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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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  • James Macintyre | Did Hague know Ashcroft was non-dom for years not "months"?

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  • Guido Fawkes | How to Sting Greedy MPs

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  • Ali Bongo Ondimba | Gabon's green ambition for Africa | Ali Bongo Ondimba

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  • Union urges BA chairman to step in

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

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  • Robert Draper | The Independent View: A new electoral system

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  • James Macintyre | Oi, Samanfa, leave it aht!

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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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  • Conservatives | Photo: David Cameron takes part in the Sport Relief Mile - http://flic.kr/p/7MhA...

  • 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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  • James Macintyre | Vince for Chancellor - nice idea, but ain't gonna happen

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  • Richard Murphy | Why is this man still allowed to practice?

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  • Budget week request #1 - Greece's crisis has a markets/European interest for the...

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  • Tom Harris MP | My investigation into anti-Tory bias at the Beeb

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  • noreply@blogger.com (Jobbing Doctor) | Remember Patsy?

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  • Kevin Maguire | No Prezza dynasty: son David lost out to councillor John Stockton in Lab battle ...

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  • Julian Brazier, Member of Parliament for Canterbury | Labour are failing to deliver road improvements

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  • Rises in gilt yields in recent months reflect rising expectations for interest r...

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  • Cable for Chancellor?

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  • 74 arrests in demo clash

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  • Benedict Brogan | His willingness to dump Alistair Darling speaks volumes about Gordon Brown

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

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  • Jim Pickard | Brown’s enemies laid low by lobbying allegations

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  • Paul Waugh | A big thanks to @tobyhelm for his kind wds in Observer's Top Political Bloggers ...

  • Kevin Maguire | Who'd get in the back of his cab? Byers selling nauseating NuLab greed. Potpouri...

  • Will Straw | Tory race row in east London

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  • chris dillow | Gilts yields depend on more than creditworthiness

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  • Peter Hoskin | Dirty money and dirtier politics

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  • Guido Fawkes | Lobbyists are the Scum of Democracy

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  • Toby Young | The election campaign is like a second-division football match

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  • Iain Dale | Outrageous, I Say!

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  • mystery of day: what is @wdjstraw protesting in slightly scary pic [in print ed...

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  • Charlie Whelan | Mail on Sunday update. I am 'More Monarch of the Glen than Red Robbo' Thanks cha...

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  • Cristina Odone | Quotas for women scientists will produce second-rate science

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  • The Orange Party | Taxi To Westminster? MPs On The Take

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  • ConservativeHome | George Osborne warns voters against being fooled by Labour's "five great decepti...

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  • It's our turn to fight for the Gurkhas

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  • The Sunday Times lobbying story makes Stephen Byers look bad, bad. bad. And that...

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  • Ban this killer drug..NOW

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  • Krishnan Guru-Murthy | Alistair Darling tells business : for goodness sake you don't need a lobbyist. I...

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  • Darling on the 3 latest Labour MPs caught by a sting: "What on Earth did they th...

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  • Paul Waugh | Darling says VAT not going up in budget. Swiftly adds that he not going thru eve...

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  • The Digital Economy Bill: A wise move?

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  • Matthew Weaver | BA strike day two - live updates

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  • Former ministers would have avoided today's sting if they had listened to the S...

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  • LFAT | Yet more revelations about Labour’s funding to the unions

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  • Tim Worstall | Top tax rates

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  • Mike Smithson | Is Labour’s plan to big-up the BNP?

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  • Anthony Wells | More from the YouGov/Sunday Times poll

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  • Sunder Katwala | Not-Lord Ashcroft

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  • The 'Breakfast Briefing' from @politicshomeuk really is a fantastic piece of wor...

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  • Details of budget emerge as Cable is called to Treasury

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  • Why vote SNP in a UK General Election?

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  • ConservativeHome | David Cameron promises to restore discretion to teachers, policemen and other pr...

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  • Lobbying Stephen Byers

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  • The Voice | Tory tangle over non-white candidates

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  • S.Indy: Attack on gvt as "wholly-owned subsidiary of Charlie Whelan? That is abo...

  • Tim Worstall | Interesting question

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  • John Redwood | How green are railways?

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  • Heard about fascinating prediction model around blogs & voting. Experimented in ...

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  • James Lyons | Anti-fascist leader arrested over English Defence League demo

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  • Toby Helm | The 10 best political blogs

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  • Mike Smithson | But will “Glam Sam Cam” get the most attention?

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  • Richard Bacon | Boarded a BA flight at JFK. Bloke next to me just called one of the cabin crew a...

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  • PETER HITCHENS: Leave it aht, Samanfa... Mrs Cameron's Estuary English typifies ...

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  • asheem.singh | Mr Blond goes to Washington

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  • Fabian Hamilton | Just think what we could do with £93bn over the next few years if we cancelled T...

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  • The police have a poor record in the fight against fascism | The big issue

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  • Euan Ferguson | Real men don't settle scores with chocolate cake

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  • Do the right thing before you go, Alistair Darling

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  • Donal_Blaney | I suspect Mrs Clegg is not as hard up as she might wish you to believe: profits ...

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  • notw.co.uk | Cameron stalls in latest News of the World poll

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  • notw.co.uk | Gordon Brown's budget will slam rich

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  • notw.co.uk | Ex-ministers Byers, Hewitt and Hoon caugh in cash sting

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  • Tom Harris MP | Salmond: "Scotland's voice will be heard." It will be, Alex, but yours won't nec...

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  • Richard Murphy | Did Lloyds use tax avoidance to boost profits?

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  • Iain Dale | The Daley (Half) Dozen: Saturday

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Today's Storys

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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Liam Byrne's driver has quit, according to the Mail on Sunday, after a row over the treasury minister's wallet.

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

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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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MSM Catching up

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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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Katie Couric interview with Tony Blair

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