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2008-10-14 10:15:00

LONDON (AFP) - The government has withdrawn a plan to extend the time suspected violent extremists can be held without charge after the House of Lords voted against it. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said she would remove plans to extend the limit from 28 to

2008-10-14 10:00:00

People caught possessing cannabis for a second time will be given an £80 fine instead of a warning, the Home Office has confirmed. The move comes as the government launched a robust defence of its decision to reclassify the drug back to class B."

2008-10-14 09:00:00

Exactly when did Gordon Brown turn into an international statesman? "The principles I announced last week are now being adopted across the world economies," Alistair Darling told MPs yesterday, to subdued but genuine cheers from the benches behi

2008-10-14 09:00:00

One in ten people who have successfully claimed money from the employment tribunal system do not receive their compensation. Employment tribunals have no powers to enforce payments and around 1,500 claimants a year are refused their compensation by employ

2008-10-14 06:36:00

DUBLIN (AFP) - Ireland is set to unveil its 2009 budget, against the backdrop of a recession, the ongoing global financial crisis, worsening public finances and a crumbling property market. Finance Minister Brian Lenihan, delivering his maiden budget afte

2008-10-14 01:00:37

A Conservative MP will today call for legislation to ban primates being kept as pets in the UK. Mark Pritchard will on Tuesday introduce a 10 minute rule bill urging the government to amend animal welfare laws to protect primate species.He told ePolitix.c

2008-10-14 00:46:00

LONDON (AFP) - The British government on Monday withdrew a plan to extend the time suspected violent extremists can be held without charge after the House of Lords voted against it. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said she would remove plans to extend the lim

2008-10-13 22:38:19

The home secretary has announced that plans to extend the maximum period of pre-charge detention for terrorism suspects are to be dropped. Jacqui Smith made the dramatic announcement to MPs on Monday night after the proposal in the Counter-Terrorism Bill

2008-10-13 22:34:00

LONDON (AFP) - The government withdrew Monday a plan to extend the time suspected violent extremists can be held without charge after the House of Lords voted against it, but said the move was still vital. The measure, which would extend the limit from 28

2008-10-13 20:34:00

LONDON (AFP) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown's plan to extend the length of time suspected violent extremists can be held without charge suffered a heavy blow Monday when the House of Lords voted against it. The measure, which has drawn fierce opposition fr