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    Labour’s Housing Minister Caroline Flint has set out the UK's toughest ever green standards for new housing. Labour are committed

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    Labour’s Health Secretary Alan Johnson has called for a national movement to tackle the growing problem of obesity. In a

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    Experts pan Cameron's company rescue plan - Accountancy Age

    Torys suggest implementation of insolvency laws for businesses that would mirror US-style Chapter 11 rules, which would allow firms to manage themselves out of financial ruin instead of entering administration...
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    I'm no Brad Pitt, but...

    I DON’T, as a rule, blog about my work at the Department for Transport. That’s because the first rule of DfT is: don’t talk about the DfT; the second rule of DfT: don’t talk about the DfT. Having said that,...
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    James Purnell: Only we can help the poor

    When Oliver Letwin, the man in charge of the Tory policy review, declared that the welfare system had to go beyond mere safety nets to encompass redistribution of money, it was hailed - not least by the Guardian - as...
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    Polly Toynbee: Labour does one thing really well - burying good news

    With no hint of irony, Labour produced its End of Life strategy this week. Alas, the party doesn't seem to have one. All the talk in Westminster tearooms is of demise. What can be salvaged? What legacies will be left?...
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    Luke's Blog: Cameron on redistribution

    I haven't once listened to Radio 4's Today programme since 1990 - these days I'm already on a 243 bus to work when it starts. Luckily DWP Secretary of State James Purnell does tune in, and is pointing any Labour...
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    Kezia Dugdale's Soap Box: Exclusive: SNP Minister kicked out of a Glasgow Shopping Centre

    The Soapbox can report that a very senior SNP Cabinet Minister was kicked out of a Glasgow East shopping centre yesterday afternoon for causing a nuisance. Can you guess which one? What's the more, BBC Scotland were there, filmed it...
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    Policing to be put in the hands of directly elected mayors as part of radical shakeup | Politics | The Guardian

    Directly elected mayors are to be given democratic control over their local police as part of a shakeup to be detailed today by the home secretary, Jacqui Smith. So far only 12 towns and cities, including London, have directly elected...
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    Kevin Maguire on why Gordon Brown must strike back at the doom-mongers - Mirror.co.uk

    The triumph of Cameronism has been to create a mood of national fatalism by painting Britain as a country that's going to the dogs. With inflation and unemployment rising, and living standards falling, any politician who sounds optimistic would...
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    Sadie's Tavern: That Government "U Turn" in full

    Step 1 Jacqui Smith announces that the Government are looking at a means to demonstrate to young people caught in possession of knives the possible consequences of having them, by introducing a scheme through which young people meet stab victims. Step...
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    Cameron's priorities: tax cuts, tax cuts and, er tax cuts

    DAVE was interviewed on Radio 4’s Today programme this morning, and although nothing he said will set the heather alight, one can only conclude from his musings that he has learned a lot at the knee of his former boss,...
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    Cameron accused of plugging donors | News

    David Cameron is being accused of rewarding Tory donors with free publicity. The charge came after he went to the training centre for trucking firm Scania to publicise an announcement on new apprenticeships. Scania's UK distributor is businessman Chris...
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    Prime Minister Gordon Brown Tells Motor Industry He Wants More Electric And Low Emission Cars | Politics | Sky News

    The Prime Minister told car industry leaders that there is a "once in a generation opportunity" for everyone to consider green alternatives and promised the Government would take the lead in creating incentives for electric and low emission vehicles. Addressing...
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    Miliband hails Karadzic arrest The Press Association:

    The Foreign Secretary has hailed the capture of war crimes fugitive Radovan Karadzic after he was arrested by Serbian security services. The Bosnian-Serb wartime leader, one of the world's most wanted men, was taken into custody by the Serbian security...
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    Recession fears rise but Labour support grows in latest opinion poll | Politics | guardian.co.uk

    The scale of public alarm over the state of the economy is revealed today by a Guardian/ICM poll showing an overwhelming majority of voters think Britain is heading into recession. As a result, 60% are trying to spend less, with clothes...
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    BBC NEWS | Politics | Tory quits after harassment claim

    The Tories' general election candidate in Watford has quit after he was arrested over claims of harassment, party leader David Cameron has said. Ian Oakley resigned on Saturday as police investigated complaints of nuisance calls and vandalism directed at local...
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    Arrested Tory candidate quits | The Sun |News

    A TORY general election candidate has quit amid a police probe over harassment claims, party leader David Cameron admitted yesterday. It is understood Ian Oakley, 31, resigned on Saturday after being arrested following complaints of poison pen letters, nuisance calls...
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    Labour pulling ahead in Glasgow East by-election

    With less than a week of campaigning left, an opinion poll today indicates that Labour is pulling ahead of the SNP in the Glasgow East by-election. The poll for the Scottish Daily Mail gives Labour’s Margaret Curran a 17 per cent...
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    Labour hits out at 'unfair' press

    Frustrated Labour loyalists have slammed the media for their coverage of Home Secretary Jacqui Smith's knife crime policy 'U-turn' this week, suggesting that fair coverage is becoming impossible. Newspapers and major broadcasters this week rounded on Smith after she appeared...
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    Sixty Tories claim £40,000 each to employ relatives - UK Politics, UK - The Independent

    More than 60 Tory MPs are paying up to £40,000 to family members employed in their offices at the taxpayers' expense, it emerged yesterday. Laurence Robertson, the MP for Tewkesbury and shadow Northern Ireland minister, declares that he pays his...
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    MPs Vote To Abolish John Lewis List

    They voted by 238 to 295 for a proposal, tabled by Gordon Brown, which allows them claim up to £2,400 of the Additional Cost Allowance (ACA) for furniture and home improvement. The notorious "John Lewis List" was a table of...
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