Nine overseas embassies and high commissions will close in an effort to save money, UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has…
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Kennedy questions trust of Blair
Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy has said voters now have a “fundamental lack of trust” of Tony Blair as prime…
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Guantanamo four free in weeks
All four Britons held by the US in Guantanamo Bay will be returned to the UK within weeks, Foreign Secretary…
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Tsunami ‘won’t divert Africa aid’
UK aid to help the victims of the Asian tsunami disaster will not take much needed relief from Africa, Prime…
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Short attacks US over tsunami aid
Former Cabinet minister Clare Short has criticised the US-led tsunami aid coalition, saying the UN should be leading efforts. President…
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Blair returns from peace mission
Prime Minister Tony Blair has arrived back from his diplomatic mission to the Middle East to try to resurrect the…
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Defection timed to hit tax pledge
With impeccable and precisely-calculated timing, Tory defector Robert Jackson and his new Labour bosses have attempted to overshadow Michael Howard’s…
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Custody death rate ‘shocks’ MPs
Deaths in custody have reached “shocking” levels, a committee of MPs and peers has warned. The joint committee on human…
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Woolf murder sentence rethink
Plans to give murderers lighter sentences if they plead guilty have been watered down. There was an outcry three months…
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Prime minister’s questions
So who, if anyone, is playing politics with the security of the nation? Michael Howard has no doubt it is…
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