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No 10 unleashes Tory gay marriage opposition with free vote move
Downing Street has bowed to ministerial opposition to its plans to legalise gay marriage by giving all MPs a free vote.
Cardinal condemns 'grotesque' gay marriage plans
Time to halt progress: Cardinal won't budge over gay marriage
Facing down the church: Gay marriage process begins
Britain 'too snobby', Clegg warns
British snobbery is "hobbling our economy", Nick Clegg has claimed.
Austerity Britain: Homelessness on the rise
The number of people sleeping rough has risen and could become even worse when housing benefits are cut next year, a new report has warned.
Free speech campaigners: 'Feel free to insult us'
Campaigners are demanding the government scrap a clause banning "insulting words and behaviour" from the Public Order Act.
Frosty reception: May takes on the coppers
Theresa May faced outright hostility when she spoke at the Police Federation today, in what became a bruising encounter for the home secretary.
Schools banned from using pupils biometric data with consent
Schools will not be able to use pupils' biometric data without parental consent, according to new advice being put forward by the government.
'Gaming' immigration figures: Govt urged to cut students out the equation
The government should cut student numbers out of its official migration figures or else risk harming the UK economy, a leading think tank said today.
Bosses blamed for borders fiasco
Poor management decisions have been blamed for border control problems at Heathrow.
Drug-driving to become specific offence
Drug-driving is to be made an offence with its own fines and sentencing guidelines.
Five arrested after Occupy target Paternoster Square
Five members of the Occupy movement were arrested last night after an unsuccessful attempt to replicate the St Paul's camp in nearby Paternoster Square.
Less than half of Britain interested in politics, survey finds
The public are becoming "disengaged" with political matters, according to new data released today.
PM defends Home Office on Qatada deportation delay
David Cameron has denied that the home secretary made any error in the failure to deport radical cleric Abu Qatada.
A quarter of English people still think you need to be white
Nearly a quarter of English people still believe that being white is an "important" part of being English, a new survey has revealed.
UK pushes for European court reform
Proposals by the British government at today's conference on the European court of human rights in Brighton will make a "big difference" in improving how the court operates, Ken Clarke has said.
Lord Sugar: Ignore Miliband and vote against Ken
Alan Sugar hit out against his own party's candidate for mayor of London today, in a move which could see him rejected from Labour.
Abortion service attacked by hackers
One of Britain's leading abortion services has suffered thousands of hacking attacks, it has emerged.
Govt to fight Qatada's appeal
The government's legal representatives are writing to the European court of human rights (ECHR) to insist that the court reject Abu Qatada's new appeal.
Fresh doubts over Qatada deportation
The deportation of radical cleric Abu Qatada has been stalled once again, with the news that the radical cleric's lawyers sent a last minute appeal to the European court of human rights (ECHR).
Phone-hacking: Police hand files to prosecutors
Police have handed case files relating to 11 suspects in the phone-hacking investigation to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
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