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Police and protesters injured during tuition fees demo
Police officers have been injured and protesters arrested during demonstrations against tuition fees. MPs have voted to increase the cap on student fees to £9,000 in England.
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England’s Ashes joy as Aussies are hammered
England’s cricketers celebrate a crushing victory over Australia in the Second Ashes Test at Adelaide as spinner Graeme Swann takes five wickets.
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Ed Miliband: trouble at the top
Despite a sparkling start Ed Miliband faces some fierce criticism. Unless he can conquer PMQs the Labour leader is in danger of drowning instead of walking on water, writes broadcaster Peter McHugh.
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Ed Miliband: Labour ‘have got to change’
Labour Leader Ed Miliband today announced a full review of his party’s policies, saying that they needed to move “beyond New Labour” in the wake of their general election defeat.
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PMQs: Ed Miliband goes easy on David Cameron
Despite student protests outside, new father Ed Miliband goes easy on David Cameron – could it be the gifts the Prime Minister sent for the new baby, asks broadcaster Peter McHugh.
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Coulson questioned by police over phone hacking
Police have questioned David Cameron’s Communications Director Andy Coulson over phone hacking allegations while he was editor at News of the World.
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Baby P: new details of failings published
More damning failings that led to the death of Baby P are revealed today with the publication of previously secret reports that cite widespread incompetence.
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Ed Miliband: the new kid at the box
Ed Miliband takes the stand at the despatch box and comes face to face with the Coalition for the first time as Labour leader. Broadcaster Peter McHugh analyses his performance.
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Johnson’s appointment ‘both unexpected and inspired’
Ed Miliband’s choice of Alan Johnson as his new Shadow Chancellor was “both unexpected and inspired”, writes Labour’s former communications chief, Lance Price.
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Labour shadow cabinet announced
The 19 members of Ed Miliband’s shadow cabinet are announced with Yvette Cooper topping the ballot amid intense speculation over who will scoop the top jobs.
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Was it the trade unions that won it for Ed Miliband?
Would Ed Miliband have won the Labour leadership if it was based on individual votes? FactCheck finds out.
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Ed Miliband: I’m my own man
Labour’s annual conference begins today under the new leadership of Ed Miliband. Labour’s new leader says “I am my own man” as Tories claim his trade union backing will push the party to the left.
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Ed Miliband is new Labour leader
Ed Miliband beats brother and four other candidates to become new leader of the Labour party. Political Editor Gary Gibbon says the Tories will go hard on Ed being the ‘prisoner of the trade unions’.
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Cricketer charged over ‘match-fixing’ claims
Former Essex County cricketer Mervyn Westfield has been charged over match-fixing allegations, in what has been described as a wake-up call for English County cricket.
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Ofsted special needs report ‘too simplistic’
Unions react angrily as an Ofsted report accuses teachers of labelling too many students as having “special needs”. But one mother tells Channel 4 News the system has failed her son and his school.