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MPs call for Post Office removal from Horizon IT scandal compensation schemes
"Justice delayed is justice denied. And bluntly justice has been denied to our innocent sub postmasters for far too long"
Blur, not Blair: Britpop legend selected as Labour candidate for election
Dave Rowntree, the drummer for Blur, will officially run for office at the next General Election. Here's his political pedigree...
Rwanda Bill suffers further defeats as Welby told to ‘check his white privilege’
Overturning the Government bid to oust the courts from the process effectively blows a hole in the controversial legislation.
Hunt hints at more pre-election giveaways after £10bn national insurance cut
Experts have questioned whether the Chancellor’s spending plans can be delivered.
Pensioners the big losers from Jeremy Hunt’s Budget, says think tank
The Resolution Foundation said the Chancellor threw ‘fiscal caution to the wind’.
Taxpayers to pay £15,000 to cover damages to academic after Donelan’s Hamas claim
A professor launched a libel action against the Science Secretary after she accused her of expressing sympathy for the militant group.
‘Solid’ and ‘mad’ say the newspaper in reaction to the budget
Newspapers varied wildly in their interpretations of the Chancellor’s which draws ‘battle lines’ for the election.
Kate’s uncle Gary Goldsmith discusses her recovery on Celebrity Big Brother
Goldsmith was nominated to be evicted by X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne after she shortlisted him with two other housemates.
Scottish Tories voice concern at ‘deeply disappointing’ windfall tax extension
Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross and UK Government minister Andrew Bowie both spoke out against the move, which was included in the Budget.