Former Northern Ireland minister Sir Nicholas Scott has died at a London hospice, his family has announced. The former Conservative…
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PM apology over jailings
Tony Blair has apologised to two families who suffered one of the UK’s biggest miscarriages of justice. The prime minister…
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Howard backs stem cell research
Michael Howard has backed stem cell research, saying it is important people are not frightened of the future. The controversial…
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UK heading wrong way – Howard
Tony Blair has had the chance to tackle the problems facing Britain and has failed, Michael Howard has said. “Britain…
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Parties warned over ‘grey vote’
Political parties cannot afford to take older UK voters for granted in the coming election, says Age Concern. A survey…
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Boothroyd calls for Lords speaker
Betty Boothroyd has said the House of Lords needs its own Speaker and that peers should lead the way on…
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Milburn defends poster campaign
Labour’s election chief Alan Milburn has defended his party’s campaign posters amid Tory claims the ads were nothing short of…
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Lib Dems highlight problem debt
People vulnerable to problem debts should be afforded greater protection from banks aggressively promoting financial products, the Lib Dems say.…
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UKIP candidate suspended in probe
Eurosceptic party UKIP have suspended a candidate for allegedly suggesting the criminally insane should be killed. John Houston, 54, was…
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Civil servants in strike ballot
The UK’s biggest civil service union is to ballot its 290,000 members on strikes in protest at government plans to…
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