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Contracts signed under the Private Finance Initiative are costing some Whitehall departments 12 times more than the amounts that they raise, a new study shows.

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David Cameron took a break from dealing with Britain's economy and Coalition in-fighting to go on a date with his wife Samantha.

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Home Secretary tries to avoid being photographed in front of embarassing Police Federation slogan.

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Public apathy about new elected police commissioners could let in extremist candidates by the back door, a senior officer has warned.

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PM calls on European leaders to agree to finance adequate bailout fund to stop crisis spreading to other countries or "go in a different direction", in his bleakest warning so far on the debt crisis.

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Poor policy advisers, not civil servants, are at fault, says Sue Cameron.

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Telegraph View: The police have undermined their non-partisan status and their claim for special treatment.

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Telegraph View: Ed Miliband is peddling the line that government can steer a pain-free course back to prosperity.

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A taxpayer-funded scheme finding jobs for young football coaches is at the centre of a £1.6 million fraud investigation.

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The cost of red tape has actually risen for businesses and some Whitehall departments have not scrapped a single regulation in the last 18 months, official figures show.

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Theresa May faced unprecedented barracking and calls to resign from police officers as she tried to defend her reform plans.

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The Prime Minister responds to taunts from the Labour benches telling him to "calm down, dear".

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Michael Deacon watches David Cameron and Ed Miliband trade gags about texting at Prime Minister's Questions.

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PM calls on European leaders to agree to finance adequate bailout fund to stop crisis spreading to other countries or "go in a different direction", in his bleakest warning so far on the debt crisis.

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The Home Secretary was forced to make a speech about cuts to the police budget in front of a banner proclaiming the cuts were "criminal".

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The Labour leader jokes about the Prime Minister's texts to Rebekah Brooks.

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Leveson told Jack Straw arranged to meet Rebekah Brooks every week as they shared train journey to London from Oxfordshire.

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Home Secretary tries to avoid being photographed in front of embarassing Police Federation slogan.

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The Employment Minister says the drop in the number of people out of work is good news, but Liam Byrne says it is only a "glimmer of hope" in a desolate economic landscape.

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Labour figures row over claims made by Lord Prescott that he has "connection to millions of people" through Twitter.

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Home Secretary Theresa May tries to avoid standing in front of controversial banner at police conference.

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A law banning ''insulting'' language and behaviour is strangling free speech and should be scrapped, a campaign spearheaded by a senior Tory MP has demanded.

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Boris Johnson receives a congratulatory email from Sir Mick Jagger after winning the London mayoral race...

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Boris Johnson receives a congratulatory email from Sir Mick Jagger after winning the London mayoral race.

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The former special adviser at the centre of a row over Jeremy Hunt's handling of News Corporation's bid for BSkyB is to give evidence in person to the Leveson Inquiry.

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