Archive of articles from 2010

'Motive' is new focus for assisted dying prosecutors

Assisted dying: New guidelines published today

The "motivation of the suspect" has been made the main focus for prosecutors when they assess assisted dying cases, but the director of public prosecutions has denied relaxing rules on euthanasia.

Brown to Blair: 'You ruined my life'

The Rawnsley book has been dominating political debate in Westminster this week

Gordon Brown repeatedly shouted at Tony Blair that he had ruined his life in their final confrontation before the handover of power, according to new details of Andrew Rawnsley's book.

RBS announces bonuses despite losses

Analysts had expected more significant losses than those announced by RBS

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has announced £1.3 billion of bonuses despite revealing losses of £3.6 billion.

Salmond publishes independence bill

Scotland mulls its options, but the referendum may never take place

Alex Salmond has revealed the questions that could be asked in a referendum on independence today.

Global poverty pushed up agenda

'1.4 Billion Reasons' highlighted global poverty injustice

An attempt to send global poverty up the agenda for the forthcoming general election campaign has got underway in St Paul's Cathedral.

Osborne drags debate back to the deficit

Osborne returns the debate to the public finances

George Osborne has dragged political debate back to the deficit, with a speech which made "Gordon Brown's debt" central to the Tory campaign.

Asylum claims plummet

Applications for British citizenship were up

The number of people claiming asylum in the UK has fallen, according to official figures.

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