Matt Frei
Gun control: the brutal electoral truth
Despite an outpouring of public anguish after the Newtown massacre, gun control measures called for at the time now seem impossibly ambitious in the face of US political realities.
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‘Pressure cooker bombs used in Boston attack’
Terrorists reportedly used pressure cookers packed with metal and ball bearings to kill three people at the Boston Marathon, according to a source briefed on the attack.
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Pakistani Taliban deny involvement in Boston blasts
A leading Islamist terror group says it was not behind the marathon bombs, as America asks: did the bombers come from home or abroad?
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Thatcher funeral scale ‘mistake’ says bishop
The Anglican Bishop of Grantham – where Baroness Thatcher was born – questions the scale and cost of her funeral, as details of Wednesday’s service are published.
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Margaret Thatcher funeral: Jenkins and Howard to attend
Welsh soprano Katherine Jenkins, former Australian prime minister John Howard, and M&C Saatchi founder Maurice Saatchi join the list of those who will attend Margaret Thatcher’s funeral next week.
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Matt Frei
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Post Office banks on current accounts
Will the Post Office’s plans to launch current accounts bring more competition to high street banking?
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Alex Thomson
Syrian security situation: worse than we are being told?
Reporting on Syria’s civil war is proving a dangerous business, but is the reluctance of media organisations to tell of the true risks actually doing the public a disservice?
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Bonus bonanza for chief executives
While most employees’ wages are failing to keep up with the rising cost of living, those at the top are bucking the trend.
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UK children face ‘bleaker future’, Unicef report says
Britain is ranked as one of the bottom countries in the developed world for teenage pregnancy, youth unemployment and involvement in further education, in a new report from Unicef.
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Gary Gibbon
Thatcher’s downfall: ‘plot’ or not?
The bitter divisions over Margaret Thatcher’s downfall live on. One Tory minister said it was all still too raw to talk about.
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FactCheck: the Thatcher myths
From snatching milk to destroying British industry, FactCheck busts some of the biggest myths of the Thatcher era.
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Ban pesticides to protect bees, MPs tell government
MPs accuse the government of an “extraordinarily complacent approach” to protecting bees, and urge the government to ban use of certain pesticides.
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Osborne ‘out of touch’ over disabled parking space
Chancellor George Osborne, who has been defending welfare reform this week, is accused of being “out of touch” after his official car was photographed parked in a disabled space.
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Lindsey Hilsum
North Korea – a beginner’s guide
North Korea is prone to extreme rhetoric, so should current threats be a matter for concern, and how did we get to this current impasse anyway?
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UK aid to Pakistan should stop unless taxes rise, MPs say
Pakistan should collect taxes from its own rich elite before Britain hands over more aid money, a Commons committee has said.
