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  • Jackie Ashley | Post offices can kickstart Labour's radical agenda | Jackie Ashley

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  • Mike Smithson | Blow for Brown as the approval gap widens

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  • Mark Pack | Where there two YouGov polls for the Sunday Times?

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  • Peter Preston | MPs stuck in the lobbyist mire | Peter Preston

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  • Iain Dale | The Pope's Apology Isn't Enough

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  • ConservativeHome | 1980s-themed nightclub paying homage to Margaret Thatcher to open in Chelsea

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  • Can someone set up a Stop The Strike twibbon with the BA ribbon? Had a quick go ...

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  • Jim Pickard | Did Darling have a dig at Brown on Marr?

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  • Douglas Carswell | Who's for hire in SW1?

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  • Peter Hoskin | Osborne steps up his game

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  • Henry Macrory | Digby Jones: MPs who enter cabinet should resign from Unite

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  • Union urges BA chairman to step in

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  • Union boss attacks BA ‘spin’ of more than 1,000 staff breaking strike

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  • Iain Dale | Clegg is totally floundering on Huhne's immigration policy. Like a gulping goldf...

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  • Jim Pickard | Stephen Byers, National Express and the East Coast rail franchise

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  • Benedict Brogan | Has Saint Vince oversold himself?

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  • James Macintyre | Tories 'airbrush' black candidates from campaign literature

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  • Jobbing Doctor | Lies and distortions.

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  • Brian Taylor (BBC News) | Money and choice

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  • Norman Tebbit | The trade unions may have won this election for the Tories

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The strike by British Airways cabin crew has entered its second day, with both sides claiming that they have advantage. Unite joint-general secretary Tony Woodley has reportedly appealed to the BA chairman and board for help in ending the dispute.

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Labour has promised a crackdown on lobbying by ex-ministers after some of its senior MPs were filmed by Channel 4's Dispatches programme apparently offering their services for cash. Foreign secretary David Miliband said he was "appalled" by the allegations.

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Alistair Darling has ruled out a "giveaway Budget". A £1bn fund to create investment in green transport and energy projects and extra help for the long-term unemployed, as well as a rise in fuel duty, are expected to feature in Wednesday's announcement. This morning he said that the national mood would not stomach budget "sweeteners", and promised a "workman-like" budget. He said a rise in the level of VAT was not on the table.

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The US House of Representatives is due to vote on whether to pass President Obama's flagship healthcare reforms. The bill is seen as a critical moment in Mr Obama's Presidency.

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The decision to stop protecting the foreign office budget from exchange rate changes has risked its efficiency, the foreign affairs committee have said. The fall in sterling's value is said to have led to cuts in embassies around the world.

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Miriam Gonzalez Durantez, wife of Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg will reveal in an interview to be broadcast on ITV tonight that she is not a "political wife" and that she will not place campaigning ahead of her career as a lawyer and raising a family.

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The Israeli army has said that troops have shot dead two Palestinians who tried to stab a soldier. Earlier, the UN General Secretary made a plea to Israel to end its blockade of the Gaza strip.

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A £2bn fund for green technology will be announced in the Budget on Wednesday, to be reaped partly through sales of government assets and with private sector partnership rather than directly from the taxpayer, the FT reports.

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Nick Clegg has admitted that he was naive when he took over the Liberal Democrat leadership in an interview with Mary Nightingale on ITV1. Asked whether he was naive to say he had sex with up to thirty women, Mr Clegg said: "Would I have given an answer like that now? Probably not." He also denied joining the Conservative association at University.

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The Home Office has come under fire as it emerged Ruby Wax is regularly paid to give advice on leadership and communication. Chris Huhne, Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman, has condemned her use as a waste of taxpayer money.

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Soham murderer Ian Huntley has been attacked in jail, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed. Mr Huntley has been taken to jail but his condition is not believed to be life threatening.

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The government is experiencing difficulty with the implementation of software designed to replace paper NHS patient records that could deal a blow to Labour weeks before an election, the Guardian reports.

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An estimated 600 people have been forced to flee their homes as a volcano that had been dormant for 200 years erupted today.

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Sahil Saeed, the boy that was kidnapped in Pakistan but has been returned home safely, was threatened by his kidnappers that they would "blow him to pieces," according to his father.

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Labour MPs will show their support for planned strikes by the Public and Commercial Services Union on Wednesday, the day the budget will be announced, as the feud over links between the party and trade unions escalates.

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The Iraqi election commission has refused to bow to demands from the current president and prime minister for a recount of votes in the election, saying "it can't be done" and refuting allegations of possible fraud.

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In a speech to be delivered tomorrow, Gordon Brown will compare the potential of superfast broadband to the invention of electricity, as he hails a revolution in the way that politicians interact with the public.

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Unite Against Fascism joint secretary Weyman Bennett has been charged with conspiracy to organise violent disorder after clashes between his organisation and the English Defence League in Bolton yesterday.

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The IMF has warned developed countries with big budget deficits that they must prepare public opinion for cuts that will need to begin next year. John Lipsky, the No. 2 official at the IMF said the scale of adjustment was so vast that it would have to come through higher taxes and cutting back on benefits and spending.

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An ICM poll for the News of the World has shown a narrowing of the Conservative lead to 6 points. The Conservatives are on 38% (-2), Labour 32 (+1) and the Liberal Democrats 19% (-1). Meanwhile, the YouGov tracker for the Sunday Times shows the Tory lead increasing to 7%.

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A Sunday Mirror investigation has found that many ex Gurkha soldiers are not living the life they expected in Britain, following last year's settlement rights victory.

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The government is considering electronic voting for British forces overseas as weaknesses in the postal voting system has led to concerns that thousands of troops will be disenfranchised. However, the new system would not be in place in time for the forthcoming election.

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Gordon Brown overstated the number of businesses helped by the government during the recession, reports the Sunday Times. He claimed during PMQs that 300,000 businesses had benefited from staggered tax initiatives, while the business minister Pat McFadden said the number was actually 168,000.

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Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe is set to play a more active role promoting the Lib Dems to young voters, according to reports.

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Police are considering launching a "cash for favours" investigation into Labour donor Willie Haughey after he was awarded public sector contracts worth £20 million. This follows allegations that he was awarded them unfairly while Steven Purcell was head of Glasgow city council.

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Vince Cable has held talks with a top official at the Treasury about the Liberal Democrats' economic policies – and declared himself willing to serve as chancellor after the next election, according to The Observer.

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The Independent on Sunday reports that Britain faces up to £300m in fines after failing to meet EU pollution targets.

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The Conservatives have been accused of omitting pictures of non-white election candidates from campaign literature in areas where they are fighting the BNP.

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Virgin Money has hired a financial adviser to make a first round bid for the Royal Bank of Scotland's 320 branches by the April 6 deadline set by the bank.

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Schools secretary Ed Balls is facing a battle with teachers over plans to introduce a "licence to teach" which would make them undergo regular check-ups to ensure they are fit to teach.

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David Cameron told supporters in London on Saturday that the Conservatives would back a US-style levy on banks to ensure that taxpayers are repaid in full for bailing them out. He announced a raft of measures to protect against what he called powerful "vested interests".

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Former GMTV political editor Gloria De Piero has been selected to stand for Labour in the Ashfield constituency in Nottinghamshire, where the party has a majority of more than 10,000.

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Griffin: No need for BNP to represent ethnic minorities

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Mr Griffin said there was no need for the BNP to represent ethnic minorities, because Labour and Lib Dem representation was sufficient.

Asked if he would represent ethnic minorities in Burnley, he said: "No... we're just not needed there. The Labour party represents them so well, we don't need to."

He also admitted his party would be lucky to win one seat in the Northwest against UKIP.

Asked if he expected to do well in the region, he said:  "I really don't know, the votes in Leeds - the swamping of the UKIP vote - on account of that we'll have to be very pleased if we get one vote."

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Mr Griffin said Islam was not welcome in Britain and claimed it would only take 30 years for British civilisation to "collapse".

"Islam is not welcome, because Islam and Christianity, Islam and democracy and Islam and women's rights don't mix," he said.

"Thirty years, that's how long we've got before British society collapses," he added, calling the situation in Bradford more like "colonisation" not immigration.

He said that just as no new churches are built in Saudi Arabia, no new mosques should be built in the UK - but rejected the suggestion the BNP want Britain to be the theocratic Christian equivalent of a Saudi Arabia.

When asked who could be a BNP member, he added: "People who are indigenous to this country... You just look, you just know."

Mr Griffin also said Labour had turned Britain into a "crime-ridden slum": "It is a slum, thanks to the Labour party acting out Tory policies, they've de-industrialised it."

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