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Prescott ‘did nothing wrong’ over Clapham flat fiasco, Blair told Tory MP
Tony Blair staunchly backed his Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott when he came under fire for renting a cut-price Lond...
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Composer beloved by royals ‘sought state help to illegally send drugs to Italy’
A revered British composer beloved by the royal family secretly sought state help to supply him with illegal quantities ...
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UN law meant UK was ‘attractive destination for asylum seekers’, New Labour told
New Labour’s attempts to tackle immigration were partly thwarted by a UN protocol which meant the UK was fundamentally...
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Blair was warned on peril of repealing same-sex education law ahead of election
Tony Blair was warned about the Labour government’s commitment to scrapping the infamous law banning the “promotionâ...
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UK Government knew of Mitterrand’s secret health woes years before French public
A British diplomat raised concerns about the secret extent of French president Francois Mitterrand’s ill-health, a dec...
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English Heritage signs up its first female pirate
English Heritage has recruited its first female pirate....
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Six weeks of holiday childcare costs nearly £890 on average, report finds
Six weeks’ worth of holiday childcare could cost working parents nearly £500 more per child typically than the same p...
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Family of baby boy killed in blast 50 years ago urge that his name be heard
The family of a five-month-old baby killed by a bomb in Co Tyrone 50 years ago have urged that his name be heard....
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Blair begged Kuwait for arms deal as thank you for Gulf War help, papers suggest
Labour prime minister Tony Blair begged Kuwait to buy the UK’s latest artillery as payback for supporting the Middle E...