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Youth unemployment hits record high new
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
The number of 16 to 24-year-olds out of work was 952,000 in the three months to October, up 6,000.
Minister plans more 20mph speed zones new
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
New proposals to allow local councils to bring in more 20mph speed-limit areas were announced today by the Government.
Government aid to car industry is branded 'wasted opportunity'
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Not one company has received money through the £2.3bn loan guarantee plan
Chilcot inquiry censored for more than a minute
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
The openness of the Iraq inquiry has been thrown into doubt again after its chairman, Sir John Chilcot, censored its public proceedings for the first time yesterday.
Chief medical officer to step down after 11 years
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Sir Liam Donaldson, the Government's chief medical officer, will step down next May, it was announced yesterday. He has been in the job since 1998, and had originally intended to leave earlier this year.
Mother of all parliaments to open first nursery
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
The squabbling and shouting that takes place within the House of Commons has led many to conclude that the mother of all parliaments better resembled a nursery than a hub of democracy. Yet while honourable members may have been accused of behaving like children for years, their repeated demands for childcare facilities for their own offspring have been rejected.
MPs reject crackdown on 'home school' parents
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
A Government plan to crack down on parents who educate their children at home will be rejected today by MPs.
Tories reveal partnership plan to turn homes green
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
A £20 billion plan for major retailers and energy firms to help people to "green" their homes was unveiled by David Cameron today.
Troops to get more Chinooks
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
The Ministry of Defence today announced plans to buy 22 new Chinook helicopters to increase air support on the frontline in Afghanistan.
Minister dismisses bell-tower expenses furore
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Defence minister Quentin Davies today dismissed the furore over his expense claim for a bell-tower on his constituency home as "a joke".
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1 Exclusive: Scarlett accused of misleading inquiry
2 Johnson building an army of private police
3 Appeal over danger men wanted abroad
4 Police ‘should have reason to stop pictures being taken’
5 Light snow forecast, but no Christmas prediction yet new
6 Youth unemployment hits record high new
7 Fresh talks in bid to avert BA strike new
8 Navy and RAF pay the price to fund Afghan war
9 Wife to be sentenced for trying to kill husband new
10 Chief medical officer to step down after 11 years
11 All change please – how new Tube line left passengers baffled
12 Minister plans more 20mph speed zones new
13 Chilcot inquiry censored for more than a minute
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1 Exclusive: Scarlett accused of misleading inquiry
2 Tories reveal partnership plan to turn homes green
3 Light snow forecast, but no Christmas prediction yet new
4 Johnson building an army of private police
5 Cameron to cut MPs' pensions
6 The march of the new feminists
7 All change please – how new Tube line left passengers baffled
8 Police ‘should have reason to stop pictures being taken’
9 Youth unemployment hits record high new
10 'Truth test' to uncover false rape allegations
11 Gap between rich and poor 'widest in 40 years'
12 Minister plans more 20mph speed zones new
13 Thousands of party-loving British tourists end their holidays in jail
14 How to marry a millionaire by the woman who knows
15 Police budgets to be cut by 20 per cent, says senior officer
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1Mark Steel: Sussex will be desert before the climate deniers accept reality
2Sir Geoffrey Bindman: Livni has no right to claim immunity from prosecution
3Johann Hari: It's the protesters who offer the best hope for our planet
4The Road: A film that every one of us needs to see
5Exclusive: Scarlett accused of misleading inquiry
6The battle for British Airways
7Fans' fury as Wolves field reserves at Old Trafford
8Mark Lynas: 'At this rate, Copenhagen will be a disaster'
9All change please ? how new Tube line left passengers baffled
Columnist Comments
• Hamish McRae: We have a lot to learn from Ireland
The biggest lesson is that, if a country has to impose austerity, do so swiftly
• Mark Steel: Sussex will be desert before the climate deniers accept reality
Many prominent sceptics seem to be in the pay of the energy industry
• Terence Blacker: Governed by the ill wind of deception
There are, it seems, two categories of lying in public life
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