David Cameron
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - MAY 30: Andy Coulson arrives at Govan Police station on May 30, 2012 in Glasgow, Scotland. The former News of the World editor and Prime Minister David Cameron's former director of communications was detained by Strathclyde police investigating allegations of perjury.
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If David Cameron and George Osborne thought through their unfair policies in the first place, this government wouldn't have to make so many embarrassing U-turns.
There is a real crisis of in-work poverty ... The Joseph Rowntree Foundation puts the number of children currently living in 'in-work' poverty at 2 million and rising. David Cameron repeats that the government is cutting welfare 'so it pays to have a job', but the fact is for millions of people, work does not pay. Wages do not cover household bills let alone provide a decent standard of living.
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Ex-Cameron aide detained over alleged perjury
(AP) -- The former top media adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron was detained Wednesday on suspicion of perjury in the trial of a flamboyant ex-Scottish lawmaker -- the latest case tied to allegations of wrongdoing by British tabloid newspapers.Andy 11:32 AM Read more »
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UK official lobbied PM for Rupert Murdoch
LONDON -- A British minister in the hot seat for his alleged close ties to Rupert Murdoch 's media empire lobbied Prime Minister David Cameron to back the tycoon's bid for satellite broadcaster BSkyB, according to a memo made public Thursday.Media Secret Read more »
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Life's a beach for civil servants at London Games
(AP) -- Tanned and toned Olympic athletes in skimpy outfits will be serving and spiking outside the prime minister's Downing Street home -- but it's lower-ranked civil servants who will have the best view of beach volleyball at the London Games.The sedat Read more »
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Developments in British phone-hacking scandal
Developments in a phone-hacking scandal involving British newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch 's News Corp.:November 2005: News of the World royal reporter Clive Goodman writes story saying Prince William has a knee injury. Buckingham Palace complaint pro Read more »
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China slams Britain after Cameron meets Dalai Lama
(AP) -- China criticized British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday for meeting with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, saying it amounts to support for Tibet 's independence from Chinese rule.The British government ignored Beijing Read more »
Around the web
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Andy Coulson: Scottish courtroom clash that led to detention at dawn
of communications was a model of brisk, focused professionalism. Coulson, now 44, was one of the most trusted figures in David Cameron's inner circle. He was being questioned as a defence witness by Tommy Sheridan, the socialist politician that his former 59 m ago from Guardian Unlimited Read more »
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Conservatives want vote on Britain's EU membership
(Reuters) - Most grassroots members of David Cameron's Conservatives want the prime minister to offer Britain a referendum on its membership of the European Union after the next parliamentary election, according to a survey. A poll for Channel 4 News conducted 4:03 PM from Firstpost Read more »
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Leigh entrepreneur’s chat with Prime Minister
the PM - Richard Whiting, right, with David Cameron and fellow young business owner Lenique Louis PRIME Minister David Cameron met a remarkable young entrepreneur from Leigh whose story inspired him. The PM chatted with blind fitter Richard Whiting, 26, who 3:43 PM from Echo News Read more »
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Police detain former UK PM's media chief
investigator were jailed over phone hacking offenses, but later the same year was appointed as communications director to David Cameron, who was Britain's opposition chief. Coulson joined Cameron in London's Downing Street after he won office in 2010, but 1:45 PM from Big Pond News Read more »
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Why have Blair and Cameron been chatting?
May 2012 Last updated at 13:21 ET By Chris Mason Political correspondent Tony Blair and David Cameron were once rivals "There are three classes which need sanctuary more than others: birds, wild flowers and prime ministers." So said Stanley Baldwin, a Conservative 1:21 PM from BBC News Read more »
