To all media critics out there, I’m investigating the impact on journalism of professional journos being asked to blog as well as write for the more traditional channels.
Give me your thoughts on everything from the affects on ‘impartiality’ to audience.
And please feel free to quote your favourite theorists on the subject.
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By Laura Miller. George Osborne skipped up onto the stage at the Policy Centre full of the joys of a man who can say what he likes about “effective economic …
www.politics.co.uk/analysis/economy-and-finance/the-lost-art-keeping-secret-rediscovered–$1259709.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Former chancellor and habitual Tory leadership contender Kenneth Clarke will again bring his boisterous brand of politics to Britain’s …
www.politics.co.uk/analysis/legal-and-constitutional/profile-kenneth-clarke-$1261806.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Justice minister Jack Straw has reintroduced government plans for closed door inquests, held without a jury, in cases involving aspects of …
www.politics.co.uk/news/legal-and-constitutional/secret-inquests-back-on-the-table-$1260879.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Boris Johnson will receive his second call to give evidence over the arrest of Damian Green today, after failing to attend the first time …
www.politics.co.uk/news/legal-and-constitutional/boris-avoids-green-inquiry-$1264351.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Gordon Brown and David Cameron have both begun tours of recession-struck Britain in a move unheard of outside election season. …
www.politics.co.uk/news/legal-and-constitutional/party-leaders-on-uk-tour-$1258822.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Government departments frequently waste taxpayer’s money on useless and expensive regulations, a report has said. …
www.politics.co.uk/news//news//domestic-policy/govt-regulations-without-purpose–$1264688.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Jacqui Smith was forced to make a climb-down today over claims “considerable damage to national security” forced her to involve police in …
www.politics.co.uk/news/legal-and-constitutional/smith-faces-grilling-over-home-office-leaks-$1261980.htm |
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By Laura Miller. MPs and peers have won their battle to keep their expense claims for the last three years secret. The retrospective exemption, expected to …
www.politics.co.uk/news/legal-and-constitutional/mps-to-be-let-off-foi-$1261281.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Powers to raid political candidates’ homes and offices without a warrant broke human rights law and were right to be dropped, according to …
www.politics.co.uk/news/legal-and-constitutional/search-powers-right-to-be-dropped-$1265004.htm |
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By Laura Miller. The prime minister is a “one-eyed Scottish idiot,” according to Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson. Made during a promotional visit to …
www.politics.co.uk/news//news//culture-media-and-sport/clarkson-in-hot-water-for-brown-comments-$1266895.htm |
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By Laura Miller. The home secretary has stepped away from controversial government plans to use intercept evidence in UK trials. …
www.politics.co.uk/news//news//legal-and-constitutional/smith-climbs-down-over-phone-tap-evidence-$1268846.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Government moves to completely nationalise banks already under partial state control would be supported by the British public, …
www.politics.co.uk/news//news//economy-and-finance/public-want-failing-banks-nationalised-$1271234.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Binyam Mohamed’s lawyers will fight to re-open his case on the grounds that the UK government misled the highest court in the land when …
www.politics.co.uk/news//news//legal-and-constitutional/govt-misled-high-court-in-torture-case-$1266890.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Average British families are paying £297 more a year in food and tax bills due to EU fisheries policy, claims a report published today. …
www.politics.co.uk/news//news//opinion-former-index/environment-and-rural…/eu-fisheries-policy-costs-uk-families-297-each-$1264706.htm |
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By Laura Miller Commenting on reports that Gordon Brown is to order Labour MPs to vote to exempt MP’s expenses from the Freedom of Information Act …
www.politics.co.uk/mps/press-releases/party-politics/liberal-democrats/brown-s-secret-expenses-call-disgraceful-$1262632$452057.htm |
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By Laura Miller. David Blunkett, former home secretary, is to remarry, his spokesman said today. The Sheffield Brightside MP has announced he will wed …
www.politics.co.uk/news/party-politics/labour/blunkett-gets-new-bride-$1264060.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Some patients will soon be able to choose where they buy their healthcare using money paid to them directly, the government announced today …
www.politics.co.uk/news/health/patients-manage-own-health-budgets-$1261387.htm |
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By Laura Miller. The British public is set to come under even closer scrutiny during 2012 from an advanced CCTV system specially designed for the London …
www.politics.co.uk/news/policing-and-crime/big-brother-intensified-olympics-$1260869.htm |
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By Laura Miller. The Scottish government today faced criticism from Labour MSPs over its failure to secure a budget for Scotland next year. …
www.politics.co.uk/news//regions/scotland/scottish-politics-in-disarray-over-failed-budget-$1264613.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Some secondary school pupils will be asked to look at the co-ordinated suicide bombings on London’s transport system from the standpoint of …
www.politics.co.uk/news//news//education/pupils-taught-to-see-7-7-from-bombers-perspective-$1271201.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Jacqui Smith will launch the largest ever cross-government public consultation on violence against women and girls today, …
www.politics.co.uk/news/equality/smith-to-tackle-violence-against-women-$1275213.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Deputies live out life in the shadows, waiting and desperately hoping the boss falls from grace before they themselves are too old to take …
www.politics.co.uk/analysis/policing-and-crime/profile-sir-paul-stephenson-$1264424.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Councils’ failure to curb a 500 per cent rise in litter through education and fines loses taxpayers £500 million a year in clear-up costs, …
www.politics.co.uk/news/environment-and-rural-affairs/govt-blamed-as-litter-rises-500–$1275240.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Current government skills and learning policy is inappropriate now the country is in the middle of a recession, leading politicians have …
politics.co.uk/news/opinion-former-index/education/govt-skills-plan-doesn-t-fit-recession-$1261321.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Chancellor Alastair Darling was today forced to rein in his hopes for a recession-beating “new global deal” next month, after Washington …
politics.co.uk/news/economy-and-finance/us-will-talk-but-not-act-at-g20-$1280146.htm |
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By Laura Miller. MPs will meet representatives from Premier league football clubs today to discuss the plight of the working poor in one of sport’s …
www.politics.co.uk/news/culture-media-and-sport/premier-league-poverty-wages-$1280158.htm - 22 hours ago |
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By Laura Miller. Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg today called on Gordon Brown to stop the flow of arms from Britain to Israel and criticised his lack of …
www.politics.co.uk/news/foreign-policy/clegg-suspend-arms-israel-$1259058.htm |
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By Laura Miller and Alex Stevenson. Downing Street has abandoned a controversial vote to keep MPs’ expenses private. The government had said Labour MPs …
www.politics.co.uk/news/legal-and-constitutional/labour-mps-forced-vote-secret-expenses-$1262526.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Gordon Brown and his Cabinet met in Liverpool today to discuss urban regeneration and the government’s latest plans to spend its way out of …
www.politics.co.uk/news//economy/employment/unemployment/brown-show-reaches-liverpool-$1259422.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Unemployment will escalate and consumer spending will continue to plummet well into 2011, according to an “optimistic” financial report out …
www.politics.co.uk/news/economy-and-finance/-optimistic-financial-report-the-worst-yet-come-$1261941.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Government failure to deport foreign criminals quickly costs taxpayers £10 million a year in extended detentions, a Tory immigration …
www.politics.co.uk/news//news//opinion-former-index/policing-and-crime/foreign-criminals-cost-taxpayers-10-million-$1264842.htm |
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By Laura Miller. In a rare interview with the Guardian newspaper, Jonathan Evans warned of a direct link between events abroad and security risks at home. …
www.politics.co.uk/news/foreign-policy/policing-and-crime/mi5-israeli-attacks-will-provoke-uk-extremists-$1259139.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Simon Hughes (energy and climate change spokesman). Hughes has significant experience with environmental issues. …
www.politics.co.uk/analysis/legal-and-constitutional/who-s-on-new-lib-dem-front-bench–$1259457.htm |
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By Laura Miller. The government has been accused of failing to respond to demands from the public for a “better alternative” to the motorway. …
www.politics.co.uk/news/transport/calls-rail-investment-prevent-motorway-hell-$1260607.htm |
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By Laura Miller. British graduates lack the skills to succeed in the jobs market, according to a report published today. …
www.politics.co.uk/news/education/education/uk-awash-with-unemployable-graduates-$1261237.htm |
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By Laura Miller. A report outlining the true cost of the Gaza war will be published today by a strategic research group. Lord Alderice, a leading expert in …
www.politics.co.uk/news/foreign-policy/true-cost-gaza-israel-conflict-be-revealed-$1262633.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Anglo-French relations took a knock last night after Nicolas Sarkozy publicly criticised Gordon Brown’s handling of the economic crisis. …
www.politics.co.uk/news//news//economy-and-finance/sarkozy-critical-of-brown-s-mistakes–$1266951.htm |
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By Laura Miller and Richard James. Billionaire and former KGB agent Alexander Lebedev is poised to buy a majority stake in the London Evening Standard, …
www.politics.co.uk/news/culture-media-and-sport/ex-kgb-spy-set-buy-london-evening-standard-$1261040.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Litter is an eyesore for everyone, and figures show the ugliness has significantly increased in the last thirty years, …
www.politics.co.uk/analysis/environment-and-rural-affairs/analysis-a-mountain-of-rubbish–$1275714.htm |
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By Laura Miller. David Cameron has promised to give MPs more chances to quiz him in greater detail about his policies if he becomes prime minister. …
www.politics.co.uk/news/cameron-pledges-tv-debates-if-he-becomes-pm-$1263871.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Gordon Brown will today outline his ‘green new deal’ as part of efforts to kill two birds with one stone using a low carbon economic …
www.politics.co.uk/news/environment-and-rural-affairs/labour-embarks-on-green-revolution–$1275186.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Demonstrators are planning nationwide protests today to boycott the sale of Israeli goods on UK high-streets. …
www.politics.co.uk/news//news//business-and-industry/uk-activists-boycott-israel-$1266992.ht |
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By Laura Miller. Major lobbying groups would be forced to disclose who they are working for and the MPs and Lords they meet under proposed new anti-sleaze …
www.politics.co.uk/news/legal-and-constitutional/lobbyists-facing-tighter-control-laws-$1275159.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Police deliberately intimidated protesters and obstructed legal observers during protests at Kingsnorth power station, a report has said. …
politics.co.uk/news/policing-and-crime/-repressive-and-disproportionate-policing-at-kingsnorth-$1280104.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Premier League football is no stranger to pay controversy, functioning, as it does, as a mirror of wider trends in society. …
www.politics.co.uk/analysis/culture-media-and-sport/analysis-football-is-a-mirror-to-the-nation-$1280711.htm - 12 hours ago |
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By Laura Miller. Chancellor Alastair Darling was today forced to rein in his hopes for a recession-beating “new global deal” next month, after Washington …
politics.co.uk/news/economy-and-finance/us-will-talk-but-not-act-at-g20-$1280146.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Over three quarters of British adults rate social care as importantly as the NHS, a survey has revealed. Eighty-six per cent adults would …
www.politics.co.uk/news//news//communities-and-local-government/social-care-as-important-as-nhs–$1271250.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Strained relations between the government and the Bank of England reached a head when the central bank issued a rare public reproach to …
politics.co.uk/news/business-and-industry/govt-blames-boe-as-car-industry-nose-dives-$1280059.htm |
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By Laura Miller. The government will be forced to publish two reviews into the controversial ID card system after a four year battle to keep them secret, …
www.politics.co.uk/news/legal-and-constitutional/govt-forced-to-publish-id-card-reviews-$1271160.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Education, education, education, went the Blair mantra in 1997. Droves of able students have passed through the university system in the 12 …
www.politics.co.uk/analysis/education/analysis-is-education-for-business-or-knowledge–$1261240.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Buses which carry the slogan “There’s probably no God” do not breach the advertising code, a watchdog has ruled. …
www.politics.co.uk/news//news//transport/atheist-buses-do-not-break-advertising-rules-$1262650.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Westminster MPs should not enjoy special privileges when it comes to disclosing how they spend public money, according to David Heath, …
www.politics.co.uk/news/legal-and-constitutional/lib-dems-mps-must-comply-with-foi-$1261370.htm |
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By Laura Miller. George Osborne today told the public that times are tough with only hard work on the horizon and no quick fixes to the economic problem. …
www.politics.co.uk/news//news//economy-and-finance/osborne-tells-voters-home-truths–$1275175.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Gordon Brown faced accusations he is the ‘King of Spin’ today, after a report revealed he has more press officers than any PM in the last …
www.politics.co.uk/news/culture-media-and-sport/brown-the-king-of-spin–$1263808.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Primary school children in England are being failed by a national curriculum that focuses too much on core subjects like maths and English, …
www.politics.co.uk/news/education/children-impoverished-by-poor-education-$1271075.htm |
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By Laura Miller. The London mayor and the Met’s new assistant commissioner will finally speak out about their involvement in the arrest of shadow …
www.politics.co.uk/news/legal-and-constitutional/boris-will-finally-talk-about-damian-green-$1264959.htm |
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By Laura Miller and Ian Dunt. The economic downturn is deepening at an alarming pace, according to new findings published today. …
www.politics.co.uk/news/business-and-industry/economic-downturn-deepens-at-alarming-pace-$1260298.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Lord Taylor. A Labour peer since 1978, Lord Taylor of Blackburn was described in 2007 as “the primary conduit between the defence industry …
www.politics.co.uk/analysis/legal-and-constitutional/profile-spotlight-on-the-labour-lords-$1263720.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Strikes over Italian workers at the Total Lindsey oil refinery were rooted in a toxic mix of job insecurity and the unfairness of the …
www.politics.co.uk/analysis/employment/analysis-an-age-of-insecurity-$1269715.htm |
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By Laura Miller. The slogan ‘British jobs for British workers’ has split opinion between those who agree with the phrase, and those who believe it smacks of …
www.politics.co.uk/news/equality/-british-jobs-slogan-splits-the-public-$1269028.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Plans to allow people’s confidential details to be shared across public and private agencies around the world have been attacked by MPs in …
politics.co.uk/news/opinion-former-index/legal-and-constitutional/mps-condemn-outrageous-data-sharing-plans-$1264010.htm |
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By Laura Miller. People around the world will come together today in remembrance of those killed by the Nazis during World War Two and other genocides. …
www.politics.co.uk/news/culture-media-and-sport/genocide-victims-remembered-on-holocaust-memorial-day-$1264042.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Low paid workers are often closer to the bread line than those who have lost their jobs due to the recession, a report published today has …
www.politics.co.uk/news/employment/employed-no-better-off-than-jobless-$1258840.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Gordon Brown has tasked Alan Milburn with improving the life chances of Britain’s poorest children, as a report published today reveals …
www.politics.co.uk/news/children-and-family/milburn-back-in-govt-help-disadvantaged–$1260205.htm |
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By Laura Miller. A catalogue of failures in the government’s massive NHS IT project has led health service staff to lose confidence in the records system, …
www.politics.co.uk/news/health/failures-over-nhs-it-systems-hit-crisis-point-$1263910.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Caroline Spelman will not be dropped from the shadow cabinet in the latest Tory reshuffle, despite being under investigation for her use of …
www.politics.co.uk/news/legal-and-constitutional/spelman-stays-despite-nannygate-investigation-$1261955.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Ken Clarke has reportedly branded David Cameron’s tax plan for married couples as tantamount to “social engineering”, and an ill-advised …
www.politics.co.uk/news/children-and-family/ken-clarke-calls-cameron-s-marriage-policy-social-engineering–$1264388.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Gordon Brown will meet the German Chancellor today to discuss the need for co-operation in tackling the economic crisis. …
www.politics.co.uk/news/economy-and-finance/brown-and-merkel-in-talks-to-end-recession-$1261012.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Lib Dem shadow home secretary Chris Huhne has written to home secretary Jacqui Smith urging police vigilance in areas with large Jewish …
www.politics.co.uk/news/policing-and-crime/politicians-coordinate-jewish-protection-initiative-$1259108.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Police have introduced a new ‘three strikes’ regime to target cannabis users following the government’s reclassification of the drug to …
www.politics.co.uk/news/health/police-to-use-three-strikes-rule-against-cannabis-users-$1263769.htm |
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By Laura Miller. David Cameron has promised to make public any secret files on UFOs if he becomes prime minister. Responding to a question about cover-ups …
www.politics.co.uk/news/legal-and-constitutional/tories-we-will-come-clean-over-ufos-$1264157.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Councillors will soon be allowed to stay at home instead of attending meetings and vote by remote control - but still claim thousands in …
www.politics.co.uk/news/communities-and-local-government/absent-councillors-can-claim-10-000-for-nothing-$1264871.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Hamas must be part of talks to secure peace in the Middle East, former PM Tony Blair said today. Speaking in his role as Middle East peace …
www.politics.co.uk/news/foreign-policy/blair-hamas-must-be-part-of-peace-talks-$1262627.htm |
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By Laura Miller. People in Britain no longer trust financial institutions, the markets or the government’s ability to manage the economy, according to a new …
www.politics.co.uk/news/economy-and-finance/shortage-of-trust-in-british-economy-$1260814.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Ex-servicemen involved in British nuclear testing in the 1950s are to launch a legal bid against the government at the high court later. …
www.politics.co.uk/news/legal-and-constitutional/govt-face-legal-action-from-nuclear-test-veterans-$1262556.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Salaries of the BBC’s highest paid talent should be revealed to encourage greater transparency within the media industry, according to the …
www.politics.co.uk/news/culture-media-and-sport/bbc-stars-pay-should-be-made-public–$1262832.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Mental health problems are on the rise as more people struggle to deal with the effects of the economic crisis, a new survey reveals. …
www.politics.co.uk/news/health/recession-ruining-britons-mental-health-$1260598.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Dozens of senior civil servants enjoyed free lunches, days at sporting events and evenings out paid for by top companies, including failed …
www.politics.co.uk/news/legal-and-constitutional/civil-servants-wined-and-dined-by-failed-banks-$1268806.htm |
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By Laura Miller. A pro-Christian advert that claims a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer in young women increases teenage infertility has been banned by the …
www.politics.co.uk/news/health/christian-advert-banned-by-watchdog-$1264170.htm |
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By Laura Miller. The star spangled banner will flutter high over City Hall today as the London mayor celebrates the inauguration of Barack Obama as American …
www.politics.co.uk/news/communities-and-local-government/london-city-hall-flies-stars-and-stripes-$1262005.htm |
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By Laura Miller. Unemployment looms for many public sector workers, the Local Government Association (LGA) warned today, as one in seven councils axe jobs …
www.politics.co.uk/news//domestic-policy/local-government/recession-hits-local-councils-$1260838.htm |
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By Laura Miller. The home secretary must “use her best endeavours” to bring back a gay asylum seeker illegally deported from the UK, a High Court judge …
www.politics.co.uk/news/legal-and-constitutional/jacqui-smith-ordered-to-return-gay-refugee-$1271126.htm |
By Laura Miller. Shadow business secretary Alan Duncan could be the first casualty of a Conservative cabinet reshuffle rumoured for next week. …
www.politics.co.uk/news/children-and-family/employment/alan-duncan-could-join-britain-s-2-million-unemployed-$1259731.htm
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