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London MPs' second home allowance axed

Obama's blockbuster gift for PM Brown

Tories to protect adults who tackle yobs

Soldiers can sue over battle wounds

Patients may have to make slim pledge

The drinks industry will not be taxed to pay for policing city centres blighted by drunken yobs, despite calls for pubs and clubs to foot the bill.

David Blunkett's support among senior ministers was ebbing dangerously yesterday amid allegations that a second visa was "fast tracked" for his ex-lover's nanny.

The Tories stepped up their rhetoric on immigration, claiming that incomers were "endangering" the nation.

The BBC looks set to bow to pressure from the Conservatives for an unprecedented "right of reply" during live coverage of the Labour Party conference.

London Labour chairman Ian McCartney launched a defiant battle to survive in his post, pitching Prime Minister Tony Blair's reshuffle into new crisis.

Jack Straw overruled top Foreign Office legal advisers who believed war against Iraq would be unlawful, the Butler report is set to reveal. In a dramatic development, Lord Butler's report will highlight serious unease among government law officers about whether the invasion to topple Saddam Hussain broke international law.

Fallen minister set to stage a comeback