The U.K. Centre for Economics and Business Research has warned of the probability of the pound falling below the Euro before this year's general election. They warned that the sterling crisis could come if Labour began to close the gap on the Tories in the opinion polls. The possibility of ...
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A surge in the country's consumption of gas has left the National Grid warning that demand could possibly outstrip supply. Experts say that the freezing weather along with people returning to work has meant a sudden increase in the demand for natural gas. It is estimated that the country has ...
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Government statistics show that pupils from the poorest areas of the country are more likely to play truant from classes than those from the country's richest areas. In some cases they are five times more likely to avoid attending school. Of around 50,000 students from the poorest 10 percent of ...
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The leaders of the country's three main political parties are set to go head to head with each other live on television during the next General Election. The details of a series of debates has been finalised after months of negotiations between representatives of Labour, the Conservatives and the Lib ...
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In a move to curb the government's increasing debt crisis officials at the Treasury are calling on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling to increase the tax rate on Britain's highest earners to 70 percent. Some Labour MPs are also supporting the move as they believe it will show ...
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In a move that many see as a way of diverting the public's attention from Labours plummeting popularity, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced plans to update the British Monarchy. During Prime Minister's Questions in parliament this week he said that rules put in place to deal with succession to ...
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Whether you love them or hate them X Factor finalists Jedward have certainly got the nation talking. Leading politicians are even being brought into the debate with Gordon Brown saying that although he previously said that he was not a great fan of the twin's singing abilities he did have ...
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Labour has easily beaten the competition to win the by-election for Glasgow North East. The results will be a relief for Gordon Brown after the embarrassment of losing Glasgow East to the nationalists in 2008 and witnessing the loss in July of Norwich North to the Conservatives.
Willie Bain managed to ...
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Movie legend Michael Caine has announced that he may very well decide to vote Conservative at the next general election. The seventy-six-year-old actor said that the U.K. was in such a terrible state politically, financially and socially that it might just be the time to give someone else a go ...
George Osborne, the U.K.'s shadow chancellor is due to outline new plans today that will see the retirement age of men and women go up if the Tories win the next general election. The Conservatives are blaming Gordon Brown and his profligate spending for announcing the move that could potentially ...
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