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Breaking the ‘culture of dependency’?

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Government plans to make the long term unemployed take part in compulsory work placements have received a high level of support from the British public, with a significant majority also thinking that the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, is wrong to condemn the proposals. Archbishop Rowan Williams spoke out against ...
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Voting intention analysis

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Today's voting intention poll for the Sun has topline figures of CON 42%, LAB 39%, LIB DEM 11%. We also asked for the first reactions to former Minister of State for Borders and Immigration Phil Woolas MP being ejected from Parliament after an election court found he had lied about ...
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Not right to repeal

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The majority of the British public would like to see the 2004 Hunting Act enforced and feel prosecution for those breaking it is wholly appropriate, our poll has found. The results come as hunts met last weekend for the first time in this year’s season. This year is the first ...
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Voting intention analysis

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This morning's daily voting intention poll for the Sun shows figures of Conservative 40%, Labour 39%, Liberal Democrat 11%. The Lib Dems are back into double figures, suggesting the 9% they scored yesterday was something of an outlier (all polls have a margin of error of around 3%, so if ...
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Une entente cordiale?

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British opinion is split over Britain and France’s new treaty on defence co-operation. Political agreement? According to the shared defence treaty, signed by Cameron and French PM Sarkozy on Wednesday, a ‘combined joint expeditionary force’ of around 10,000 soldiers will operate under one military commander. At least one aircraft carrier ...
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