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PRIME Minister David Cameron has been effectively barred from China because their government is so angry that he met the Dalai Lama. Delete the scoop?
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The largest-ever survey of social class, conducted by the BBC, suggests there are now seven social classes in the UK.
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Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish MPs could see their roles limited if proposals to give English MPs more say on laws for England are brought in. Delete the scoop?
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The UK's Supreme Court holds a hearing in secret for the first time in its history. Delete the scoop?
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Justin Welby sworn in as 105th Archbishop of Canterbury, head of Church of England, and spiritual leader of Anglicans. Delete the scoop?
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LONDON –Like so many others in this fiercely independent island nation, Steve Baker, a dashing English engineer, is fed up with the long hand of the European Union in British life. Delete the scoop?
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David Cameron urges patience over eurozone economies' plans for closer financial union, instead of rushing to a referendum on the issue. Delete the scoop?
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The prime minister tells MPs he will resist a European Court ruling to give prisoners the right to vote in UK elections. Delete the scoop?
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Rights groups slam a lunch being hosted by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on Friday for including monarchs criticized over their countries' human rights records. Delete the scoop?
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Scotland's future... collection of articles, interactives, and topical explanations about Scotland's proposed independence. Delete the scoop?
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Plans to encourage more women and people from minority backgrounds to apply to become judges, such as greater emphasis on part-time working, are announced by ministers. Delete the scoop?
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Leading UK tax expert John Dixon warns companies that they can no longer ignore public unease about tax avoidance. Delete the scoop?
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First Minister Alex Salmond says he is prepared to go head-to-head with Prime Minister David Cameron in a TV debate on Scottish independence. Delete the scoop?
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Exiled Russian tycoon and former Kremlin power-broker Boris Berezovsky has been found dead at his home outside London.
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DAVID CAMERON, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband were full of cheer when they appeared together in Parliament on March 18th. Displaying a unity normally associated with... Delete the scoop?
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Newly released papers from Margaret Thatcher's personal archive reveal senior Tories were initially sceptical about going to war over the Falklands. Delete the scoop?
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Alex Salmond, Scotland's First Minister, is fond of saying that when the United Nations was first formed in 1945, it had just 50 members. Today, he adds, that figure has risen to almost 200. Delete the scoop?
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The government is promising to reform the House of Lords by making it mostly elected and slashing its size. But why is it doing so, what are the issues and why is there such strong opposition to change? Delete the scoop?
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The prime minister says civil service reform plans are "radical" even though they will maintain the traditional British system. Delete the scoop?
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Prime Minister David Cameron is rebuked for unparliamentary language after calling shadow chancellor Ed Balls a "muttering idiot". Delete the scoop?
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Welsh speakers would be able to access fully bilingual public services if new plans outlined for the language are given the go-ahead. Delete the scoop?
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The education minister in Wales accuses the UK government of "English exceptionalism" and making decisions without regard for devolution. Delete the scoop?
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