Public trust in taxes is breaking down because Labour and Tories are not being straight with people on the issue,…
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Howard ‘truanted to play snooker’
Conservative leader Michael Howard has admitted he used to play truant to spend time with his school friends at a…
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Escaped prisoner report ordered
First Minister Jack McConnell has ordered a report on the decision to allow a paranoid schizophrenic knife attacker to go…
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Brown hits back in Blair rift row
Gordon Brown has criticised a union leader who said conflict between himself and Tony Blair was harming the workings of…
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Watchdog probes e-mail deletions
The information commissioner says he is urgently asking for details of Cabinet Office orders telling staff to delete e-mails more…
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Mayor will not retract Nazi jibe
London mayor Ken Livingstone has again refused to retract a Nazi insult made to a Jewish reporter. Labour’s Mr Livingstone,…
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MPs’ murder sentence concern
Murder sentences should not be reduced automatically simply because of a guilty plea, says a new MPs’ report. The influential…
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UK rebate ‘unjustified’ – Chirac
French president Jacques Chirac has called the UK’s £3bn rebate from the European Union “unjustified”. Speaking after a summit meeting…
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Asylum children to face returns
The UK government is planning to return asylum seeker children without parents to Albania. The trial scheme, which could start…
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New rules tackle ‘sham weddings’
New rules on marriage for foreign nationals living in the UK are coming into force. From Tuesday, most non-EU citizens…
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