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Frank Field reveals his candid opinion on the future of Britain
Posted on March 13, 2010
With a rock- solid Merseyside seat, and a thick skin after three decades in public life, he doesn't care who knows that he thinks Mr Brown is a disaster who should never have been Chancellor, let alone Prime Minister.
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Smile now, cry later
Posted on March 12, 2010
Britain has bought in to America’s positive thinking and is heavily pushing the “science of happiness” – but does it work?
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Baroness Uddin escapes prosecution over £100,000 claims
Posted on March 12, 2010
A senior Labour peer was told today that she will not face charges for fraudulently claiming living allowances because the House of Lords rules on claiming expenses are so vague.
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    The British election that both sides deserve to lose
    Posted on March 12, 2010
    Mirror, mirror, on the wall who is the least ugly of them all? This is how I feel when I examine the alternatives offered by the forthcoming general election.
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    Gordon Brown has terrible form when it comes to keeping his promises
    Posted on March 12, 2010
    When events defy the Prime Minister's preferred view of the world, he has a remarkable capacity for applying the Tipp-Ex. History doesn't haunt him because he either ignores or rewrites it. No British leader in my lifetime has embraced the technique of veracity evasion with greater enthusiasm.
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    Princess Diana 'was killed after plan to frighten her went wrong'
    Posted on March 12, 2010
    Princess Diana died after attempts to frighten her into dumping Dodi al Fayed and ending her anti-establishment activities went horribly wrong, a leading lawyer has claimed. Michael Mansfield claimed he was sure Diana's 'killers' had no intention of ending her life in a Paris tunnel in August 1997 and simply wanted to scare her.
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    Courts should not try us, say Expenses four
    Posted on March 12, 2010
    Elliot Morley, David Chaytor, Jim Devine and Lord Hanningfield said the allegations against them should be considered by parliamentary authorities instead of a jury. They said they were protected from criminal prosecution by the right of parliamentary privilege, dating back to the Bill of Rights of 1689.
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    'Gaping hole' in rules on foreign doctors, GMC says
    Posted on March 12, 2010
    The General Medical Council has told the Health Select Committee that it is prevented from testing the qualifications of European locums. Niall Dickson, the GMC chief executive said the council is forced to accept skills competency certificates and qualifications "at face value" and is not allowed by European law to check English language skills.
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    Public sector pension costs may reach £79bn a year
    Posted on March 12, 2010
    Pension payments to retired public servants could balloon by 200 per cent to £79bn a year in the next 50 years, according to a report by government spending watchdogs published today.
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    Europe's banks brace for UK debt crisis
    Posted on March 12, 2010
    UniCredit has alerted investors in a client note that Britain is at serious risk of a bond market and sterling debacle and faces even more intractable budget woes than Greece.
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    Whoever wins, Britain will have a hung parliament--Mick Hume
    Posted on March 11, 2010
    It is said that nothing concentrates the mind like the prospect of being hanged in the morning, but the prospect of waking up to a hung parliament after the coming UK General Election appears to be having the opposite effect.
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    My demands for a post-election deal, by Nick Clegg
    Posted on March 11, 2010
    In an exclusive interview, Lib Dem leader explains how he will decide between Labour and Tories in the event of a hung parliament
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    Judges fear prisons will burst under new rules
    Posted on March 11, 2010
    Britain’s leading criminal judges warn that a shake-up of sentencing guidelines could push prison overcrowding to crisis levels. They fear that the Sentencing Council, which comes into force next month with the aim of bringing more consistency to courts, will not curb judges’ use of custody, as hoped, but actually increase it.
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    • One in four reports of anti social behaviour ignored
    Posted on March 11, 2010
    Police are ignoring one in four reports of anti-social behaviour even though it is a more serious issue than crime for some victims, the forces' watchdog warned.
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    • Labour refuses to rule out 'death tax' to fund care for elderly
    Posted on March 11, 2010
    Mr Burnham denied that a single amount would be charged to everyone under a compulsory system, and said that a range of options were still being considered, including a 10 per cent levy on the value of a person’s estate, or paying a means-tested amount in instalments over the course of retirement.
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    Gordon Brown won't rule out pre-election 'giveaway' in Budget
    Posted on March 10, 2010
    The Prime Minister confirmed that the Budget will be held on March 24, but would not back Alistair Darling's pledge to do more to cut the Government’s huge deficit.
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    They can't read, can't write and think the world owes them a living: Tesco director's damning verdict on Britain's school-leavers
    Posted on March 10, 2010
    One of Tesco’s most senior board members will today hit out at the standard of school-leavers and criticise young people who believe ‘the world owes them a living’.
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    Patients' medical records go online without consent
    Posted on March 10, 2010
    Patients’ confidential medical records are being placed on a controversial NHS database without their knowledge, doctors’ leaders have warned.
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    Our troops in Afghanistan have been betrayed
    Posted on March 10, 2010
    At the ballot box, no one should forget Gordon Brown's disasterous failure to support British troops, argues Liz Hunt.
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    Psychiatric report said Jon Venables was ‘a negligible risk’
    Posted on March 10, 2010
    A psychiatric report that paved the way for the release of Jon Venables, one of James Bulger’s killers, concluded that he posed a “trivial” risk to the public, The Times has learnt.
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    Gordon Brown to warn economic 'storm' not yet over
    Posted on March 10, 2010
    The Prime Minister will promise to pull the economy out of the ''storm'', but insists the recovery depends on holding to the present course.
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    • Fitch warns Britain and questions Greek rescue as sovereign risks grow
    Posted on March 10, 2010
    Fitch Ratings has delivered a serious blow to the credibility of the Government's budget plans, warning that Britain risks a loss of investor confidence and erosion of its AAA rating unless it maps out clear austerity measures.
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    Nine out of 10 young families in London cannot afford home
    Posted on March 9, 2010
    Analysis by a government housing advisory body found that as an average figure across the capital only 10 per cent of young families could afford to buy a suitable home.
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    Sir James Dyson plan to fill UK's engineering vacuum
    Posted on March 9, 2010
    A radical set of proposals aimed at rebuilding Britain's manufacturing and technology industries and helping pull Britain out recession have been published by Sir James Dyson, the vacuum-cleaner entrepreneur.
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    Exclusive: Lord Paul to end his non-domiciled tax status--Medhi Hasan
    Posted on March 9, 2010
    In an exclusive interview with the New Statesman, Labour peer and longtime party donor, Lord Paul of Marylebone, says he is to end his controversial "non-dom" tax status. He says:
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    Call for universities to be able to charge unlimited tuition fees
    Posted on March 9, 2010
    Universities should be given the freedom to charge students whatever tuition fee they like, the body representing the country's 750 largest employers of graduates will say today.
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    True scale of violent crime rise revealed
    Posted on March 9, 2010
    Violent attacks are estimated to be 44 per cent higher than they were in 1998 after research on the way police record them allowed comparisons for the first time. The study, by the independent House of Commons Library, shows violence against the person increased from 618,417 to 887,942 last year.

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    Labour and Tories neck and neck in marginals
    Posted on March 9, 2010
    Labour and the Conservatives are neck and neck in the marginal seats that will determine the outcome of the general election, raising doubts over David Cameron’s ability to win a clear overall majority, according to a special poll for The Times.
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    Shaming of the NHS: Patients STILL treated in kitchens, abandoned in mop cupboards and left without meals despite Labour's billions
    Posted on March 9, 2010
    Patients are routinely being treated in kitchens, mop cupboards and corridors because hospitals are so overcrowded, a shocking survey reveals. Third World conditions are commonplace, with hospitals housing patients for days in storage areas, offices, TV rooms and outpatient clinics.
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    Dog owners facing tough new insurance regulations
    Posted on March 9, 2010
    Dog owners could be required to insure themselves against the risk of their pet attacking someone, it was announced today.
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