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   Web Issue 3139 May 12 2008   
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Brown to set out his plans for the future in bid to end sniping
A draft Queen’s Speech that will lay out the Westminster Government’s agenda for the political year will be unveiled by Gordon Brown this week as he attempts to regain political momentum.
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Pro-life MPs confident as embryo bill battle moves to Commons
One of the biggest political battles of recent years will move to the Commons today, with pro-life MPs confident they can defeat plans to extend embryo research.
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Landlord’s break-up under threat over contract breaches
The Scottish Government could be summoned to appear before the European Court of Justice in a move which also threatens the break-up of the country's biggest social landlord.
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Darling wants EU to scrap import tariffs
Chancellor Alistair Darling is to urge the European Union to tackle rising food prices by scrapping the import tariffs on agricultural commodities and abolishing the Common Agricultural Policy.
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Scotland Office rejects ‘eerie silence’ claim in row over call for referendum
Attempts to drag Des Browne, the Scottish Secretary, into the independence referendum row were rebuffed last night as “laughable”.
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PM’s son to attend a state school
John Brown, the Prime Minister's eldest son, is to attend a state school near Downing Street, it was revealed last night.
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Tale of two cities: Boris Johnson’s vision of a bond with New York
Boris Johnson, London’s new Conservative mayor, yesterday handed his New York counterpart Michael Bloomberg a novelty shirt of the London Underground, as the pair met to discuss the challenges of running a world-class city.
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Plan that tied Labour into a countdown
Analysis: At Westminster they couldn’t remember an occasion like it – a sitting of the Commons having to be suspended because a minister had failed to arrive in the chamber.
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Probably not the start of a beautiful friendship
Holyrood sketch: Of all the gin joints in all the subordinate legislative assemblies in all the world, she had to walk into his. But you know what they say: sooner or later, everybody comes to Eck’s.
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Straw leads tributes at Dunwoody funeral
Jack Straw led the tributes yesterday as MPs across the party divide paid their respects at the funeral of long-serving parliamentarian Gwyneth Dunwoody.
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An impressive Sturgeon proves to be as big a fish as Salmond
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