UK politics

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• Clegg denies U-turn over mansion tax

  
  The Independent - Tennis RSS Feed — Authority: 674
  Liberal Democrat leaders beat a hasty retreat yesterday from controversial plans to impose a "mansion tax" on the owners of £1m homes.
  2 hours ago

• SNP makes the case for Scottish independence

  
  The Independent - Tennis RSS Feed — Authority: 674
  Scotlands First Minister Alex Salmond set out on the road to fulfilling his lifelong political ambition yesterday by launching a White Paper that he hopes could lead to a referendum delivering full independence from Westminster possibly as early as next year.
  2 hours ago

• This is a political as well as a military surge, says PM

  
  The Independent - Tennis RSS Feed — Authority: 674
  At least 500 members of the special forces are operating in Afghanistan alongside regular troops, Gordon Brown disclosed yesterday as he confirmed extra soldiers would be sent to the country within days.
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• I did not bully Lord Goldsmith, insists Blair

  
  The Independent - Tennis RSS Feed — Authority: 674
  Tony Blair ordered Army chiefs to draw up war plans for Iraq nine months before the invasion took place, one of his key aides has revealed.
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• UK heading for a hung parliament, poll shows

  
  The Independent - Tennis RSS Feed — Authority: 674
  Britain is on course for a hung parliament after the general election amid growing optimism about the economy, according to the latest ComRes poll for The Independent.
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• Clegg denies U-turn over mansion tax

  
  The Independent - Tennis RSS Feed — Authority: 674
  Liberal Democrat leaders beat a hasty retreat yesterday from controversial plans to impose a "mansion tax" on the owners of £1m homes.
  2 hours ago

• SNP makes the case for Scottish independence

  
  The Independent - Tennis RSS Feed — Authority: 674
  Scotlands First Minister Alex Salmond set out on the road to fulfilling his lifelong political ambition yesterday by launching a White Paper that he hopes could lead to a referendum delivering full independence from Westminster possibly as early as next year.
  2 hours ago

• I did not bully Lord Goldsmith, insists Blair

  
  The Independent - Tennis RSS Feed — Authority: 674
  Tony Blair ordered Army chiefs to draw up war plans for Iraq nine months before the invasion took place, one of his key aides has revealed.
  2 hours ago

• This is a political as well as a military surge, says PM

  
  The Independent - Tennis RSS Feed — Authority: 674
  At least 500 members of the special forces are operating in Afghanistan alongside regular troops, Gordon Brown disclosed yesterday as he confirmed extra soldiers would be sent to the country within days.
  2 hours ago

• Icesave crunch time approaches

  
  IceNews - Daily News — Authority: 510
  As Iceland’s Althingi parliament continues its second reading of the latest Icesave bill this evening, the Netherlands and the UK have the right to rip up the agreement at midnight if Althingi has not approved the bill by then. There is no indication that they will, however. Meanwhile, international ratings agencies ...
  4 hours ago

• Speaker compares himself to a latterday Guy Fawkes

  
  Westminster Blog — Authority: 592
  The mistake of the last Speaker, Michael Martin, was to refuse to recognise the head of steam building up over MPs expenses.The new one isn’t going to repeat that error. John Bercow - currently speaking to the Hansard Society about the need for reform post-Expensesgate - is bending over backwards to convince that he ...
  7 hours ago

• Back to work plan to push self-employment

  
  The Independent - Tennis RSS Feed — Authority: 674
  Unemployed people will get more government help to start their own businesses under plans to move Britain “from recession to recovery” to be set out by ministers next week. Related Stories Equipment build-up allows for extra troops Brown confirms 500 extra troops in December Brown confirms 500 extra ...
  8 hours ago

• Back to work plan to push self-employment

  
  The Independent - Tennis RSS Feed — Authority: 674
  Unemployed people will get more government help to start their own businesses under plans to move Britain “from recession to recovery” to be set out by ministers next week.
  8 hours ago

• Back to work plan to push self-employment

  
  The Independent - Tennis RSS Feed — Authority: 674
  Unemployed people will get more government help to start their own businesses under plans to move Britain “from recession to recovery” to be set out by ministers next week.
  8 hours ago

• Gordon Brown’s love of big numbers - again

  
  Westminster Blog — Authority: 592
  Some bemusement around here about the new figure of 10,000 British troops in Afghanistan.The old figure was 9,000, and we are sending another 500. Now Gordon Brown feels the need to reveal the fact that 500 special operatives are at work in the mountain state. The prime minister told the Commons that it was unusual ...
  9 hours ago

• Minister accuses councils over poor white communities

  
  The Independent - Tennis RSS Feed — Authority: 674
  Government bodies and councils have been "blind" to the needs of white working class communities, a Cabinet minister said today.
  9 hours ago

• Minister accuses councils over poor white communities

  
  The Independent - Tennis RSS Feed — Authority: 674
  Government bodies and councils have been "blind" to the needs of white working class communities, a Cabinet minister said today. Related Stories Equipment for extra troops confirmed Equipment build-up allows for extra troops Brown confirms 500 extra troops in December Brown confirms 500 extra troops ...
  9 hours ago

• Minister accuses councils over poor white communities

  
  The Independent - Tennis RSS Feed — Authority: 674
  Government bodies and councils have been "blind" to the needs of white working class communities, a Cabinet minister said today.
  9 hours ago

• Tory peer pelted with eggs

  
  The Independent - Tennis RSS Feed — Authority: 674
  Eggs were thrown at Baroness Warsi during a visit to Luton today.
  9 hours ago

• Tory peer pelted with eggs

  
  The Independent - Tennis RSS Feed — Authority: 674
  Eggs were thrown at Baroness Warsi during a visit to Luton today. Related Stories Equipment for extra troops confirmed Equipment build-up allows for extra troops Brown confirms 500 extra troops in December Brown confirms 500 extra troops for Afghanistan Minister accuses councils over poor white ...
  9 hours ago

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