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U.K.|
Nov 22, 2009
LONDON (Reuters) - Opposition leader David Cameron said on Sunday his Conservative Party needs a clear majority in the next general election to push through painful measures to get the recession-hit economy back on track.
Cameron was speaking after the latest ...Read More
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U.K.|
Nov 22, 2009
Gordon Brown was boosted today by a poll suggesting the Tories' lead has been slashed.
An Ipsos Mori survey has put David Cameron's party on 37 per cent - just six points ahead of Labour.
The gap is the narrowest between the ...Read More
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U.K.|
Nov 22, 2009
Mr Cameron's budget would seek to get the economy moving
Conservative leader David Cameron has told the BBC he plans to hold an emergency budget within 50 days if his party wins the next general election.
Mr Cameron told BBC One's ...Read More
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U.K.|
Nov 21, 2009
The Prime Minister's attempts to stage a fightback in the run-up to the general election were boosted last night after a new opinion poll suggested that Labour had closed the gap on the Conservatives to just six percentage points.
In the ...Read More
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U.K.|
Nov 21, 2009
British troops could be withdrawn from Germany for good under Conservative plans to "recast" defence policy if they win the next General Election.
Tories want troops to focus on operations outside Europe, like the Afghan conflict
The shadow defence secretary said ...Read More
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U.K.|
Nov 20, 2009
A Sikh man who has campaigned for the BNP in support of its anti-Islam stance has been put forward to be the party's first non-white member.
Rajinder Singh, who is in his late 70s, has twice lent support to Nick Griffin ...Read More
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World|
Nov 19, 2009
BAGHDAD: The Iraqi parliament will onSaturday attempt to finally pass an electoral law jeopardised by Vice PresidentTarek al-Hashemi's demand that it be changed before a general election can goahead.
Iraq's presidential council, composed of President JalalTalabani, a Kurd, and two vice ...Read More
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U.K.|
Nov 19, 2009
Ed Balls, the Schools Secretary, said he was “not closing the door” to the abolition of exams following a major review.
The move will be seen as an attempt to appease classroom unions which have threatened to boycott Sats in English ...Read More
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U.K.|
Nov 19, 2009
Gordon Brown last night warned there was now a stark choice facing the country as he set out battle lines for the general election.
In an exclusive article for the Mirror he said the Tories tried to claim yesterday's Queen's Speech ...Read More
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U.K.|
Nov 19, 2009
Detectives will pass files imminently on the Labour MPs Elliot Morley, David Chaytor and Jim Devine, and peers Baroness Uddin, Lord Hanningfield and Lord Clarke of Hampstead to the Crown Prosecution Service, Westminster sources have said.
Keir Starmer, the Director of ...Read More