Afghanistan's Agricultural Fair From pomegranates to potatoes, on a site on the outskirts of Kabul, hundreds of farmers have put their produce on show at Afghanis... Ramblers urges walkers to take action... The Ramblers is urging walkers across the country to step up and take action on the latest DEFRA white paper on the natural enviro... Maude defends 'bonfire of the quangos' Cabinet office minister Francis Maude has explained the process by which he decided to cull some quangos. Coalition spends £10m on consultants... The coalition government has signed 50 new consultancy contracts worth nearly £10m in three months, despite rules to curb spending... GMP Officer gets royal seal of... Rob Shakespeare, a Police Officer from Manchester, has created a winning design in a national competition, organised by the Royal ... OFT rejects CAMRA complaint over pub... The Office for Fair Trading has dismissed claims by CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) that supply ties damage competition in the pub i... Cable proposes mutual post office The business secretary has laid before Parliament plans for the future of the Post Office. MPs reject bid to end pub... The Commons has voted to reject a bid by MP David Nuttall to exempt pubs and private members' clubs from the smoking ban. Claire Rayner issues death bed warning... Agony aunt, writer and broadcaster Claire Rayner has died at the age of 79, her family said today. Government launches new test to reassess... The first phase of the Government's "radical" welfare reform programme starts today with benefit claimants starting to be reassess... Basic state pension set to rise... Inflation figures provided some welcome cheer for pensioners today as the September data signalled a more generous rise of around ... UK inflation remains stuck at 3.1% More expensive clothing offset falling air fares and petrol prices to keep the cost of living well above the Bank of England's 2% ... Benefit cap will lead to 'social... Plans to introduce a benefit cap on jobless households will lead to "social cleansing" across inner-city Britain, it has been clai... Defence spending review to be published... The keenly-anticipated Strategic Defence and Security Strategy will be published in two parts next week, Downing Street said today... VELUX 5 OCEANS Race Preview With a week to go before the start of the race, Jack Dillenborg, the Mayor of La Rochelle, welcomed the skippers to the city as th... |
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