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Cameron's 'pukka' holiday
David Cameron's Tuscan holiday home is a favourite haunt of TV chef Jamie Oliver.
MPs ready to question James Murdoch again
Third former News Int exec questions Murdoch's hacking evidence.
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Breivik mad? He shows a feline sanity
ANALYSIS: Even on the day he gained notoriety he did not gain the necrophilic rush experienced by other serial killers, says Brian Masters.
30 Jul 2011
Councils and watchdogs unite against £34bn high speed rail
The full extent of the opposition to the government's controversial £34 billion High Speed 2 rail link can be revealed for the first time today as local authorities, environmental watchdogs and charities combine to attack it.
30 Jul 2011
'I love you all’ – the last words texted by victim
These were the last words texted by Sverre Bjorkavag. Nick Meo reports from Alesund, Norway.
30 Jul 2011
Calls to scrap 50p tax backed
A former Conservative chancellor today adds to pressure on George Osborne by backing calls for the abolition of the 50p income tax rate for the highest earners.
30 Jul 2011
MPs spend 1,000 hours tweeting
MPs are spending almost 1,000 hours a year on Twitter, the social networking site, according to research.
30 Jul 2011
Ministers know how to get us out of this mess – cut taxes
The Government putting political considerations ahead of sound economic sense, says Janet Daley.
30 Jul 2011
There’s another deficit that David Cameron has to deal with
The Prime Minister faces an 'empathy deficit' unless he can convince the voters that he feels their pain, says Matthew d'Ancona.
30 Jul 2011
Our moral bankruptcy is Blair's legacy
Under Tony Blair, moral ambiguity became the order of the day, writes Anthony Horowitz.
30 Jul 2011
Steve Hilton: the grit in the Tory oyster
Tim Montgomerie explains why Cameron's controversial lieutenant is a vital part of the Downing Street machine.
30 Jul 2011
Friends: The One with Sam and Dave’s Big Decision
The PM has to face that economy question once again - Easyjet or Ryanair? - in the latest episode of our political sitcom, by Iain Hollingshead.
30 Jul 2011
Tax boss issues apology
Chairman of HMRC apologises after damning report by Commons Treasury committee.
30 Jul 2011
Labour's Murdoch meetings
Senior Labour figures socialised with members of the Murdoch family and News International executives at a string of exclusive social events, records released by the party have revealed.
30 Jul 2011
David Miliband welcomed back
David Miliband is to take on his first major task for Labour since being defeated by his brother, Ed, in the party leadership contest.
30 Jul 2011
Baroness Thatcher's office is closed
Sir Mark Thatcher, the son of Lady Thatcher, confirms that his mother's office in the House of Lords has been shut down.
30 Jul 2011
Civil servants join the jet set
Exclusive: Civil servants and ministers paid a limousine company thousands of pounds for a chauffeur-driven cultural tour of California, credit card bills seen by The Daily Telegraph show.
30 Jul 2011
MP: I was probably high when I danced with Nigel Kennedy
A Conservative MP has apparently admitted taking drugs while dancing with Nigel Kennedy, the violinist, in the latest twist in the phone-hacking scandal.
29 Jul 2011
Five green taxes to raise electricity price by up to 58pc
The Government has acknowledged it will have to prop up struggling British industry hit by five green taxes that are forecast to add between 7pc and 58pc to electricity prices.
29 Jul 2011
James Murdoch may be recalled
James Murdoch faces being recalled to give evidence to MPs after a third former News International executive formally questioned his evidence.
29 Jul 2011
Patients struggle even to get on NHS waiting lists
Patients have told how they have struggled even to get on NHS waiting lists, forcing them to endure lengthy delays for treatment or to go private, as managers ration treatment to save money.
29 Jul 2011
Down and out in London – thanks to the 'human rights' that put them there
After the law has allowed immigrants to stay in Britain, it is often no good to them thereafter, argues Graeme Archer.
29 Jul 2011
The world needs America to come to its senses
Telegraph View: Brinkmanship between the White House and Congress over the debt crisis has made a laughing stock of the country, raising doubts about the dollar and US economic might.
29 Jul 2011
Our leaders have lost faith in the powers of their people
It is time for Western conservatives to prove that they are for the many, not the few, says Charles Moore.
29 Jul 2011
Phone hacking scandal latest: live
Live updates as private investigator Glenn Mulcaire breaks his silence to say he acted "on the instruction of others".
29 Jul 2011
'Viper in our midst' jailed for threatening MPs
A Muslim extremist who posted a call for attacks on MPs who supported the Iraq war on a radical website, along with where to buy a knife, has been jailed for 12 years.
29 Jul 2011
Phone hacking: timeline of the scandal
The key events in the phone hacking scandal, which has led to the closure of the News of the World, halted Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB takeover bid, and forced several key figures to resign.
29 Jul 2011
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