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Miliband attacks judges over torture ruling
The Government has launched a damaging attack on the judiciary in its increasingly desperate legal battle to stop the public from seeing evidence of Britain's involvement in torture.
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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".
MoD's attempts to save cash 'drive up equipment prices'
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
'Pay later' approach exacerbating financial woes, says watchdog
'UK was warned over Iraqis' capacity for violence'
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
The UK's former ambassador to the UN said his Egyptian counterpart cautioned him about military action against Iraq.
Brown 'harming Labour prospects'
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
A senior Labour MP has accused Gordon Brown of harming the party's general election prospects by ordering his Chancellor to deliver a pre-Budget report designed to wrong-foot the Conservatives.
Lib Dems challenge Tory tax plans
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
David Cameron was challenged yesterday not to wait for an election before enacting his plan to compel MPs and peers to pay taxes in the UK.
Jane Merrick: Women don't like Cameron's policy on marriage new
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
The Independent on Sunday/ComRes poll last weekend contained an early Christmas present for David Cameron: a 17-point Tory lead. True, this is the upper end of a range of about 10 points in the polls - the Guardian/ICM poll today has the gap at just 9 points.
Andrew Grice: Cameron's trust problem
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
A month is a long time in politics. Four weeks ago, The Guardian's front-page story of its regular ICM poll reported that David Cameron was "closing the deal" with voters over his suitability to be prime minister.
Blix talks of Blair's 'impression of lack of sincerity'
Monday, 14 December 2009
Tony Blair may have lost the crucial Commons vote on the Iraq war if he had admitted at the time he wanted to depose Saddam Hussein regardless of whether he had weapons of mass destruction, a senior minister acknowledged yesterday.
Minister: Bankers' reputations tarnished beyond repair
Monday, 14 December 2009
The reputation of bankers has been tarnished "seemingly beyond repair" by the financial crisis, City minister Lord Myners said today.
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