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Lord of misrule: New Ukip leader's honeymoon ended as soon it had begun
Already Lord Pearson is accused of selling out to the Tories. And then there's the rich landowner's claim for £100,000 in parliamentary expenses
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Cameron's team turn on Davis for attack on green agenda
Thursday, 3 December 2009
Battle rages in Tory party after Independent reveals revolt on climate change
Smart meters for every home
Thursday, 3 December 2009
Energy suppliers are to be responsible for installing smart meters in all households in the UK by 2020.
Class war rages at PMQs as Brown plays Eton card
Thursday, 3 December 2009
Tory candidate Zac Goldsmith agrees to give up 'non-dom' status
Poverty increased before the recession, says study
Thursday, 3 December 2009
Levels of poverty, unemployment and repossessions have all been on the rise since 2004, a report reveals.
Eight councils fail care criteria
Thursday, 3 December 2009
Eight local authorities have been named and shamed by regulators over the quality of their adult social care.
Cameron hit by Tory backlash
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
David Davis condemns flagship green policies as senior Tory MPs question climate change consensus
Brown plays down Afghan pullout
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Nigel Morris: The Government dismissed accusations of a split over tactics with President Barack Obama, as the PM said responsibility for sections of Helmand province would be handed over in 2010.
Ministers force debate on voting reform
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Move designed to expose Tories as defenders of first-past-the-post
Watchdog challenged over £2.4m donation to Lib Dems
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Britain's elections watchdog is facing a damaging High Court challenge over its decision that the Liberal Democrats do not have to repay a £2.4m donation given by a fraudulent bond dealer who swindled £34m out of his investors.
PM hits at Tory climate 'doubters'
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Gordon Brown today aimed a thinly-veiled barb at senior Tory David Davis, who today attacked the "fixation" of the green movement.
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1 London fails to make top 50 'most live-able' cities
2 Warning: Do not take this picture
3 Class war rages at PMQs as Brown plays Eton card
4 Britain faces return to Victorian levels of poverty
5 Lord of misrule: New Ukip leader's honeymoon ended as soon it had begun
6 Partying rabbi cleared of drug dealing
7 Cameron's team turn on Davis for attack on green agenda
8 Cyclists three times more likely to die on UK roads than abroad
9 Cameron hit by Tory backlash on environment
10 Smart meters for every home
11 Action on disability hate crimes
12 Teenager faces life for 'barbaric' murder of girlfriend
13 Student dies after JCB river rescue
14 Poverty increased before the recession, says study
15 RAF's wartime reconnaissance photos go online in new archive
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1 Warning: Do not take this picture
3 Britain faces return to Victorian levels of poverty
4 Blair urged to repeal 'anti-union' strike laws
5 Prisons 'more violent and degrading than ever'
6 Passport factory that took orders by text message
7 Class war rages at PMQs as Brown plays Eton card
8 Lost in the post: the personal details of 25 million people
9 Poverty increased before the recession, says study
10 An ominous warning that the rapid rise in oil prices has only just begun
11 London fails to make top 50 'most live-able' cities
12 Cyclists three times more likely to die on UK roads than abroad
13 Unnamed soldier is the 200th Briton killed in Afghanistan
14 London's Crossbones Graveyard is the setting for a very eerie Halloween celebration
15 THE TSAR'S BONES: DNA techniques used to identify human remains
Commented
1Twelve days to save the world
2Cameron hit by Tory backlash on environment
3US politics: Every man for himself!
4Obama's pledge: they'll be home in three years
5Mark Steel: Things can happen when you travel on a Virgin train
6Wind farms fall prey to demands of the golden eagle
7David Davis: Why this ferocious desire to impose hair-shirt policies?
8Killer syndrome: The Aids denialists
9Time to confront the invisible enemy that threatens us all
10The Big Question: Are Tories right to support marriage, and can tax breaks help encourage it?
Columnist Comments
• Adrian Hamilton: Let's hope it really is an 'exit' strategy
All the talk of targets by which withdrawal will be gauged is so much pie in the sky
• The Sketch: One well-timed retort and Gordon's back in the game
Ah bwaah bah habbab. Hang on, start again. Bwwhaaabwabab darrbba bubbua
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