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2008-08-29 00:01:01

Neither Labour nor the Tories can be trusted withy the economy according to politics.co.uk users. In a new poll released this morning, both Labour and the Conservative do as badly as each other on trustworthiness with the economy, with both parties receiv

2008-08-29 00:01:00

Today's poll merely confirms what Labour already knows, but it will make unfortunate reading for the Conservatives. The party have clearly benefited from the conjunction of Labour's dire leadership and the poor state of the economy, but they give every in

2008-08-28 22:50:00

LONDON (AFP) - London's mayor defended his relaxed attitude to the Beijing Olympics closing ceremony on Thursday, revealing he had ignored requests by Chinese officials to button up his jacket for the big event. Johnson received the Olympic flag from Beij

2008-08-28 19:34:00

LONDON (AFP) - Three men have been charged after being questioned in connection with alleged threats to kill Prime Minister Gordon Brown, police said Thursday. The three were reportedly held after a group calling itself Al-Qaeda in Britain allegedly poste

2008-08-28 17:10:55

One of the country's top police officers has outlined his claims of racism against the Met today. In a televised press conference, Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur accused senior Met officials, including Commissioner Sir Ian Blair, of a campaign aim

2008-08-28 15:12:33

A three-year investigation into public health published by the World Health Organisation has discovered large health inequalities in Britain. The organisation shed light on domestic inequality, claiming that the life expectancy of a boy growing in the dep

2008-08-28 14:36:28

Tony McNulty has said that streamlined frontline police powers would cut red tape, improve efficiency and protect the rights of the public. Measures in a review of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act include reducing bureaucracy and increasing accountabi

2008-08-28 12:50:31

The British man accused of hacking into US military and Nasa computers has lost his last chance to escape extradition to the United States. Gerry McKinnon, 42, is alleged to have gained access to 97 top-secret computers between February 1st 2001 and March

2008-08-28 12:11:13

The first hints of Conservative divisions over David Cameron's bullish response to the Russia-Georgia conflict have begun to emerge. Party insiders are pointing to the abject silence of shadow foreign secretary William Hague – a normally outspoken po

2008-08-28 11:37:35

A new 'fat map' documenting instances of obesity throughout Britain has shown that more than one-in-10 people are overweight in some parts of the country. Using data collated from doctors' surgeries, Dr Foster Research discovered the Shetland Isles has th