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Tory town halls less likely to allow new homes
Conservative councils are less likely to grant planning permission for new homes than other local authorities, according to research by McGrigors, the commercial law firm
Employers’ group warns on squeeze
A squeeze on public spending should not start until there is “demonstrable evidence” that economic recovery is secure, the EEF manufacturers’ federation says
Holyrood spectre hovers over public projects
The building that houses Scotland’s devolved parliament casts a long shadow over public sector investment
Cameron Budget would focus on growth
Tory leader prepares to signal a break from his ‘age of austerity’ rhetoric, by telling a business audience that the first Budget of an incoming Conservative government would ‘go for growth’
Four arrested after Northern Ireland attacks
Police and suspected dissident Irish republicans exchanged gunfire in Northern Ireland at the weekend leading to four arrests. In a separate attack, two men drove through security gates at the police board’s headquarters in Belfast abandoning a 400lb bomb
Clegg rules out election deal with Labour
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says he will not do a deal with Gordon Brown to keep Labour in power should the next general election result in a hung parliament
Editorial Comment: Having their cake and eating it
Britain’s Conservative party faces a trade-off between fiscal restraint and public service reform
Tories want army pull-out from Germany
Britain should withdraw its army from Germany so it can take on “expeditionary roles” elsewhere under a strategic Nato overhaul, the British opposition defence spokesman said
Ambition behind Ashton’s elevation
Nobody was more surprised to discover that Lady Ashton was Europe’s new foreign policy chief than the baroness herself
Opposition threatens digital reform bill
The two main UK opposition parties on Friday threatened to block regulatory reforms affecting broadband, internet piracy and broadcasting unless the government made concessions
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