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RBS and Halifax will not reduce their standard variable rates by full amount
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Former cabinet minister will not be prosecuted over failure to declare donations in time, it is reported
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Karen Matthews, who made emotional appeals to find her daughter, convicted of kidnap plot
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Damning ruling by European human rights judges halts rapid expansion of DNA database
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Met challenges Commons Speaker's account of the search of Green's parliamentary office
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Relatives stand before inquest jury wearing T-shirts reading: 'Unlawful killing, your legal right to decide'
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Garment workers supplying Primark, Tesco and Asda 'paid as little as 7p an hour'
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Band form part of unprecedented all-British lineup in the record of the year category
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Drivers urged to prepare carefully for journeys after heavy snowfall in north and Scotland
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Between a rock and a hard place
Dec 5 2008:Geology should be a precious gem in the UK's academic crown, says Tim Radford. Instead, students shun it and departments are forced to close
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Tough times for the third sector
Dec 5 2008:With a host of positive policy changes in the past 10 years, the third sector is well-placed to weather the storm, but must proceed with care, says Richard Gutch
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Osborne and Cameron take to airwaves to explain economic policy
Dec 5 2008:Paul Owen: The Tories took their economic policy to the airwaves this week with two new political broadcasts – one featuring George Osborne, in Channel 4's Political Slot, and the other a party political broadcast starring David Cameron
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Peter Hain case: what the CPS and the Electoral Commission said
Dec 5 2008:The CPS statement advising police that the former cabinet minister should not be prosecuted over donations
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Barriers to work for mentally ill people still in place
Dec 5 2008:The government has once again failed to recognise that they actually need to help people on incapacity benefit who want to work, Clare Allan says
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If we're so smart, why can't we tell a Matthews from a McCann?
Dec 5 2008:Michael White: Since her conviction yesterday of kidnapping Shannon, 'Heartbreak Mum' Karen Matthews has been recast as 'pure evil' across the Sun's front page this morning
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Boy George guilty of falsely imprisoning male escort
Dec 5 2008:Singer's claims that escort had tampered with his computer not enough to prevent guilty verdict
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Yesterday in parliament
Dec 5 2008:Home secretary insists it would have been wrong of her to intervene in police decisions over the Green affair
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De Menezes jurors told to ignore family protests
Dec 5 2008:The coroner leading the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes today instructed jurors not to pay attention to a protest by relatives of the dead man against the decision not to permit a verdict of unlawful killing
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Honda cost-cutting forces formula one team into emergency stop
Dec 5 2008:Japanese company withdraws from sport as US carmakers continue battle for survival
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These are the Hands by Michael Rosen
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Dec 5 2008:
Michael Rosen, the children's laureate, is joined by celebrities including Sir Michael Parkinson, Dame Jacqueline Wilson and Harry Hill to read his poem marking 60 years of the NHS
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Devolution 'creates university funding gap'
Dec 5 2008:English universities moving ahead in research funding and income, finds new report
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HSBC buys back Canary Wharf HQ
Dec 5 2008:HSBC makes £250m from deal with troubled Spanish property company
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Fry reveals interest in Honda buyout
Dec 5 2008:Honda CEO Nick Fry says a trio of prospective buyers have already made clear their interest in taking over the team
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Harry Potter publisher bowled over by Wisden cricket bible
Dec 5 2008:
Bloomsbury Publishing snaps up publisher of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
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