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Lords roadblock ahead for gay marriage
The coalition's plans to legalise gay marriage could hit a stumbling block in the Lords, a poll of peers out today suggests.
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MPs back benefits capping Bill
The Government's plan for a real-terms cut in working-age benefits has cleared its first Commons hurdle after heated exchanges between coalition and Labour MPs.
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Govt Wins Vote On Capping Rise In Benefits
MPs have voted to back the Government's plans for a 1% cap on annual rises in most working-age welfare payments and tax credits.
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Lord Marland: Second Minister Quits In Two Days
Prime Minister David Cameron has lost his second minister in two days, as Lord Marland stepped down as minister for trade.
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Health regulator criticised by MPs
The regulator of health and social care in England has not earned public confidence, a scathing report by MPs has concluded.
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The NHS spends an estimated £10 billion per year on diabetes related treatments, a great deal of which is unnecessary, writes Adrian Sanders MP.
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Welfare bill clears first hurdle
MPs voted 324 to 268 in favour of the government's bill to introduce a benefit-uprating cap of one percent, a real-terms cut in working-age entitlements.
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Push for rail nationalisation hits Commons
Demands for the railways to be brought back into public hands will be made in the Commons later, after Green MP Caroline Lucas added an amendment to a Labour-backed motion.
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Out of prison, into the arms of… the private sector
Around 200,000 criminals released from prison every year are to be supervised by the private sector, in a move opponents are calling the demise of public probation in England and Wales.
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Business leaders jittery before PM's Europe speech
A group of business leaders have warned the prime minister against his expected call for a renegotiation with the European Union.
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'Total chaos' as second peer quits government
David Cameron faces mockery from the opposition in prime minister's questions this lunchtime, after being hit by a second ministerial resignation in the Lords this week.
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Breaking the law? Cameron mocked for allegations of drug-taking past
David Cameron was accused of lying to the Commons today, when a lighthearted response to a question on fox-hunting saw him tell MPs he had never broken the law.
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PM: Welfare cuts 'fair and right'
Real-terms welfare cuts are "fair and right", David Cameron insisted as he faced Labour accusations the Government was trying to "divide the country".
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Cameron challenges Ulster leaders
Northern Ireland's politicians must work to break down barriers of segregation to ease tensions in the province, David Cameron has told MPs.
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EU leaders want UK in union, but not treaty change
European leaders on Wednesday stressed the importance of keeping Britain in the EU, but said they opposed treaty changes demanded by Prime Minister David Cameron.
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Britain reins in defence equipment costs and project delays
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Defence Ministry has begun to improve the way it handles major procurement areas, but must still do more to keep costs and delays under control, parliament's spending...
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Tit-for-tat row on councillor cash
A political row has erupted after MPs suggested that increasing town hall allowances could help attract more "capable" local councillors.
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Outgoing Eurogroup chief calls for direct bank aid
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The euro zone must use its rescue fund to inject money into banks with past debts, the president of the Eurogroup said on Thursday, warning anything less would undermine the bloc's...
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German minister raps Catholic bishops over abuse study
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's justice minister said on Thursday the country's Roman Catholic Church appeared to be shrinking from independent scrutiny after bishops sacked a top criminologist they had...
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Ex UBS boss blames "mercenaries" for Libor debacle
LONDON/ZURICH (Reuters) - The former chief executive of UBS blamed "mercenaries" for its role in the global interest-rate rigging scandal that has further undermined the Swiss bank's once venerable...
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