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A&E units would struggle to cope with winter flu outbreak, MPs warn
Wednesday 24 July 2013
Shortages of senior staff, disorganised local services and botched launch of NHS 111 phone line all blamed
Crackdown on disability benefits costs taxpayer £66m in appeals costs
Sunday 21 July 2013
Appeals bill soars over claims Atos ‘is getting more decisions wrong than ever before’
Finally legal: Queen gives gay marriage the Royal Assent
Wednesday 17 July 2013
The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill is now law after the Queen's royal seal of approval
MPs ‘losing public trust’ over lobbying, says Commons sleaze watchdog
Monday 08 July 2013
MPs are undermining public trust in democracy by failing to back tighter controls on lobbying, Parliament’s official sleaze watchdog has warned.
Man due in court charged with murder of woman, 84
Thursday 04 July 2013
Police have charged a man with the murder of an 84-year-old woman discovered dead in her home and the attempted murder of a nine year-old boy found stabbed in a skate park.
Theresa May announces a six-week public consultation on police stop-and-search powers
Tuesday 02 July 2013
The Home Secretary tells the House of Commons that they can be “a waste of police time” and serve to “undermine public confidence in the police”
Main party leaders set to scupper moves to give MPs a bumper pay rise
Monday 01 July 2013
Recommended increase was expected to add up to £10,000 to backbenchers' salaries in 2015
EDL leaders bailed after attempt to visit spot where Drummer Lee Rigby was killed
Sunday 30 June 2013
Two English Defence League (EDL) leaders arrested as they attempted to visit the spot where Drummer Lee Rigby was murdered have been released on bail.
Work to refurbish House of Lords toilets could cost up to £100,000
Sunday 30 June 2013
Up to £100,000 will be spent sprucing up two toilets in the House of Lords, it has been revealed.
EDL leaders Tommy Robinson and Kevin Carroll arrested in London
Saturday 29 June 2013
Pair detained for obstructing police
Labour's shadow chancellor Ed Balls admits running red light
Friday 28 June 2013
Balls was caught by a traffic camera as he headed home after a late night sitting in Parliament
James Moore: Tyrie should carry out his pledge to tackle lobbying without further delay
Wednesday 26 June 2013
Outlook When does lobbying become undue influence? Sir Mervyn King certainly appears to feel that the activities of the banks have been straying into the territory of the latter when it comes to their battling against the Bank of England's demands that they hold more capital.
Future of Hatem Ben Arfa in doubt following arrival of Joe Kinnear at Newcastle
Friday 21 June 2013
Midfielder could leave St James' Park this summer
Passions that spark crimes: Louise Doughty on infidelity, revenge and the feminist revival
Thursday 20 June 2013
Interview: Doughty's thrilling novel of adultery and murder captures the zeitgeist in women's fiction.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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