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Daily Mail, 05.01.09 13:34 UTC

Fears that gambling addiction will soar as ministers relax rules and double prizes of pub slot machines

Gamblers will be able to bet more and win bigger prizes on slot machines after betting rules were relaxed. Prizes will double to Â£70 and the maximum stake will rise from 50p to Â£1. It is the second ...

Britain Anna Drew Melanie Phillips Labour government pence GBP

Telegraph, 02.01.09 17:31 UTC

Australian government under pressure to hold vote on republic

Australia's government is under pressure to call a national vote on whether the country should become a republic.

Britain Kevin Rudd Mark Dreyfus Labour government Australian government Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee +1 more

The Independent, 31.12.08 18:04 UTC

Euro membership: no longer a burning issue

The question of whether to join the euro has so completely disappeared from political discourse in the UK that it is a struggle to recall how live an issue it was just 10 years ago. But one of the ...

United Kingdom Britain Charles Kennedy Danny Alexander Michael Heseltine Tony Blair +6 more

Economist, 30.12.08 19:09 UTC

High-speed rail - A surprising conversion

The politics if not the economics are turning in favour

Manchester LONDON Birmingham Leeds The Economist motor car +9 more

guardian.co.uk, 29.12.08 15:01 UTC

Andrew Brown: Why bishops are denouncing the Labour government

. Is there anything new about bishops criticising the government? The Sunday Telegraph found five who were willing to do so at the weekend, and this looks like a coordinated attack. But it isn't, and ...

United Kingdom Andrew Brown Labour government Anglican Church Thatcher government

Telegraph, 27.12.08 21:33 UTC

Bishops deliver damning verdict on Britain under Labour rule

Leading bishops in the Church of England have launched a withering attack on the Government questioning the morality of its policies.

Manchester Canterbury Carlisle Winchester Durham The Sunday Telegraph +9 more

Belfast Telegraph, 22.12.08 10:32 UTC

Robert McCartney: Black mark against reforms

Teaching reforms proposed by Education Minister Caitriona Ruane will lead to more local children being disadvantaged, argues Robert McCartney QC Minister Ruane in her recent opinion piece first ...

BELFAST Gavin Boyd United Kingdom Scotland United States Robert McCartney +10 more

Telegraph, 19.12.08 22:04 UTC

Councils dumping more than 200,000 tonnes of recycling every year

Household rubbish put out for recycling is being dumped in landfill sites or sent to incinerators by three out of four councils, a Daily Telegraph investigation has discovered.

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The Independent, 18.12.08 09:03 UTC

Home Secretary ditches police election plan

The Home Secretary has scrapped plans to make police more accountable by introducing direct elections to the bodies which oversee them. Jacqui Smith blamed opposition from senior police, which she ...