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Troop withdrawals unlikely next year, says Cameron new
British troop withdrawals from Afghanistan are unlikely to begin next year, David Cameron warned today on a visit to the country.
Inside UK Politics
Village people: 05/12/2009
Saturday, 5 December 2009
Pickles's optimism *Eric Pickles the chairman of the Conservative Party, is an optimistic fellow. Not only did he send your diarist an email invitation this week to become part of an "exciting new network" called MyConservatives (thanks, but no thanks), he also thinks that his deputy, Lord Ashcroft, would be willing to go on the Today programme to discuss his tax affairs. "I dare say that if you get his lordship on the programme, he will be very happy to answer for you," he said on the programme yesterday.
Cameron vows to double bonuses for Afghan veterans new
Saturday, 5 December 2009
David Cameron pledged to double bonuses paid to troops returning from Afghanistan during a visit to the wartorn country.
£850bn: official cost of the bank bailout
Friday, 4 December 2009
Government support for Britain's banks has reached a staggering £850bn and the eventual cost to taxpayers will not be known for years, the public spending watchdog says today.
Bin Laden not in our country, says Pakistan
Friday, 4 December 2009
Brown's claim that country is not doing enough to find al-Qa'ida leader is rejected
Tories attacked as 'climate saboteurs'
Friday, 4 December 2009
The Conservative peer Lord Lawson, the Tory MP David Davis and other politicians who have been casting doubt on the science of global warming in advance of next week's Copenhagen climate conference were "climate saboteurs", Ed Miliband, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, said yesterday.
Demand for Trident to be scrapped
Friday, 4 December 2009
Celebrities, religious leaders and politicians join campaign
Hoon 'banned armed forces from preparing for Iraq war'
Friday, 4 December 2009
Ministers wanted public kept in dark over likelihood of invasion, Lord Boyce says
The past comes back to haunt John Bercow – and his other half
Friday, 4 December 2009
She was a ‘ladette’. He penned a politically incorrect dating guide. It’s not been a good week for the Speaker, says Andy McSmith
Gloves off as Labour embarks on class war
Friday, 4 December 2009
A tape recording of Kenneth Clarke’s speech to a private meeting of the Tory Bow Group on Tuesday has reached The Times newspaper.
Miliband challenges NATO allies over Afghanistan troops
Friday, 4 December 2009
Foreign Secretary David Miliband today challenged the rest of the Nato allies to do "the maximum possible" to support efforts to bring peace to Afghanistan.
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