A former Home Office minister has called for an independent body to be set up to monitor UK immigration. Barbara…
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Will the Budget bring out smiling voters?
As Tory spokesman Oliver Letwin said – any chancellor would use his pre-election budget to offer some vote winning sweeteners,…
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Straw to attend Auschwitz service
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw will visit Auschwitz for the 60th anniversary of the former Nazi concentration camp’s liberation, it has…
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Howard attacks ‘pay later’ Budget
Tory leader Michael Howard has dismissed Gordon Brown’s Budget as “vote now, pay later” spending plans. The simple fact was…
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Tory leader ‘cleared’ over work
Scottish Conservative Party leader David McLetchie claims he has been cleared over a potential conflict of interest. The Edinburgh MSP…
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Tories unveil quango blitz plans
Plans to abolish 162 quangos have been unveiled by the Conservatives as part of their effort to show how government…
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Petrol duties frozen, Brown says
Chancellor Gordon Brown has announced a freeze on fuel duty in his pre-budget speech to the Commons on Thursday. Mr…
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Jamieson issues warning to bigots
Scotland’s justice minister has warned bigoted soccer fans that she wants to hit them “where it hurts most” by banning…
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Cabinet anger at Brown cash raid
Ministers are unhappy about plans to use Whitehall cash to keep council tax bills down, local government minister Nick Raynsford…
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Howard attacks cost of asylum
Michael Howard has launched an attack on the cost of Britain’s “chaotic” asylum system under Tony Blair. The Tory leader…
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