The Government last week rejected claims by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) to downgrade ecstasy to a Class B drug. The ACMD’s review builds on evidence from a 2007 investigation by The Academy of Medical Scientists which claimed that ‘the current system is not fit for purpose’. It reviewed 20 different
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In the wake of Gordon Brown’s appeal to Labour’s ‘grass-roots’ at their party conference, anti-monarchic sentiment appears to be emerging in the Government. In a move that has been compared to the seven year ordeal of banning fox-hunting, news has broken that plans to amend the 1701 Act of Settlement have been passed to Downing
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Who would have thought it? The expected “minor reshuffle” developed into the one of the most headline-grabbing reshuffles that you’re ever likely to see, and all thanks to Peter Mandelson’s astonishing return to cabinet. Mr. Mandelson twice resigned from cabinet posts under Tony Blair’s leadership – once over a loan from ministerial colleague Geoffrey Robinson
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The first recipients of the I.D. cards to be introduced by the Government will be foreign nationals, and the design of the cards was finally unveiled on September 25th. To begin with the cards will be handed out to an expected 50,000 foreign nationals between March and November 2009 as they apply to extend their
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Last week, schools secretary Ed Balls announced that Key Stage 3 SATs are to be scrapped. This revelation comes after the fiasco surrounding this year’s SATs results. The firm charged with administering the tests, ETS Europe, was involved in a series of mishaps, causing a delay in the release of the results – some schools
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The Democratic nominee moves into pole position as American voters concern over the economic crisis grows.
With little more than two weeks until polling day in the US Presidential election, Barack Obama is starting to establish a clear lead in numerous polls, with evidence suggesting he is ahead in many of the key battleground states that
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