Tory leader David Cameron calls for an inquiry into allegations ex-ministers tried to sell influence for cash.
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BBCPolitics 15 hours ago (via news.bbc.co.uk)
A 300 per cent increase in the price of copper has led to metal theft becoming the fastest-growing crime in the UK. Criminals sell the cable on to scrap dealers who ship it abroad. An epidemic of thefts is thought to have cost British Telecom several million pounds already this year. Last week thieves tore up manhole covers
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I picked up this story a little late: a company called the Global Internet Freedom Consortium offers VPN’s and kindred software to get around China’s net nanny. Then they collect data on their users and sell it for personalized advertising....
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ELECTION ESSAY: Frank Furedi explains why the mighty mess Labour made of education won’t be fixed by privatisation or parental pressure.
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Spiked on 16th Mar 2010 (via spiked-online.com)
Middle class pensioners would be spared having to sell their homes to pay for care in their old age under a scheme of universal benefits proposed.
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Telegraph on 16th Mar 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Middle class pensioners would be spared having to sell their homes to pay for care in their old age under a scheme of universal benefits proposed today.
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Telegraph on 15th Mar 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
ONE of the SNP's senior figures is calling for the party leadership to do more to sell the vision of independence, warning that a fear of "scaring the horses" mig
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Scotsman on 14th Mar 2010 (via news.scotsman.com)
And so government remains silent, as legions of young men drop out of the system, fail to fulfil their potential or grow up into miserable, half starved adults. It doesn't matter, not really. The men's groups kicking up their silly little boys' protests don't understand the logic of the market. Images of lusty young men sell products - that's all there is to it. And after ...
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LiberalConspiracy on 8th Mar 2010 (via liberalconspiracy.org)