Plans to create a single correctional agency for Scotland have been scrapped. The Scottish Executive will not now merge the…
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Economy focus for election battle
Britain’s economic future will be at the heart of Labour’s poll campaign, Chancellor Gordon Brown has said. He was speaking…
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Campbell returns to election team
Ex-Downing Street media chief Alastair Campbell will return to the fold to strengthen Labour’s general election campaign, the party has…
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Blair to face trust issue head on
Tony Blair says he will be facing the issue of trust and his own integrity head on during the election…
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Mandelson warns BBC on Campbell
The BBC should steer away from “demonising” ex-Downing Street media chief Alastair Campbell, Peter Mandelson has said. The European commissioner…
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Labour’s ‘EU propaganda’
A “taxpayer subsidised propaganda exercise” on the EU is being used to lull the British public into a false sense…
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Police urge pub closure power
New powers are needed to close disorderly pubs, bars and clubs for up to a week or even permanently, police…
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Lord Scarman, 93, dies peacefully
Distinguished lawyer Lord Scarman, who conducted the inquiry into the 1981 Brixton riots, has died aged 93. The peer enjoyed…
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Falconer rebuts ‘charade’ claims
Concessions on a bill which critics claim would allow euthanasia “through the back door” were not a political ploy, the…
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Pakistani women ‘must not hide’
Hiding women away in the home hidden behind veils is a backward view of Islam, President Musharraf of Pakistan has…
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