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PM: I've apologised over letter error
Gordon Brown called Jacqui Janes after learning of her distress over his hand-written letter of condolence.
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Johnson: we need a debate on migration
Monday, 9 November 2009
The Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, is to launch a drive to convince the public that immigration is a "good thing" for Britain as Labour goes on the offensive against the BNP and the Conservatives ahead of the general election.
Johnson has 'no regrets' over sacked drugs adviser
Monday, 9 November 2009
Alan Johnson remains unrepentant over the controversial sacking of his chief adviser on drugs and is surprised about the outcry from scientists over the decision.
Tories finally come clean on Ashcroft tax status
Monday, 9 November 2009
Andrew Grice: Party's deputy chairman has 'fulfilled the obligations imposed on him'
Country 'needs nuclear power'
Monday, 9 November 2009
Government acknowledged anxieties about nuclear power but said it had a "relatively good" safety record.
Brown government even more unpopular than Major's
Monday, 9 November 2009
Labour has failed to dent the Tories’ opinion poll lead , according to The Independent poll of polls.
10 new nuclear power stations named
Monday, 9 November 2009
The first is set to be operational by 2018 and nuclear electricity generation could amount to around 40 per cent of new energy provision by 2025.
Andrew Grice: Waiting for Obama
Monday, 9 November 2009
What were armed services chiefs and politicians talking about in the margins of the Remembrance Sunday ceremony in Whitehall yesterday? I am told two words kept coming up. "President" and "Obama.
Amol Rajan: Neither Brown nor we deserve this propaganda
Monday, 9 November 2009
Iain Dale is essentially right and more measured than I am prepared to be.
Tough love: The good parents' guide
Sunday, 8 November 2009
Firm rules are better for children than a more relaxed approach, says a liberal think tank.
Brown backs tax on banks – but the US is opposed
Sunday, 8 November 2009
Britain will not act alone, the Prime Minister tells finance ministers at the G20 summit in St Andrews
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7 PM contacts bereaved mother over mis-spelt letter
8 Police investigate racist mob attack
9 Hacker attacks police website
10 Johnson: we need a debate on migration
11 Tories finally come clean on Ashcroft tax status
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9 IT workers share £45m Euromillions win
10 Brown government even more unpopular than Major's
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12 Schoolboy confronts Griffin at memorial
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14 Treasure island – the best archaeological finds in Britain
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1Johnson: we need a debate on migration
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3Schoolboy confronts Griffin at memorial
4Ferguson vents his fury at 'ridiculous' referee
5Johnson has 'no regrets' over sacked drugs adviser
6Leading article: The immigration debate we need
7Obama hails a 'historic' US victory on healthcare reform
8Tories finally come clean on Ashcroft tax status
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