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Handcuffs asylum use criticised
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:36:00 GMTThe review was prompted by claims of 'systematic abuse' of asylum seekers A report has criticised the use of handcuffs by immigration and security staff to restrain asylum seekers. It found handcuffs were used to pull people forward, risking injury, and (read full story)
Tories walk out of Ashcroft inquiry
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:21:00 GMTTory MPs walked out of a cross-party inquiry into the award of a peerage to the controversial Conservative Party donor Lord Ashcroft, it has been disclosed.The three Conservatives on the Commons Public Administration Committee said that they will not (read full story)
Double tax disincentive for London
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:51:00 GMTExtract not available. (read full story)
Hugh McLachlan: Why Labour's election slogan is far from fair
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:47:00 GMTTHE Labour Party has announced its slogan for the forthcoming general election, now likely to be on 6 May, will be 'A future fair for all'. It might seem that fairness is something we can all agree on, all aim for and all have. However, this is not so. (read full story)
Bill Jamieson: A Budget that could give Brown a fighting chance
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:46:00 GMTIT'S not over till it's over â' and it may not be over even then. The dramatic narrowing of the Conservatives' poll lead has given Labour new hope where before there was a near total resignation to the prospect of defeat. The likelihood is still of a (read full story)
Get ready for our Sam missile, David Cameron tells UK
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:37:00 GMT• Samantha Cameron, pictured above with her husband, is to take a more prominent public role as the general election approaches. Picture: PA Having long been reluctant to play the political spouse, the Tory leader's wife will give her first public (read full story)
Porn filmmaker is Lib Dems' hope for winning Tory seat
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:20:00 GMTAN AWARD-WINNING female porn director has been appointed as a parliamentary hopeful for the .Anna Arrowsmith â managing director of adult entertainment company Easy on the Eye Productions â will stand for election in Gravesham, Kent. Mrs Arrowsmith, (read full story)
Lib Dem candidate Anna Arrowsmith aims to go from porn to Parliament
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:15:00 GMTThe Liberal Democrats have selected a pornographic film-maker as their parliamentary candidate for Gravesham in Kent. Anna Arrowsmith, who is the managing director of Easy on the Eye Productions, was selected by constituency members on Wednesday evening. (read full story)
Lib Dems wrestle with dilemmas at prospect of deal with Tories
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:56:00 GMTAlan Paul has been fighting the Conservatives in Taunton, Somerset, for 25 years. This is a key marginal seat that has flipped between the Liberal Democrats and the Tories in the past four elections. There has never been a Conservative government in (read full story)
Hamas releases British reporter
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:33:00 GMTAFP Hamas has released a British journalist held in its Gaza enclave, the only foreigner to be arrested in the territory since the Islamist group seized power in 2007. A clean-shaven and apparently healthy Paul Martin told reporters on the Gaza side of (read full story)
4 UK Lawmakers in Court Over Expenses Scandal
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:30:00 GMTExtract not available. (read full story)
Bosnian ex-leader released on bail in UK
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:08:00 GMTAFP A British court has granted bail to former Bosnian leader Ejup Ganic, who is wanted for alleged war crimes, as Bosnia demanded Britain apologise for his 'mistreatment' following his arrest. Ganic, detained at London's Heathrow airport last week on an (read full story)
Sir Brian Pitman, veteran banker and former Lloyds chairman, dies
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:03:00 GMTSir Brian Pitman, the City grandee widely held to be the shrewdest banker of his generation, died on Thursday at the age of 78. The man who rose from his first job as a jazz trombonist to lead Lloyds Bank for 18 years suffered a heart attack earlier this (read full story)
London Underground to lose 800 staff
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:08:00 GMTUnion leaders have warned that London's Underground could become a 'mugger's paradise' amid plans to axe 800 jobs. London Underground is to axe up to 800 jobs under plans to make savings of 16 million a year. The cuts will include 100 managers, 450 (read full story)
Pupil assault teacher wins appeal
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:56:00 GMTA former teacher convicted of assault after facing “extreme provocation” from unruly pupils was has been handed another chance to work with children. Michael Barile, 52, won a court appeal against his sentence, allowing him to help youngsters for a (read full story)
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