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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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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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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UKIP outspent Labour on EU poll
The UK Independence Party outspent both Labour and the Liberal Democrats in the European elections, new figures show. UKIP, which…
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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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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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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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