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8:00 pm May 22, 2012
Birmingham Council garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Birmingham City Council is the only local authority to have a stand at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
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5:12 pm May 20, 2012
Lockerbie questions remain following Megrahi's death
Abdelbaset al Megrahi was the only man to be convicted of the 1988 atrocitySix miles above Scotland the jumbo jet's crew were preparing to serve dinner when the bomb exploded.
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2:25 am May 19, 2012
UK 'may never recover' if Greece exits euro
A Greek exit from the single currency threatens to plunge Britain into a second recession equal in ferocity to the record postwar slump of 2008 09, according to the expert responsible for the government's economic forecasting.
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12:29 pm May 18, 2012
Leveson Inquiry: Hunt adviser Adam Smith to appear
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt's former special adviser Adam Smith will give evidence to the Leveson Inquiry next week, it has been announced.
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5:29 pm May 14, 2012
Leveson: The Musical
An auto tuned hip-hop extravaganza starring Alistair Campbell, Charlotte Church, Hugh Grant, James Murdoch, Kelvin Mackenzie, Piers Morgan, Robert Jay, Rupert Murdoch, Sienna Miller, Sir Brian Leveson, Steve Coogan, Andy Coulson, Ian Hislop, Rebecca…
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12:02 pm May 13, 2012
George Osborne's secret meeting with Murdoch clan at country estate
George Osborne was dragged deeper into the furore over the Murdoch empire's links to government as it emerged that he entertained Rebekah Brooks for a weekend at his country residence as Rupert Murdoch was planning to take over BSkyB.
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10:45 pm May 11, 2012
Leveson: Rebekah Brooks’ 22 meetings with David Cameron over the past six years
15 June Meeting Hotel No location given 22 January Breakfast meeting No location given August Afternoon/evening Meeting Santorini, Greece, where Mrs Brooks was holidaying with the Murdochs for Elisabeth Murdoch's birthday.
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9:44 pm May 11, 2012
Rebekah Brooks turns screw on Jeremy Hunt with 'hacking advice' email
The embattled culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, came under renewed pressure when the former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks disclosed an email appearing to show he had sought the company's advice over how Downing Street should respond to…
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3:47 pm May 11, 2012
Spencer Perceval
New Zealand’s prime minister has said he is ‘not personally opposed’ to allowing gay couples to marry, but added that it was not part of the government’s legislative programme.
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12:04 am May 11, 2012
Just another WordPress.com site
There’s always a mixture of frustration and glee when mainstream media miss the blindingly obvious, leaving a lowly blogger like me to point it out.
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1:32 pm May 9, 2012
Rochdale grooming trial: Nine men jailed
The men plied their victims with drink and drugs so they could "pass them around" for sexNine men who ran a child sexual exploitation ring in Greater Manchester have been jailed.
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6:46 pm May 8, 2012
How savage has European austerity (spending cuts) been?
To be sure, there are particular small countries which have made serious spending cuts, in the Baltics most of all.
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6:31 pm May 8, 2012
David Cameron and Nick Clegg to 'relaunch coalition'
David Cameron and Nick Clegg will appear together later to stress their continuing commitment to the coalition and the programme they agreed in 2010.
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11:51 pm May 5, 2012
15 Orangutan's That Look Like London Mayor Boris Johnson
This show, only in its 4th episode, was taken off the air…Read this guide if you want to pass your finals and not fail at life.
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12:33 am May 5, 2012
A Penguin picks up more votes than the Lib Dems
If there was a symbol of the Liberal Democrats' discomfiture as their vote plummeted across Scotland and the rest of the UK, it came in the shape of a penguin.
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12:09 pm May 4, 2012
Scottish council election
John Curtice Professor of politics at Strathclyde University, said a number of council areas had seen an increase in the SNP and Labour vote, while the Liberal Democrats could be facing a squeeze.
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1:32 pm May 4, 2012
Live blog: Scottish council elections
The results on the following pages display real time updates on each of the three elections as ballot papers are electronically scanned and registered.
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6:36 am May 4, 2012
Fears for Bradford Council leader Ian Greenwood with seat in balance (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
The Respect Party was confident of gaining four seats on Bradford Council in last night’s local elections.
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6:05 am May 4, 2012
Labour gain Birmingham and Derby councils
Labour have gained Derby council from a Conservative / Lib Dem coalition, and have pulled off exactly the same feat in Birmingham for the first time since 2004.
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7:24 am May 4, 2012
Elections: Labour Snatch Tory Councils
Labour gained Harlow, Great Yarmouth and Plymouth from the Conservatives and held councils including Sunderland, Halton and Knowsley.
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6:19 am May 4, 2012
Coulson's evidence will cast shadow over Coalition
The hearings are set to overshadow a key week for the Prime Minister who had hoped to regain the initiative by unveiling the Coalition’s policy agenda for the next year.
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6:51 am May 4, 2012
Tory launches foul-mouthed attack on BNPs in Tameside after predicting he could fall behind Far Right party
"David Cameron will be knowing in the next week or so exactly how I feel, " says Cllr Vivien Pengelly, outgoing Conservative leader of Plymouth City Council.
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1:46 am May 4, 2012
Conservatives to discuss plan to censor the internet after campaign in right-wing press
Internet service companies could be obliged by law to provide an automatic block to stop children being able to view hard core pornography online.
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3:39 am May 5, 2012
Goldie Lookin Chain member voted in as Labour councillor in Newport
Rhys Hutchings of Goldie Lookin Chain has been voted in as a Labour party councillor for Newport, Wales.
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2:39 pm May 5, 2012
Vote 2012: Elections in England, Wales and Scotland
tweets: @BBC_HaveYourSay It was so hard to choose who to vote for, I never had any leaflet or visit from anyone so what did I have to base it on?says Labour have already made a gain on Cambridge Council: a Green councillor defected this morning to the…
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4:20 am May 4, 2012
Boris Johnson, the real Tory, is about to make life much harder for David Cameron
Whatever result is announced tonight, Boris Johnson has already emerged as the champion of a new strain of British Conservatism.
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10:37 pm May 3, 2012
News International's offers to Boris Johnson revealed in Leveson evidence
Rupert Murdoch has admitted in Leveson testimony that executives throughout 2010 - attempting to cover up the truth about phone hacking at the News of the World.
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7:14 pm May 2, 2012
Rupert Murdoch 'not fit' to lead major international company, MPs conclude
Rupert Murdoch is "not a fit person" to exercise stewardship of a major international company, a committee of MPs has concluded, in a report highly critical of the mogul and his son James's role in the News of the World phone hacking affair.
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1:03 am May 1, 2012
PM's response to Skinner Commons question 'shameful'
Labour politicians have criticised David Cameron for what they said were "disgusting and shameful" remarks about long serving MP Dennis Skinner.
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8:41 pm May 1, 2012
The Green Benches: Boris Johnson breaks his promise to halt the Kosovo style social "cleansing" of London
In October 2010, Boris Johnson delighted urban planning experts when he spoke out against David Cameron's plans to cap Housing Benefit.
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12:56 pm Apr 29, 2012
Cardinal O'Brien accuses David Cameron of 'immoral' tax stance
Scotland's most senior Roman Catholic, Cardinal Keith O'Brien, has accused the prime minister of acting immorally by favouring the rich ahead of ordinary citizens affected by the recession.
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1:28 pm Apr 28, 2012
Rupert Murdoch may be a monster but David Cameron and co are far worse | Marina Hyde
I know we're all ending this week desperate to find common ground with Rupert Murdoch, so I hope to be of assistance.
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12:40 am Apr 28, 2012
Jeremy Hunt avoided £100,000 tax bill in deal just days before rate rise
The Culture Secretary was paid a dividend by the company he founded in the form of half its office building.
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4:27 pm Apr 26, 2012
Rupert Murdoch back at Leveson Inquiry for second day
Rupert Murdoch will be questioned about how he dealt with allegations of criminal behaviour at his UK newspapers when he returns to the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics later.
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9:00 pm Apr 27, 2012
Murdoch and the Cameron entourage: the shameful tale laid out for all to see | Polly Toynbee
Could this scandal bring down the government?
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6:03 pm Apr 25, 2012
Alex Salmond 'was scheduled' for talks with Jeremy Hunt on BSkyB
The row centres on emails submitted to the Leveson Inquiry by James MurdochThe Scottish government has confirmed that a call was scheduled last March between First Minister Alex Salmond and the UK Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
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4:32 pm Apr 25, 2012
The promises Boris Johnson claims to have delivered but hasn't
BORIS JOHNSONKEN LIVINGSTONEMANIFESTOThe BBC, Evening Standard, and even The Guardian all printed the claim without bothering to check whether it was true.
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1:16 pm Apr 25, 2012
Alex Salmond 'offered to help BSkyB bid and asked for support from Sun'
The email traffic of James Murdoch's lobbyist Frédéric Michel describes Alex Salmond's willingness to help promote the Sky bid, and Salmond's apparently linked request to Murdoch to "smooth the way" for the Sun newspaper in Scotland to support the Scottish…
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9:44 pm Apr 24, 2012
James Murdoch at the Leveson inquiry - live coverage
We have highlighted six key emails that will pile the pressure on Jeremy Hunthere.
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3:20 am Apr 26, 2012
The night I saw Jeremy Hunt hide behind a tree before dinner with James Murdoch
There are moments writing about politics when one thinks: could this actually get any sillier?
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6:12 pm Apr 24, 2012
Play Brand urges drug treatment changes
Comedian and actor Russell Brand has told MPs taking drugs should not be seen as a "criminal or judicial matter" but a "health issue".
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2:24 pm Apr 23, 2012
St George the Turkish Arab
He's so multicultural we have to share him with Lithuania, Portugal, Germany, Greece, Georgia, Moscow, Istanbul, and Palestine itself.
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1:11 pm Apr 23, 2012
Paid British Council internships
Want to work in an influential and evolving global organisation and get involved with the arts and cultural relations?
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5:05 pm Apr 23, 2012
Channel 4 News team arrested in Bahrain
In common with other foreign media, Channel 4 News was denied journalist visas and has been working without accreditation during the Grand Prix.
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6:42 am Apr 22, 2012
Andrew Lansley backs lower pay for NHS staff in poorer areas
Andrew Lansley, the health secretary, is threatening another controversial revolution in the NHS by proposing that its staff be paid less if they work in poorer parts of the country.
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3:49 am Apr 22, 2012
Bahrain F1 security stepped up as practice runs begin
Anti government protesters have promised three days of demonstrations to coincide with the event.
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3:28 pm Apr 19, 2012
Anders Behring Breivik 'planned three Oslo car bombs'
Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in two attacks in Norway last July, has told his trial he originally planned to detonate three car bombs.
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2:05 pm Apr 19, 2012
BBC iPlayer - Watch Live
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
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4:56 pm Apr 18, 2012
New offences of stalking announced
Two new specific criminal offences of stalking will be introduced in England and Wales, the Prime Minister has said.
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10:57 pm Apr 13, 2012
VideoWho will win the Grand National?
The UK's most famous horse race, the Grand National, takes place on Saturday.
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11:13 pm Apr 8, 2012
Masters 2012: Bo Van Pelt and Adam Scott hit hole in ones
Bo Van Pelt makes a hole in one at the par three 16th on his way to a round of 64, the lowest of the week at the Masters in Augusta.
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2:05 am Apr 5, 2012
KEN-GO: The game Ken Livingstone doesn't want you to play
[8] Claim 8: Ken Livingstone will say he will reduce disruption from roadworks.
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10:38 pm Apr 4, 2012
Web and email monitoring plans will not be rammed through, says Clegg
The government will not "ram legislation through Parliament" to increase monitoring of emails and web usage, Nick Clegg has said.
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9:16 pm Apr 3, 2012
Edinburgh Zoo pandas: Put in same enclosure to mate
The pandas met in their indoor enclosures so officials could make sure they did not fightThe giant pandas at Edinburgh Zoo are to be put together for a third time after two unsuccessful mating attempts.
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9:12 pm Apr 2, 2012
Boy, 14, obsessed with Coronation Street killer jailed after killing his own mother in copycat hammer attack
Daniel Bartlam butchered mum Jacqueline after watching the soap villain kill one of his victims the same wayHe then doused her body in petrol and set it alight - before telling neighbours she had been killed by a burglar…
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11:09 am Apr 2, 2012
Autism Awareness Day – How Aware Are You?
This week specialsaturday is teaming up with people all over the world to promote Autism Awareness Day which is our chance to tell the rest of the world all about autism and the affect it has on our children’s lives as well as our own.
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10:24 pm Apr 1, 2012
Government plans increased email and social network surveillance
Ministers are to introduce a new law allowing police and security services to extend their monitoring of the public's email and social media communications, the Home Office has confirmed.
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11:58 am Apr 1, 2012
Fuel panic may be good, said PM as he told Ministers he would not be 'held to ransom' by tanker drivers
David Cameron told shocked Ministers ‘a bit of petrol panic may be no bad thing’ as he set out his determination to defeat the threatened strike by fuel tanker drivers.
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10:19 pm Apr 3, 2012
George Galloway celebrates 'Blackburn triumph' on Twitter after winning West Bradford by-election
Residents of Blackburn will be forgiven for being a little perplexed, as Mr Galloway had in fact won a seat in Bradford West, a Yorkshire city 40 miles away.
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10:49 am Mar 31, 2012
AA accuses drivers of 'stupid' fuel actions
The AA has warned of "stupid and very dangerous" actions being taken by panicked drivers.
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9:58 pm Mar 30, 2012
Pasty tax and fuel crisis expose Tory flaws
Ed Miliband had hoped to re enact a little ritual he has performed on several occasions over the past two years on Friday morning.
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6:48 pm Mar 31, 2012
Petrol crisis 'is our Thatcher moment', Tory MPs reportedly tell party members
Tory MPs have compared the panic over fuel supplies to the 1980s miners' strike and urged party members to "humiliate" the unions by stockpiling petrol, it has been reported.
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6:37 pm Mar 30, 2012
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For someone with a blood cancer, a stem cell transplant may be their only hope of recovery.
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1:58 pm Mar 30, 2012
George Galloway win puts spotlight back on Ed Miliband
Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Labour Party, speaking after the Bradford West result said he would return to the constituency in the next few weeks to learn the lessons of the by election defeat.
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4:18 pm Mar 29, 2012
UPDATED: Police close some petrol stations as motorists rush to fill up in Dorset (From Bournemouth Echo)
DORSET Police has been asking some petrol stations to temporarily close amid chaotic scenes on local roads.
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2:13 pm Apr 5, 2012
Fuel tanker drivers' strike has no justification, says David Cameron
David Cameron has said there is "absolutely no justification" for strike action by fuel tanker drivers as his Cabinet Office minister, Francis Maude, claimed the strike was part of a grand plan by the Unite trade union to bring the country to a halt.
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12:57 am Apr 4, 2012
MOST READ NEWS
The Chancellor admitted he has no recollection of eating a pasty from GreggsThe high street baker has seen £30million wiped off the value of its shares since the Budget last weekEd Miliband tried to heat up the debate about Tory tax on hot pasties with a…
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3:11 am Apr 4, 2012
Tanker drivers to go on strike
about 1 hour agoWe are dismayed at the outcome of the Unite ballot for industrial action involving 650 drivers on our fuels contracts.
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6:49 pm Apr 3, 2012
Petrol strike threat: No 10 denies causing 'panic'
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12:14 pm Mar 28, 2012
Drought reaches parts of Yorkshire – and river levels still falling
More areas of the country are now in drought following another dry month which has hit rivers and groundwater supplies, the Environment Agency has said.
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7:37 am Apr 4, 2012
George Osborne 'can't remember' eating in Greggs amid ridicule over pasty tax
The tax status of Cornish pasties has caused an unexpected backlash against the Chancellor, after he imposed VAT on hot baked goods bought from supermarkets and bakers in the Budget.
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6:06 pm Mar 27, 2012
Planning reforms in England: local wildlife under threat
The Wildlife Trusts are concerned that a proposed overhaul of England’s existing planning system will leave vital wildlife sites with no protection and put the economic aims of the planning system ahead of its environmental commitments.
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1:33 pm Mar 27, 2012
Google should be forced to censor search results, say MPs
A cross party committee of MPs and peers has urged the government to consider introducing legislation that would force Google to censor its search results to block material that a court has found to be in breach of someone's privacy.
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4:05 pm Mar 26, 2012
David Cameron refuses to disclose No 10 guests after donor row
"But actually having that level of access, it seems the prime minister is reluctant to even reveal who these people are who dine with him privately - I find it truly astonishing that that level of access, secret access...
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2:02 pm Mar 26, 2012
Lamentable media coverage and state deception, the scandal of NHS legislation
The Health and Social Care Bill has just passed through Parliament.
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3:48 pm Mar 26, 2012
UP TO THEIR NECKS IN CRUDD
Yes I’ve been away for a while, working as it happens, but woke up this morning to news of something that merits the attention of our esteemed Director of Public Prosecutions.
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11:19 pm Mar 25, 2012
'I regret becoming a politician': Thatcher wished she'd never gone into politics
Margaret Thatcher once said she wished she’d never gone into politics because of the toll it took on her family.
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10:59 am Mar 25, 2012
Tory Peter Cruddas sold access to PM, Sunday Times alleges
BBC HomeBBC NewsPoliticsConservative Party co treasurer Peter Cruddas offered access to the prime minister and chancellor for £250,000, the Sunday Times has alleged.
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7:45 pm Apr 3, 2012
Banking Crises Deniers
“This is the chart that struck me most forcibly, both for what it tells us about the debts of the private sector, in particular the private finance sector
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11:41 pm Mar 24, 2012
Now Showing: The Sunday Times | 24.03.2012
Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non subscribers Sign up to see last 24 hours Mr Cruddas is heard to say a payment of £200,000 is "Premier League".
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1:40 pm Mar 24, 2012
Guardian Open Weekend: watch selected sessions streamed live
This weekend the Guardian is opening its doors to over 200 speakers and thousands of guests for the Guardian Open Weekend.
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6:41 am Apr 4, 2012
Sport Relief raises on-the-night record £50m
Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton was one of those offering support backstage at this year's Sport ReliefSport Relief has raised £50m in public donations, a new on the-night record for the charity telethon.
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8:52 pm Mar 23, 2012
Minimum alcohol price planned for England and Wales
The effrontery, the swaggering and strutting of this budget, suggests a cocksure over confidence.
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9:31 am Mar 24, 2012
MPs bid to rename landmark after Queen
Senior MPs are backing the drive to change the name of the world famous London landmark in honour of Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee.
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3:51 pm Mar 23, 2012
Budget 2012: IFS casts doubt on Osborne's arithmetic
Britain's leading independent experts on tax and spending cast doubt on George Osbornebudget arithmetic today as they warned that an extra 1.3m people on "relatively modest incomes" would have to pay 40% tax on their incomes over the coming years.
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5:53 am Apr 4, 2012
Chalk Talk: The poorer students getting better grades
It ignites fury over university admissions unlike any other subject.
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3:59 pm Mar 22, 2012
Budget 2012: pensioners fund tax cut
George Osborne's gamble in cutting the top rate of income tax to 45p came under mounting assault after the chancellor announced that his generosity to Britain's richest 300,000 households would be accompanied by a "stealth tax" on pensioners, a fresh £10bn…
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9:37 am Mar 22, 2012
Budget 2012: Ministers under fire over tax allowances for pensioners
He said the government was committed to supporting people in old age and had pledged to raise the state pension in line with either earnings, inflation or by 2.5% meaning a £5.30 a week rise this year.
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10:58 am Mar 22, 2012
Spelling error repeated three times on Independent front page: via @suttonnick
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5:20 pm Mar 21, 2012
Budget 2012: George Osborne will 'institutionalise poverty'
George Osborne will "institutionalise poverty" in Britain's poorest areas with a budget that is set to tighten the squeeze on public sector pay while reducing the tax rate for high earners, the leader of the UK's largest civil service union has warned.
