Today will be a "Black Wednesday for millions of families across Britain", shadow chancellor Ed Balls has said.
A cap on the number of non-EU migrants coming to the UK has been imposed, after years of debate.
Former Tory Cabinet minister Lord Fowler today called for an independent inquiry into phone-hacking.
The Department for International Development cannot yet asses the "value for money" of many of the aid projects it funds, a report has said.
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