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Brown confirms 500 extra troops new
The Prime Minister said that all the conditions had been met to allow an extra 500 troops to be deployed in December. The "total military effort" would be more than 10,000 troops including special forces.
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SNP reveals vision for independence
Monday, 30 November 2009
First Minister Alex Salmond launched a White Paper for a vote on constitutional reform.
Britain faces return to Victorian levels of poverty
Monday, 30 November 2009
Andrew Grice: Labour's strategy for tackling poverty has reached the end of the road, according to a major study seen by The Independent.
Ministers fear Iraq backlash will lose Labour the election
Monday, 30 November 2009
Brown may pay political price for 'Blair's war' as Lib Dem ratings are boosted
Tory peer pelted with eggs new
Monday, 30 November 2009
Eggs were thrown at Baroness Warsi during a visit to Luton today.
Crucial Anglo-Irish talks held to avert political crisis in Northern Ireland
Monday, 30 November 2009
The British and Irish governments will hold talks in London today aimed at averting a crisis in the Northern Ireland political process.
Lib Dems change 'mansion tax' plan
Monday, 30 November 2009
The Liberal Democrats are to double the rate of their controversial "mansion tax" but impose it on fewer properties, the party announced today in a damage limitation exercise.
NHS watchdog more reliable, says minister
Monday, 30 November 2009
The Government defended the NHS regulator today after a report found a raft of underperforming hospitals and consistently high death rates.
BNP leader Griffin will attend climate summit
Monday, 30 November 2009
The leader of the British National Party (BNP), Nick Griffin, is to represent the European Parliament at the UN Climate Change conference in Copenhagen next week.
Few benefits of non-dom status, says Goldsmith
Monday, 30 November 2009
Zac Goldsmith, who advises Tory leader David Cameron on green issues, insisted yesterday that he had derived "very few benefits" from his non-domiciled tax status.
Bob Ainsworth: You Ask The Questions
Monday, 30 November 2009
The Defence Secretary answers your questions, such as 'Why is our Army so poorly equipped?' and 'Do you regret voting for the Iraq war?'
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1 London fails to make top 50 'most live-able' cities
2 Britain faces return to Victorian levels of poverty
3 'Dogs bred' at home where four-year-old savaged to death new
4 Tory peer pelted with eggs new
5 Latest in line of dog attacks
6 Minister accuses councils over poor white communities new
9 Boy, 14, locked up for six years
10 'Back to work' plan to push self-employment new
11 Woman dies as torrential rain batters the West Country
12 Brown confirms 500 extra troops for Afghanistan new
13 Ministers fear Iraq backlash will lose Labour the election
14 New law saves 86 victims from forced marriages
15 RAF's wartime reconnaissance photos go online in new archive
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1 Britain faces return to Victorian levels of poverty
2 Brown confirms 500 extra troops for Afghanistan new
4 Tory peer pelted with eggs new
5 Minister accuses councils over poor white communities new
6 'Back to work' plan to push self-employment new
7 Killer son stabbed 'witch' mother 21 times
8 SNP reveals vision for independence referendum
9 London fails to make top 50 'most live-able' cities
10 Latest in line of dog attacks
11 Ministers retreat on child database
12 NHS watchdog more reliable, says minister
13 'Dogs bred' at home where four-year-old savaged to death new
14 Britain's Abu Ghraib: Did Britain collude with US in abuse of Iraqis?
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1Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: I'm beginning to feel some sympathy for Tony Blair
2Britain faces return to Victorian levels of poverty
4Switzerland votes to ban the building of minarets
5Captain Doug Beattie: Those who have never been in Helmand give their view, but the soldiers are sil
6Four police officers shot dead in Tacoma
7John Rentoul: The really disturbing question about Iraq
8Ministers fear Iraq backlash will lose Labour the election
9Bruce Anderson: Traditional Toryism does believe that there is society
Columnist Comments
• Bruce Anderson: Toryism does believe that there is society
Thatcher believed concern for the bottom was 'wet'. Cameron is opposite
• Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Help, I'm feeling sorry for Blair
We should have had ordinary Iraqi and British citizens on the inquiry panel
• Andreas Whittam Smith: The Commons has lost all power
If MPs want more influence they must stop whining and raise their game
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