'Mosquito' devices which emit high-pitched whine to help disperse teenagers from street corners could be banned by the European Union on the grounds that they infringe children's human rights.
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The number of patients waiting more than 26 weeks for referral to a hospital in Wales rose during January.
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The locations that have helped shape British politics
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It’s time professional people changed their tune: their duty is to support tax systems – not undermine them. Rilly? Just to take an extreme example: the duty of a barrister when defending someone accused of tax offences is to go all Soviet on them? Yes, yes, you’re right, my client is a horrible person who should be locked
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The latest issue of the Spectator is out today, and here are my top five features: Nick Clegg takes to the stage. With a hung Parliament looking increasingly likely, I thought we should pay a bit of attention to the Lib Dem leader in this week's issue. Interviewed by me, he does his best to reach out to Tory voters - pointing to his party's tax-cutting agenda and its spending cut-h...
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He was not like Party leaders that came before him. This leader of the Conservative Party was modern, dynamic and forward looking. There were a number of policy priorities that he wanted to push to realise his modernising vision, and...
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Three Labour MPs charged with expenses fraud will set out their plan to get the case against them thrown out when they appear in court for the first time today.
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Erotic underwear advertisements should be banned from London buses to protect children from being bombarded with sexual images, a Conservative MP has said.
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Consumer protection, an issue that has led to gridlock in talks about financial regulatory reform, was closer to resolution in the Senate banking committee
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JUSTICE Secretary Jack Straw yesterday defended the granting of new identities to the killers of James Bulger.
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