
9 Notes on a small island: The things that really make Britain great
10 Policeman and former Mr Gay UK arrested of serious sexual offence
11 Archbishop condemns Ugandan anti-gay debate
12 Can a Muslim say happy Christmas to his friends?
13 Weather hinders the Christmas getaway
Emailed
1 Cornwall's surfers up in arms at plans to harvest wave energy
2 Gap between rich and poor 'widest in 40 years'
3 No-go Britain: Royal Family and ministers protected from protesters by new laws
4 Blair 'was told Iraq had disarmed - but still went to war'
5 Brain drain from UK is 'worst in the world'
6 How the Royal Family shook off their German roots
7 Now it's hell on planes, trains and automobiles
8 Trucker gets 14 years for deaths of 58 illegal immigrants
9 Weather hinders the Christmas getaway
Commented
1Ben Chu: There's a good reason why climate naysayers are failing
2New plot hatched to dislodge Brown before election
3Sam Wallace: Attitude to Nations Cup all wrong
4Avatar, James Cameron, 163 mins, (PG)
5Woman knocks over Pope at Vatican Mass
6Steve Richards: Here are a few predictions to keep you going until new year
7Freeze puts skids under Christmas getaway
8More Irish bishops quit over abuse scandal
Columnist Comments
• Steve Richards: Predictions to keep you going until new year
The leaders’ debates will dominate the campaign, but they won’t change much.
• Hamish McRae: An optimism that has drained away
It is, from an economic perspective, a sombre end to a sombre year.
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