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David Cameron abroad

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Tanya Tier on the prime minister's smarm offensive in India
Guardian diary 3hr 38min ago

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30 Jul 2010: Hugh Muir: A fine old mess. No wonder schools minister Gove has got detention.
Comment is free 3hr 47min ago

Default retirement age: No longer up to the job

30 Jul 2010: Editorial: It has become steadily more difficult to justify in law, and yet it has survived till now because employers have been desperate to keep it
Comment is free 3hr 47min ago

Coalition talks: Making history

30 Jul 2010: Editorial: Who said what to whom in the course of the negotiations remains a matter of acute political controversy
India 3hr 47min ago

Visa issues upset UK-India partnership hopes

30 Jul 2010: Letters: As an Indian with some links to the UK, I am not at all encouraged that India and the UK share any kind of partnership
Ian Tomlinson 3hr 47min ago

Protest at shocking Tomlinson decision

30 Jul 2010: Letters: From the start, the justice system has closed ranks to protect its own
Electoral reform 3hr 48min ago

Voting reform and vested interests

30 Jul 2010: Letters: A bill combining these different issues makes no sense, except as a backroom deal between the two governing parties
David Cameron 3hr 58min ago

David Cameron looks to reassure backbenchers with letter of thanks

29 Jul 2010: Prime minister thanks Conservative MPs for support in effort to keep disgruntled rightwingers on board
Maze prison 5hr 20min ago

Maze prison peace centre gets go-ahead

29 Jul 2010: New facility at site of former prison aims to pass on lessons of peace process to other global troublespots, despite discovery of 'Disappeared' body
Welfare 5hr 36min ago

Duncan Smith shakes up benefits in bid to cut costs and increase job incentives

29 Jul 2010: Work and pensions secretary, under pressure to cut budget, sets out three reform options
Comment is free 5hr 52min ago

Right to Work: In search of a new slogan

29 Jul 2010: Nina Power: In the face of cuts, trade unions are demanding the 'right to work'. Better to rethink work altogether
India 5hr 58min ago

Manmohan Singh tells Pakistan to step up efforts against terrorism

29 Jul 2010: Intervention by Indian PM is dramatic illustration of impact of David Cameron's remarks about neighbour
David Cameron 6hr 16min ago

An innocent abroad? Plain-talking Cameron alarms FCO veterans

29 Jul 2010: PM's 'open and honest' approach has angered Israel and Pakistan and stirred EU debate over Turkey
Viewpoint column 7hr 5min ago

Retirement needs a flexible approach

29 Jul 2010: People have fears about retiring at 65 because their pensions are inadequate
Labour party leadership 7hr 13min ago

Miliband brothers battle it out over Iraq war

29 Jul 2010: Radio 5 hustings most bitter exchanges yet between David and Ed in Labour leadership campaign

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