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Labour's tax rise to pay for care homes
Labour is considering a plan to raise National Insurance contributions to fund a guaranteed minimum level of care for the elderly, The Independent has learnt.
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Battle for the pink vote gets poisonous
Saturday, 4 July 2009
Conservatives hit back at Ben Bradhaw's claim that their gay rights conversion is ‘skin-deep’.
'Get real' - Darling warns the bankers
Friday, 3 July 2009
Andrew Grice: Chancellor says return of bonus culture threatens to undermine economy again and threatens much tougher regulatory system.
Car manufacturers and unions 'are the solution'
Friday, 3 July 2009
Britain's car manufacturers and its unions are no longer the problem, but the solution, business secretary Lord Mandelson said today.
Inside the Cameron vote machine
Friday, 3 July 2009
They work together, eat together and holiday together – and they expect to run Britain, reports Michael Savage
Police investigate Tory peer over £100,000 expenses
Friday, 3 July 2009
A Tory frontbench peer is being investigated by Scotland Yard after claiming £100,000 over seven years for overnight stops in London despite living less than 50 miles from the capital, it was reported last night.
Osborne faces sleaze probe
Thursday, 2 July 2009
Shadow chancellor to be investigated by sleaze watchdog over his second home allowance claims.
Unsolicited credit card cheques to be banned
Thursday, 2 July 2009
The Government will today set out details of its plan to ban lenders from sending out unsolicited credit card cheques to consumers.
Brown finally admits that there will be spending cuts
Thursday, 2 July 2009
Prime Minister changes his tone after pressure from Cabinet ministers
Environment ministers pressed on cuts
Thursday, 2 July 2009
Environment ministers refused to admit today whether the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' budget was being cut.
Royal Mail sell-off plans shelved
Thursday, 2 July 2009
Gordon Brown suffered a wounding double blow to his authority yesterday as he abandoned moves to sell a stake in Royal Mail and was defeated by Labour rebels over plans to clean up the Commons after the expenses scandal.
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1 Man's 'double jeopardy' trial ends with guilty verdict
2 Labour's tax rise to pay for care homes
3 Terror suspect wins battle to leave Britain
4 Six killed after fire sweeps through London tower block
5 Battle for pink vote gets poisonous
6 Britain's help to the Third World to be rebranded 'UKAid'
7 Minor British Institutions: Izal toilet paper
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1 Labour's tax rise to pay for care homes
2 Battle for pink vote gets poisonous
3 The imam who took on the 'Muslim McCarthyists'
4 Britain's help to the Third World to be rebranded 'UKAid'
5 Minister: iPhones aren't safe where I live
6 Man's 'double jeopardy' trial ends with guilty verdict
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• Andrew Grice: Tories fear 'scorched earth' policy
Conservatives worry there are many poison pills in the machine.
• Howard Jacobson: We're in search of a new Messiah
We seem to be in need of big emotion. Joy or grief, it doesn’t matter.
• Mary Dejevsky: Not every revolution is victorious
Efforts to challenge an established order fail at least as often as they succeed.
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