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Tories are a party for the rich, say voters
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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.
Government to force Lloyds and RBS to cut charges
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
The Government will force the two part state-owned high street banks to come do a new deal with the Office of Fair Trading over overdraft charges, a minister said today.
Mother slams government 'legal high' drug plans
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
The mother of a medical student who died after taking a "legal high" drug said today that Government plans to ban it do not stretch far enough.
MPs attack Brown's bid to withhold Royal letters
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Gordon Brown's plan to impose a blanket ban on all public requests for correspondence written by the Royal Family has been attacked by the Information Commissioner and MPs.
Jilted man admits decapitating fellow student
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
A former Virginia Tech graduate student pleaded guilty to decapitating a classmate, and prosecutors revealed the reason for the campus cafe killing, saying his romantic advances had been rejected.
Cameron to keep hospice funding
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
David Cameron yesterday pledged extra money for the care of terminally ill children.
Minister calls for unauthorised borrowing fees to be cut
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Banks should cut unauthorised borrowing fees or face a political backlash, the Government warns today.
John Rentoul: Tories slump to, er, 13-point lead
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
I saw Iain Dale had a taxi-driver moment when Ipsos-MORI reported a 17-point Conservative lead rather than the three-point gap that was rumoured
PM points climate finger
Monday, 21 December 2009
PM says climate change deal failed as talks were "held to ransom" by a small number of countries.
Pay deals for public sector fat cats need justifying, say MPs
Monday, 21 December 2009
All-party committee recommends commission to scrutinise highly paid posts
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1 UK fails to halt female genital mutilation
2 Parents trapped Facebook paedophile
3 Queen to request £7m more from the Civil List
4 Tories are a party for the rich, say voters
5 Man guilty of attempting to have sex with rottweiler
6 Councils feel the backlash as travel misery lingers
7 The secret shame at the heart of the Adams family
8 Fears grow for man who vanished in freezing weather
9 Five jailed over expats' investment scam
10 Government to force Lloyds and RBS to cut charges
11 John Lewis organises sleepover for snowbound customers
12 Jade Goody widower Jack Tweed to face rape charge
13 Jilted man admits decapitating fellow student
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1 Brown plans 'independent' foreign policy
2 The secret shame at the heart of the Adams family
3 Ikea withdraws high chair over safety concerns
4 Five jailed over expats' investment scam
5 After 250 years, Terry's chocolate factory melts away
6 PM fingered for 'unjust style' after heavy loss in Norwich
7 Talent issue - the politician: Pat McFadden
8 Priest: thou shalt steal from large businesses
9 Man found dead in city fountain
10 MPs attack Brown's bid to withhold Royal letters
11 I see 300 graves that could bear the headstone: 'Died of depleted uranium'
12 Man guilty of attempting to have sex with rottweiler
13 John Lewis organises sleepover for snowbound customers
14 Queen to request £7m more from the Civil List
15 The Big Question: Are Tories right to support marriage, and can tax breaks help encourage it?
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1Tories are a party for the rich, say voters
2The bad news for bank customers
3Mary Dejevsky: Don't panic... Copenhagen really wasn't such a disaster
4Michael Brown: Tories still dogged by 'rich toffs' image
5How snow brought one town to a halt
6Mother slams government 'legal high' drug plans
7UK fails to halt female genital mutilation
8Why some shapes are more pleasing to the eye than others
9Mancini: City lined up move two weeks ago
10Johann Hari: After the catastrophe in Copenhagen, it's up to us
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• Steve Richards: Where have all the big beasts gone?
Who was your political star of the year? I couldn't say.
• Dominic Lawson: Don't forget that Jesus was Jewish
Jews do not come knocking on your door like some Christian evangelicals
• Mary Dejevsky: Copenhagen really wasn't such a disaster
The lesson to learn is that governments are elected; NGOs are not
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