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Sienna Miller at Leveson inquiry
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Mark Easton
Home editor
23 hours ago
On Monday, the prime minister promoted his government's strategy for providing England with hundreds of thousands of affordable homes. On Tuesday, his government quietly published statistics on how many affordable homes were actually started in the six months since April.
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The Football Association explores the possibility of goal-line technology being introduced to the Premier League for the 2012-13 season.
Why are so many Britons leaving Australia?
More and more British people are ditching life down under to return home for good. Why is this happening?
Clegg targeting racial 'ceiling'
Nick Clegg says a "great deal" has been achieved to tackle racism but there is still a "very, very long way to go" before the "war on inequality" is won.
Live: Commissioners' questions
MPs are putting questions to the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, the church commissioners and the chair of the Public Accounts Commission.
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