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Labour still need to make up ground on the Tories
Labour frustrated in latest poll

Labour has failed to reduce its deficit against the Conservatives despite the ongoing global financial crisis, the latest Guardian/ICM poll suggests. The voting intentions survey sees both the Tories and Labour unchanged on last month’s figures, which put David Cameron’s party 12 points ahead of Gordon Brown’s on 42 per cent to 30 per cent…. Read more »

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John Hutton meets British forces in Basra
First Iraq visit for Hutton

New defence secretary John Hutton has visited British forces in Iraq for the first time since taking on his new job earlier this month. Having met with Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad the day before Mr Hutton travelled to the country’s second city, Basra, where British troops have been stationed since coalition forces… Read more »