The Forensic Audit Panel, set up to investigate the failings of the London Development Agency, when Ken was Mayor, concluded “Our investigat [...] Read more ...
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After visiting Somalia and Kenya, Foreign Secretary William Hague will answer your questions about his visit and why Africa matters to the UK via Twitter on 6 February. Read more ...
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Add a commentEmbattled Mayor of London Boris Johnson today unveiled a cut in City Hall’s share of council tax- but only amounting to enough [...] Read more ...
MUNICH - At Saturday's morning session of the 2012 Munich Security Conference, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta clarified that NATO forces wil [...] Read more ...
Security Council resolution backing Arab League's call for President Bashar al-Assad to step down is rejected [...] Read more ...
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary is seeking an international credit line of 15 to 20 billion ($20 to $26.3 billion) euros, the secretary of state heading the prime minister's office, Mihaly Varga, was quoted [...] Read more ...
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Chester MP Stephen Mosley has joined Business Minister Mark Prisk in welcoming the huge steps taken since the General Election to cut red ta [...] Read more ...
By Tim Montgomerie Follow Tim on Twitter In the latest ConservativeHome readers' survey we asked respondents to rate a list of measures in terms of their importance for the competitiveness of the British economy. A zero rating equalled of no importance and ten equalled top importance. The table below summarises the results. In order to read it clea [...] Read more ...
The importance of Marx's theory of surplus value in capitalist production Karl marx was one of the greatest thinkers ever to have lived. He [...] Read more ...
If you ignore the mindless tittle-tattle, David Miliband’s New Statesman article raises a genuine issue: what should be the left’s attitude to the state? He writes: The weaknesses of the "big society" should not blind us to the policy and [...] Read more ...
It would be far better, the Chancellor was told by his top Treasury adviser, to allow RBS to be run by the clique of investment bankers who [...] Read more ...
Conservative-run Trafford Council had provided some recognition of the valuable voluntary contribution Special Constables make in reducing incidents of crime and anti-social behaviour. The Special Constables living and volunteering in Trafford can now get a 50% reduction on their Council [...] Read more ...
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She stressed the need for greater European "cohesion" but argued that the single currency had make Europe stronger. Meanwhile, the chief neg [...] Read more ...
The figures come after it was revealed that Romanian immigrant Firuta Vasile (pictured) was able to claim generous state handouts while selling the Big Issue magazine in Bristol. Read more ...
Goldman Sachs cut Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein's stock bonus for the first time since the financial crisis, the latest sign that Wall Street executives are paying for a year of mixed financial performance and steep stock-price declines. Read more ...
A total of 223 people have died from the cold weather in the last seven days according to a foreign news agency tally, with Ukraine suffering the heaviest toll. People have been found dead on the streets in some countries, while thousands have been trapped in mountain villages in Serbia. In Italy, [...] Read more ...
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - More than 200 people were killed in shelling by Syrian forces in the city of Homs, activists said on Saturday, as the U.N. Security Council prepared to vote on a draft resolution backing [...] Read more ...
