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Cameron hit by Tory backlash on environment
David Davis condemns flagship green policies as senior Tory MPs question climate change consensus
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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.
Better pay for social workers – but no more money to fund it
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Bid to transform status of profession by task force set up in wake of Baby P's death
The Big Question: Are Tories right to support marriage, and can tax breaks help encourage it?
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
'Switch PMQs so MPs stay around longer'
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Nigel Morris: The Commons Speaker is pressing for Prime Minister’s Question Time to be moved to Thursdays.
Families concerned over sailors held by Iran
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
The families of five Britons seized in the Gulf spoke after reports that the crew faced "serious" action.
UK heading for a hung parliament, poll shows
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Andrew Grice: Labour closes gap to ten points as economic confidence returns, according to the latest ComRes poll for The Independent.
I did not bully Lord Goldsmith, insists Blair
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Former PM comes out fighting as more revelations emerge from inquiry
This is a political as well as a military surge, says PM
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Brown confirms Afghan reinforcements and admits presence of special forces
Dog that mauled boy to death was illegal
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
The dog that savaged John-Paul Massey to death was an illegally-held pitbull-type dog banned for being too dangerous to keep, it was revealed today.
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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 Cameron hit by Tory backlash on environment
4 Ministers force debate on voting reform
5 'Historic' ruling on secret evidence
7 Mother 'accidentally smothered baby on plane'
8 Better pay for social workers – but no more money to fund it
9 Strange island: Pacific tribesmen come to study Britain
10 Watchdog challenged over £2.4m donation to Lib Dems
11 The Big Question: Are Tories right to support marriage, and can tax breaks help encourage it?
12 UK heading for a hung parliament, poll shows
13 23 fascinating facts about the number twenty-three
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1Killer syndrome: The Aids denialists
2Melting ice sheets threaten defences
3I did not bully Lord Goldsmith, insists Blair
4UK heading for a hung parliament, poll shows
5Mary Dejevsky: Iraq exploded the special relationship
7Police kill coffee shop massacre suspect
8Michael McCarthy: Will history see this as a turning point for climate change?
Columnist Comments
• Cameron is following in footsteps of Hague
Both sought to modernise their party. In both cases, the results were mixed
• Hamish McRae: Tax if you must, but do so effectively
First and foremost tax must raise revenue; but then only at the lowest possible cost
• Mark Steel: Things can happen when you travel on a Virgin train
It seems that it is being run by philosophers from the 13th century
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