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Sep 7 2008
Ministers have rejected proposals for a cap on immigration, ahead of a cross-party report which is expected to call for a sharp reduction in the numbers allowed to settle in the UK....
Sep 7 2008
Police have arrested a man over the murder of two people on a canal boat....
Sep 7 2008
A teenager was stabbed to death after rival "postcode" gangs clashed at a girl's birthday party, witnesses said....
Sep 7 2008
Councils must keep track of recycled rubbish to ensure it is not dumped illegally in poor countries, local government leaders have said....
Sep 7 2008
Hundreds of thousands of civil servants are to be balloted on whether to take industrial action for at least three months in a bitter dispute with the Government over pay....
Sep 7 2008
Mortgage lender Nationwide has said it was in advanced talks over mergers with the Derbyshire and Cheshire building societies....
Sep 7 2008
David Cameron has hinted at the possibility of tax cuts under a Conservative government, saying that it was right for those who "put their backs into the British economy" to be rewarded....
Sep 7 2008
An 18-year-old man has died after being stabbed, police said....
Sep 7 2008
Next year's Sats tests could be the last, Schools Secretary Ed Balls has signalled....
Sep 7 2008
A lost computer disc containing personal details about thousands of justice staff is not thought to have fallen into the wrong hands, a Government minister said....
Sep 7 2008
Fears of floods crippling Britain have eased overnight despite concerns rain could see water levels continue to rise....
Sep 7 2008
Homes across Britain are expected to be at risk of flooding for days to come after thousands of people were evacuated as water levels continue to rise....
Sep 7 2008
Scots singer KT Tunstall has tied the knot on a remote Scottish island....
Sep 7 2008
Proposals to put a cap on numbers of immigrants settling in Britain after entering the country on work permits has been branded "divisive and wasteful of talent"....
Sep 7 2008
The leader of Britain's largest union has warned that the Government has "lost its way"....
Sep 7 2008
Three more teenagers have been charged with the murder of a 14-year-old boy stabbed while sitting on a bench outside his home, police have said....
Sep 7 2008
Labour is "two-nil down" to the Conservatives in the race for the next General Election, one of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's closest allies has admitted....
Sep 7 2008
High earners on more than £100,000 a year should pay higher tax rates to help achieve greater equality between the rich and poor, the TUC has urged....
Sep 7 2008
There have been warnings that the taxpayer may face a multimillion- pound bill after the loss of a computer disc carrying personal details of thousands of employees of the National Offender Management Service, who may include many prison officers....
