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Less spending needed - Mandelson15 Jul 09 | PoliticsBut] There's no deeply felt or settled embrace among the public of David Cameron or his party.
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Tell it straight on debt - Clarke14 Jul 09 | PoliticsHe will pledge that the Conservatives will bring "bring candour back to government". Labour says improvements in public services can still be maintained despite the tougher economic climate.
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Defiant Tory MEP loses party whip14 Jul 09 | PoliticsHe said party leader David Cameron should be pleased, rather than withdrawing the party whip.
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Tax exile party donations capped14 Jul 09 | PoliticsLord Aschroft's donations are made via his British-based company Bearwood Corporate Services. Labour backbencher Martin Linton said stopping such donations was part of cleaning up politics.
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Tory Lord Kingsland dies aged 6713 Jul 09 | PoliticsOpposition leader David Cameron said: "His formidable experience and immense diligence made him an exceptionally powerful and effective spokesman."
News Clips
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Boris: £250,000 is 'chickenfeed'14 Jul 09Boris Johnson says the £250,000 he is paid for his newspaper column is 'chickenfeed'. ...
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Brown stands by Afghan resources14 Jul 09
The prime minister has insisted British troops have the equipment they need in Afghanistan. Susan Hulme reports for Today in Parliament. ...
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Boris's £250,000 newspaper deal14 Jul 09London Mayor Boris Johnson has defended his quarter of a million pounds annual contract with a national newspaper for writing articles. ...
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Campaigning Cameron backs Coulson13 Jul 09Conservative leader David Cameron said he had full confidence in his public relations chief Andy Coulson, ex-News of the World editor, on a campaign visit to Norwich North, following allegations of ...
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'Beg, borrow or, frankly, steal those helicopters'13 Jul 09The government has to release more helicopters from Nato, Conservative leader David Cameron told a press conference.
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BBC iPlayer
TV
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Panorama - Will the Scots Ever Be Happy?Will the Scots Ever Be Happy?, 30 Jun 09Ten years after devolution, the Scots want more power north of the border, and the SNP want a referendum on independence. Can the UK be preserved?
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The Daily Politics - 08/07/200908 Jul 09Andrew Neil and Anita Anand present Prime Minister's Questions and political stories, with guests Alex Salmond, First Minister of Scotland, and Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell.
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Radio
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Jeremy Vine - 08/07/200908 Jul 09Jeremy Vine discusses public spending and MPs' expenses with David Cameron. He also looks at a laboratory that has created human sperm and discusses mobs of teenagers in Newquay.
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Night Waves - A New Age of Austerity?A New Age of Austerity?, 14 Jul 09Philip Dodd and guests discuss the politics, the culture and the morality of a possible age of austerity.
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Knowledge
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BBC Radio 4 - Factual - Desert Island Discs-David CameronFactual
He was elected last December, beating his rival David Davis by more than 70,000 votes. He became special adviser to the former chancellor Norman Lamont and was at his side on Black Wednesday.
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Radio 4 The Media Show - Home PageRadio 4 The Media Show
If it was the Sun Wot Won it for Tony Blair, what, if anything will the papers do for Cameron?
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Radio 4 The Media Show - Home PageRadio 4 The Media Show
TV Advertising How has the economic downturn affected TV advertising?
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Radio 4 - Soldier's HavenRadio 4
Politicians including David Cameron and Derek Twigg discuss issues of care and treatment for the military.
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Radio 4 - Leading EdgeRadio 4
Tory leader David Cameron launched a task force headed by Carol Vorderman.
Blogs
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From the Amazon basin12 Jul 09 | Mark Devenport - The Devenport Diaries
That made me ponder again on the Conservative Ulster Unionist arrangement, and the reasons why David Cameron is so keen to build bridgeheads anywhere outside England. ...
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Eye of the storm09 Jul 09 | Sequin - PM
Conservative leader David Cameron has insisted Andy Coulson's job as his communications director is safe. I have no knowledge whatsoever of any settlement with Gordon Taylor". ...
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Thursday 25 June 200925 Jun 09 | Verity Murphy - Newsnight: From the web team
An internal panel - set up by party leader David Cameron - has been examining all Tory expense claims. Mr Cameron says he wants to restore public faith in the system. ...
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What did I miss?25 Jun 09 | Betsan Powys - Betsan's Blog
If Labour and Plaid pulling together barely scraped a yes vote last time round, there's no way it'll be won any time soon. ...
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In convenience Speakership exchange22 Jun 09 | Michael Crick - Newsnight: Michael Crick
A Labour MP was standing in the House of Commons gents and found himself standing next to David Cameron. David Cameron inquired which of the Speaker candidates he meant. ...
Around the web
News From Other Sources
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Cameron shows his soccer skills but how does he...15 Jul 09 | Mail Online UK
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Tory urges straight talk on economy15 Jul 09 | Daily Express
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Mandelson alters Labour's line on cuts15 Jul 09 | Financial Times
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Britain QuestionsIts Role in War15 Jul 09 | Washington Post
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There's now a widespread assumption in Whitehall...15 Jul 09 | Times Online
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