Portrait of the week
Portrait of the week
Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, rang Jean-Claude Juncker to congratulate him on being nominated by EU heads of government…
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Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, fought a last-ditch battle against the appointment of Jean-Claude Juncker as president of the…
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Home With war engulfing Iraq, Britain set about reopening its embassy in Tehran, closed in 2011. William Hague, the Foreign…
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Home After an Ofsted inspection of 21 schools in Birmingham (none of them faith schools), against the background of allegations…
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Home The government scrabbled together material for the Queen’s Speech, which promised measures to allow money to be put into…
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Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, responded to the triumph of the UK Independence Party in the European elections (which…
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Home Demand for housing posed ‘the biggest risk to financial stability’ according to Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank…
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Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, said on television that he was ‘bullish’ about negotiating change for Britain in the…
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Home AstraZeneca’s board rejected an increased takeover bid of £63 billion by Pfizer. Commenting on the bid in Parliament, Vince…
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Home The British economy grew by 0.8 per cent in the first quarter of 2014, disappointing hotheads who’d expected 1 per cent. It…
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Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, appeared in public with George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer — the first…
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Home Nigel Evans, who had resigned as deputy speaker before being cleared of a bundle of rape and sexual assault…
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Home Maria Miller resigned as Culture Secretary after a week of being the centre of a game of hunt-the-issue. She…
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Home George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, made ‘a commitment to fight for full employment in Britain’ and for…
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Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, said that inheritance tax ‘shouldn’t be paid by people who’ve worked hard and saved…
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Home In the Budget, George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that the economy was working but the job…
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Home Ed Miliband, the leader of the Labour party, promised that, if elected, his administration would hold a referendum on…
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Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, said Russia was to blame for ‘violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity of another…
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Home Moazzam Begg, a former Guantanamo detainee who won substantial compensation after suing the British government, was arrested in Birmingham…
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Home It would be ‘extremely difficult, if not impossible’ for an independent Scotland to join the European Union, José Manuel…
Portrait of the week: as the waters continue to rise
Home Floods grew worse in the West Country. The village of Moorland, Somerset, was abandoned. Then the Thames flooded, from…
Portrait of the week: water, water, everywhere
Home The Somerset Levels continued to wallow in floods. The Environment Agency was widely blamed for not having dredged channels,…
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Home Britain’s gross domestic product grew by 1.9 per cent last year, the most since 2007, according to the Office…
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Home George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that he was in favour of increasing the minimum wage by…
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Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, said that English local authorities would be allowed to receive all the business rates…
