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• Yesterday in parliament

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  9 November session Nuclear power The government paved the way for a huge expansion of nuclear power by naming 10 potential sites for new nuclear power stations. The energy secretary, Ed Miliband, said that a boost to nuclear power would be needed to meet the nations energy needs despite increases in renewable ...
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• Alan Sugar

  
  Mark Wadsworth — Authority: 442
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• David Cameron asks Debbie Scott to become Tory peer

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  David Cameron has asked the chief executive of one of Britains best-known unemployment charities to become a Conservative peer. Cameron regards the appointment of Debbie Scott, which was announced today, as a potent symbol of how he can build a stronger civil society to fill the gaps left by his vision of a smaller, ...
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• Chipping away at free speech | Henry Porter

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 154
  Government attempts to override a free speech clause in a homophobic hatred bill illustrate its determination to attack rights "The politically motivated trampling of free speech is something that should concern us all," says a letter in the Times from the Conservative peer Lord Waddington and the Labour MP and ...
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• Theyve let another blithering idiot into the House of Lords

  
  The Answer's 42 — Authority: 108
  That retirement home for the terminally bewildered, the House of Lords, has another deluded soul on its benches. Lord Sachs, the chief rabbi, says Europes facing a population crisis because of attacks on religion by "secular writers" . If contraception was that easy, these "secular writers" ought to be writing a ...
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• A Big Ah! for The Relatives of Mp’s

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 596
  Image by ** Maurice ** via Flickr   This Week in the news, one of the biggest scandals in British history raised its ugly head again. It was the Expenses Scandal that not only rocked Westminster but the British public, although many were not surprised of the arrogance and cheek of some of our Members of ...
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• Ex-defence chiefs attack Gordon Brown over Afghanistan

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Peers accuse prime minister of lacking commitment to the war and failing to support British troops Three former defence chiefs have accused Gordon Brown of failing in his commitment to the war in Afghanistan and support for British troops. Field Marshal Lord Inge said the armed forces never really believed Brown ...
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• Two new Lords Spiritual prepare to take their seats: CEN 10.30.09 p 4.

  
  Conger — Authority: 475
  Two new ‘Lords Spiritual’ will be introduced to Parliament next month. On Nov 3 the Bishop of Lichfield, the Rt. Rev. Jonathan Gledhill will be introduced to the House of Lords by the Bishops of Wakefield and Ripon and Leeds, while on Nov 24 the Rt. Rev. Anthony Priddis will be introduced by Bishop Gledhill and ...
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• Yesterday in parliament

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  5 November session Copenhagen Hopes that a full, legally binding treaty on tackling climate change would be signed at next months Copenhagen summit are fading, Ed Miliband acknowledged. The climate change secretary said the government would have preferred a full treaty, but added that any deal that emerged from ...
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• Simon Hoggarts sketch: The Lords get nasty

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  The House of Lords used to be the politest place in the land. Nobody ever shouted, like David Cameron, "youre useless!" No one yelled "wrong, wrong, wrong!" You would be as likely to see a food fight in the Athenaeum. There were ways of disagreeing. For example, if someone suggested the return of child chimney ...
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• Peer 2 Peer Piracy – good lord no!

  
  trefor.net — Authority: 127
  Had a meeting with BIS this morning as the final opportunity to influence the forthcoming Digital Britain bill. Nothing was said really that hasn’t already been published somewhere. We will know the precise content in a couple of weeks. There is an awful lot of detail that will have to be worked out and with only ...
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• Yesterday in parliament

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  4 November session Afghanistan Gordon Brown vowed to "step up" security for British troops in Afghanistan after the "terrible and tragic" loss of five soldiers. The prime minister told the Commons the Taliban had claimed responsibility for the attack and may have infiltrated the Afghan police. David Cameron joined ...
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• The Queens Private Secretary

  
  Washminster — Authority: 132
  Most of the key players in the British constitutional system are well known. The leading members of the Executive are the Prime Minister and the Cabinet. The current list can be found here . Details of senior civil servants can be found here . Members of the Legislature are listed at Parliaments website . The ...
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• Yesterday in parliament

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  3 November session Bank bailouts The Tories accused the government of creating a "new world record" for bank bailouts with its plan to break up the part-nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group. George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, charged Alistair Darling, his opposite number in the ...
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• MPs prepare for combat with Sir Christopher Kelly over expenses reforms

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Expert on medical ethics and law expected to be tasked with role of cleaning up parliament An expert on medical ethics and law is expected to be tasked with the role of cleaning up parliament when the head of the new political expenses watchdog is announced today. Sir Ian Kennedy is expected to take on the job as ...
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• MPs expenses reforms – live

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Minute-by-minute coverage as Commons watchdog publishes plans for overhaul of allowances system 9.50am: One Whitehall Place is the home of the National Liberal Club (Nick Clegg would approve) and its very plush. A sweeping marble staircase, tree-high ceilings and lots of wooden panels all over the place. Its the ...
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• Change the law on tax avoidance

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 154
  The controversy surrounding Lord Ashcroft prompts the question: why can British nationals living abroad avoid taxes? The latest contretemps about Lord Ashcroft acting out the role of Conservative party honcho, while refusing to disclose whether he files taxes in the UK , raises a broader issue: why can any British ...
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• Irvine reveals Blair lord chancellor row

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Six years after he was dismissed as Llord Chancellor by his old pupil, Tony Blair, Lord Irvine has broken his silence to accuse the then-prime minister of botching the reform and humiliating him. But is that the whole story? Michael White reports When Tony Blair unceremoniously sacked his first employer and patron, ...
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• Irvine reveals Blair lord chancellor row

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Former lord chancellor says Tony Blair acted in insensitive, high-handed and incoherent manner in deciding to abolish post The former lord chancellor Derry Irvine has broken a six-year silence to reveal a row with Tony Blair over the abolition of the historic role, which saw Irvine sacked from the cabinet. In a ...
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• MPs demand Lords pay tax on expenses

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Peers £174-per-day allowance comes under fire Peers who receive tens of thousands of pounds in expenses for attending parliament are facing demands from MPs that they pay tax on that money for the first time. One forensic accountant has told the Observer that the £174-a-day attendance allowance for those ...
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