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Tax rebate plan for 'green' drivers and homeowners
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City in uproar at plan for bonus 'supertax'
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Treasury dismisses claims that new levy on payouts will drive bankers abroad
'PM did not get Afghanistan until late' new
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
The Prime Minister did not understand the significance and importance of the military campaign in Afghanistan until four months ago, a former Army chief-turned-Tory adviser said today.
'Online safety' lessons for five-year-olds new
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
School pupils as young as five will be taught how to stay safe on the internet, under new government plans unveiled today.
Tories poach PM's efficiency advisers
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Labour clampdown on pay ambushed by Conservatives' raid on Government's axemen
I'll pay more tax because I haven't found Mr Right?
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Chris Green: David Cameron comes under fire for tax plans at audience with single parents.
Tories' lead over labour down to 8% new
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
The Conservative lead over Labour has narrowed to eight points, according to a latest opinion poll.
Gobbledegook prize for Mandy
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Lord Mandelson has earned a black mark from language campaigners for talking himself into a corner as he discussed MPs' expenses.
Brown to curb top public sector salaries
Monday, 7 December 2009
PM detailed plans to cut another £3bn from the cost of running Government.
Ashcroft's taxes nothing to do with me, says Cameron
Monday, 7 December 2009
He tells us he is 'meeting his commitments', Tory leader says on TV show
David Cameron denies 'war' with single parents over tax breaks
Monday, 7 December 2009
David Cameron denied being "at war" with single parents today as he faced questions over planned tax breaks for married couples.
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1 Ten Tors death: teacher 'ignored pleas'
2 So Mr Cameron, is it right that I will pay more tax because I haven't found Mr Right?
3 Pit worker killed in mine shaft plunge new
4 Tories' lead over labour down to 8% new
5 Gobbledegook prize for Mandy
6 Charities forced to merge or lay off staff as economic crisis hits their funding
7 Police U-turn on photographers and anti-terror laws
8 Married couple 'too young' to live in the UK
9 Tears at blaze inquest as dad's sordid secrets are revealed new
10 'Online safety' lessons for five-year-olds new
11 London fails to make top 50 'most live-able' cities
12 Swindon twinned with Disney World
13 Tories poach PM's efficiency advisers
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3 Debate on Robin Cook's memory designed to embarrass Blair
4 Charities forced to merge or lay off staff as economic crisis hits their funding
5 Big squeeze hits middle classes and rich
6 British Jews attacked for pro-Gaza solidarity
7 The quest for the perfect pint: Britain's 25 best pubs
8 Swindon twinned with Disney World
9 Fangs for the memories: The A-Z of vampires
10 Britain faces return to Victorian levels of poverty
11 Charles Clarke: 'Gordon Brown should quit with dignity'
12 Motorists warned not to panic
13 Warning: Do not take this picture
14 Gordon Brown: A philosophical man down on his luck and running out of time
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5Greenhouse gas cuts just 'token gestures'
6Was Russian secret service behind leak of climate-change emails?
7Bruce Anderson: Save the bankers! Only they can deliver economic growth
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