'I'm waiting for riots in the streets' , June 23). If this were the case then we might expect our newspapers to devote a few more column inches to waste than to football or "celebrities". We might exp…
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It is frustrating that you describe union amendments to Labour's national policy forum as "demands" (Report, June 30). Trade union and other representatives have always put amendments to the policy fo…
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There is a strong desire in parliament and among NGOs and some employers to end poverty in the UK; but there are as many policies for doing it as there are government departments and NGO campaigns. Th…
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The Ministry of Defence is to open a medical unit to treat troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with mild brain injuries caused by high-powered explosions or blows to the head. The facility, to …
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More than 2 million people will be made worse off by government plans to increase the car tax on environmentally unfriendly vehicles bought over the last seven years, the Tories claimed yesterday.In a…
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Guardian/ICM poll published today. The results, which will delight green campaigners, suggest that support for environmental action is not collapsing as feared in the face of possible recession. When …
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Europe must develop its military capabilities along the lines proposed by the EU's French presidency if it is not always to wait for America and Nato to be ready to intervene, David Miliband, the fore…
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I have been trying to find out, without success, why a British general election is nowadays always held on a Thursday. The last time it was on another day, Tuesday, was in 1931. But I can find no expl…
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Boris Johnson signalled an end to the expansion of the London congestion charge zone yesterday as he unveiled a consultation exercise that could scrap the toll's western extension.The London mayor rul…
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So this is how you resell the EU to its sceptical inhabitants: a Parisian sky lit up in blue and gold, the Eiffel Tower decorated with stars, and goody bags designed by Philippe Starck. Unfortunately,…
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