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MoD to announce 1,060 job cuts

The Ministry of Defence is to announce 1,060 armed forces redundancies in the fourth and final round of cuts.

Osborne targets banks and traders

Chancellor George Osborne pledges more action against financial malpractice including making manipulation of the huge foreign currency market a criminal […]

PM: Our allies agree on EU future

David Cameron says there is “strong agreement” among some of the UK’s main partners about how the EU should change.

Tory complaint over Oxfam campaign

The Charity Commission is assessing whether an Oxfam promotional campaign has broken the rules by criticising the government’s austerity programme.

Passport Office boss denies backlog

The Passport Office denies that it is failing to cope with the volume of applications, despite claims of severe delays.

Call for urgency on plain cigarettes

Campaigners warn “time is running out” for no-brand cigarette packets to be agreed before the 2015 general election.