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Jefferies calls on MPs to honour Leveson findings

The man wrongfully accused of murdering Joanna Yeates in December 2010 on Sunday urged MPs to implement all the findings of the Leveson report into media standards in a letter to parliament.

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Tactical advantage: The Leveson mind games continue

MPs prepared to debate the Leveson report in the Commons today, as Labour and the coalition started drawing up competing pieces of draft legislation implementing its proposals.

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British-Israeli relations hit new low after settlement proposal

Britain seemed to be on the verge of losing patience with Israel today, after a settlement expansion programme saw the UK threaten to withdraw its ambassador.

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May: People will die if you don't back 'snooper's charter' bill

More people could lose their lives if the government's new communications data bill is not passed, the home secretary has warned.

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Tougher knife crime laws 'won't work'

A guaranteed jail sentence for all those convicted of using a knife to threaten or endanger others is meeting a frosty reaction from campaigners.

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Hijab worn for first time at Commons despatch box

A student from Wokingham has spoken about how it felt to become the first person to wear a hijab at the Commons despatch box.

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Cable: Ukip need to be taken seriously

Business secretary Vince Cable has acknowledged the growth of Ukip as a force in British politics, saying the coalition parties need to start "engaging with them on major issues".

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You're fired! Public prefer Sugar to Osborne in No 11

British voters would prefer Alan Sugar or Richard Branson to take charge of Britain's economy from George Osborne, a poll out today suggests.

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Opposition to EU Nobel Peace Prize grows ahead of ceremony

Former Nobel laureates, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, are leading opposition to plans to give to the prize to the EU at an awards ceremony next Monday.

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Tory grassroots lead charge against HS2

Rural Conservative councillors are taking on the government's flagship High Speed 2 rail project with a week of legal challenges.

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Britain clamps down on 'tax dodgers'

Britain announced a campaign against "tax dodgers" and "cowboy advisers" on Monday to claw back £2 billion a year, as MPs alleged that multinationals such as Starbucks and Google are avoiding huge tax...

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Syrian spokesman flees country - diplomat

CAIRO/BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Syrian foreign ministry spokesman, who was the most public face of Bashar al-Assad's government as it battled a 20-month-old uprising, has fled the country, a diplomat in the...

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Blind China dissident urges Xi follow Myanmar path to reform

BEIJING (Reuters) - Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has urged Communist Party chief and president-in-waiting Xi Jinping to follow Myanmar's model of reform or risk a violent political...

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Japan candidates hit streets in first national vote since Fukushima disaster

FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Candidates hit the streets on Tuesday at the official start of a campaign for a parliamentary election that is expected to return the opposition Liberal Democrats to power...

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A future monarch: William and Kate expecting a child

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting a baby, St James's Palace announced today.

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Cameron leads the congratulations

Prime Minister David Cameron has led the congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge after the news that they are expecting their first child.

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Former boss says sorry for role in HBOS catastrophe

LONDON (Reuters) - A former chief executive of HBOS apologised for the first time on Monday for his role in the high-risk lending strategy that pushed the British bank close to collapse during the...

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Limiting reform? Cameron meets newspaper chiefs in No 10

David Cameron is meeting with newspaper chiefs later, as calls for a statutory underpinning of press self-regulation grow in intensity.

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Lords fights legal aid broken promise

Peers have rejected a government attempt to override the key concession which allowed legal aid reforms through the Lords earlier this year.

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Tories at war: 'I'm not tolerating it' David Davis tells Theresa May

Two of the most respected figures in the Conservative party were at war today, after former shadow home secretary David Davis told Theresa May he was not going to "tolerate" her arguments.

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