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Ministry of Justice job cuts 'put the public at risk'

As many as one in five jobs could go at Ministry of Justice

Unions fear £2bn cuts to the justice system will lead to 15,000 job losses, forcing prisons to close and paralysing the courts.

Sir Gus O'Donnell is the country's top civil servant

Sir Gus O’Donnell to leave after seeing in new Government

Head of the civil service will stand down after overseeing the first few years of the new Coalition Government, it has emerged.

Hundreds of thousands playing the benefits system, Chris Grayling says

Hundreds of thousands playing benefits system

Current rules are making it “too easy” to claim benefits and are in need of tightening, says Chris Grayling, the employment minister.

Linking pensions to CPI 'breaches human rights'

Members of an online forum for pensions experts have written to the Government claiming that a full consultation period is required.

Bounty hunters to cut benefit fraud

Private agencies are to be paid by the Government to reduce benefit fraud by £1billion, David Cameron is to announce.

The European Union is to push for the right to levy direct taxes on Britons and the citizens of other member countries, the EU Budget Commissioner has disclosed.

Brussels pushes for power to tax Britons

EU is to push for the right to levy direct taxes on Britons and the citizens of other member countries, it has been disclosed.

Former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy and his wife Sarah are to separate, they announced today.

Charles Kennedy to split from wife Sarah after eight years

Charles Kennedy, the former Liberal Democrat leader, is to separate from his wife Sarah after eight years of marriage, the couple have announced.

MP asks for his email address to be removed from website

A Tory MP has asked for his email address to be removed from a lobbying website because dealing with the correspondence it generates takes up too much of his time.

31 police officers paid more than Prime Minister

Nick Herbert, the policing minister, has ordered a review of police pay

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Coalition policies

Points of conflict: where the coalition parties agree and disagree

A fresh start, but tough choices are kicked into the long grass.

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British business facing a wave of new green taxes

Thousands of British businesses will be liable for significant fines and charges under a new government “green tax” scheme.

British taxpayers funding US arms lobbyists

Exclusive: Government paying a secretive lobbying firm to push American politicians to award contracts to British defence companies.

15,000 job losses feared at Ministry of Justice

Staff warned that substantial job cuts are inevitable as the Government department cuts its £9 billion budget by £2 billion.

Teenagers and young people are real victims of recession, former MPC member says

Teenagers and people in their early 20s are the real victims of the recession, according to a former member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee.