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The investigation by The Times into Britain’s poorly planned charge into Helmand in 2006 has exposed the need for a new era of frank talking and better understanding between military chiefs and their political masters.

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It took seven times longer to fix the terms of Frank Field’s new job than for the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats to stitch their government together, the new chairman of the Review on Poverty and Life Chances said with a smile.

Andy Coulson, David Cameron’s director of communications, earns only £2,500 less than the Prime Minister, it emerged yesterday.

The BBC has not done enough to cut the pay and perks of its top managers, one of the corporation’s most senior executives said.

Transport projects worth a total of £1.6 billion, including bypasses, bridges and metro systems, are under threat after the Government announced yesterday that it was suspending all schemes not already under contract.

It was a national lottery to raise money for good causes and a jackpot that would make its winner among the wealthiest people in the land.

A Church of England vicar presided over hundreds of sham marriages between Africans and Eastern Europeans in a “massive and systematic immigration fraud” that allowed illegal immigrants to remain in Britain, a court was told yesterday.

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Police forces and hospitals across England are preparing to deal with an increase in binge drinking, domestic violence and street crime during the World Cup.

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Ed Miliband acknowledged today that an intense exposure to politics in his early years made him abnormal but also proud of the values that it had incubated within him.

Ed Miliband acknowledged today that an intense exposure to politics in his early years made him abnormal but also proud of the values that it had incubated within him.

The wife of the celebrity chef Marco Pierre White was due to enter the divorce courts on her own next week, without lawyers, to battle for a share of her husband’s estimated £50 million wealth. But publicity in The Times about her case has prompted a potential rescuer — in the unlikely shape of a criminal set of barristers’ chambers.

Andrew Tyrie, the last minute Tory contender to chair one of Parliament’s most infl;uential bodies, was today elected as head of the Treasury Select with a clear majority.

A six-year-old girl in hospital after being stabbed in the chest was described as a “little angel” by neighbours today.

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Read more about the controversy over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill at The Times's new website: 'Kick-ass' Obama condemns BP chief executive | BP shares plunge as clean up costs soar | BP accused of 'judge-shopping' | BP accused of skewing Google search results on spill

Read more about the 'Crossbow Cannibal' at The Times's new website: 'Serial killer' may be moved to mental hospital | Remains of second missing woman found | Knives, saws and bones found | Profiles of victims

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