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Osborne comes under pressure as inflation jumps to two-year high
Sean O'Grady: Chancellor's plans to please so-called 'squeezed middle' hit on eve of Budget.
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Government must step in to overhaul FA, says Watmore
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Glenn Moore: Former chief executive of game's governing body left his post 'frustrated' by board's vested interests.
Cameron: What looked like a triumph is beginning to seem a curse
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Nigel Morris: David Cameron had intended to spend the past 48 hours working on the final details of today's Budget. Instead his time has been consumed by the growing challenges – military and diplomatic – posed by the attacks on Libya.
Tax adjustments will make 25 million households better off
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
The income people can earn without paying tax will increase to more than £8,000 next year, George Osborne will announce in his second Budget.
UK to join fight against human trafficking
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
The United Kingdom will finally sign up to Europe-wide measures to combat human trafficking, after being embarrassed by a campaign fought by Anti-Slavery International, campaigning website 38 Degrees and The Independent on Sunday.
Former MP to promote fur trade
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
The former Liberal Democrat MP Mark Oaten, who resigned from Parliament after cheating on his wife with a rent boy, has taken a job promoting the fur trade.
Libya costing Britain £3 million a day
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
The cost to Britain of air action in Libya is running at around £3 million a day, defence experts said yesterday.
Number of foreign students to be cut by 25 per cent
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
The number of foreign students and their dependants coming to Britain could be cut by around 100,000 a year under plans unveiled by the Government today.
Fur trade job for ex-MP Mark Oaten
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
Former Liberal Democrat MP Mark Oaten, who quit parliament after cheating on his wife with a rent boy, has taken a job promoting the fur trade.
Government at war with Army over whether to target Gaddafi
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
Divisions opened yesterday between British ministers and the head of the armed forces over whether Muammar Gaddafi should be personally targeted in the strikes on the Libyan military machine.
Britain goes cold on new plants in Fukushima's wake
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
Michael McCarthy: 37% of Britons say they are now more likely to oppose "new nukes" in the UK.
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1 Cameron: What looked like a triumph is beginning to seem a curse
2 Tax adjustments will make 25 million households better off
3 Osborne comes under pressure as inflation jumps to two-year high
4 Squeeze on cost of living will be worst since 1920s
5 Number of foreign students to be cut by 25 per cent
6 London fails to make top 50 'most live-able' cities
7 Mass graves to shed light on Britain's bloodiest battle
8 Treasure hunters rue their £3.2m find after row over reward ends friendship
9 Model's struggle after rape and acid attack
10 Women who travel for sex: Sun, sea and gigolos
11 And finally... bizarre real life stories
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13 UK to join fight against human trafficking
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