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Pigs, rabbits, monkeys and rodents have been tested on by Britain's main defence lab

Defence lab’s animal testing keeps rising

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Time to go home: Afghanistan force numbers to be slashed in 2013

3,800 UK troops in Afghanistan heading home next year

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Clark called for foetuses with complications like Spina Bifida to be automatically aborted - to save money

Outrage after Ukip candidate backed compulsory Down’s abortions

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CCTV footage shows Andrew Mitchell leaving Downing Street with his bicycle by the side gate

Conspiracy theory: Met begins probe into Mitchell plebgate scandal

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The Queen sat in David Cameron's seat for the meeting

Queen takes PM’s seat in ‘daft’ Cabinet visit

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Voters want richest to face hefty speeding fines

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Queen to attend Cabinet for first time since Queen Victoria's reign

Queen’s No 10 visit says more about Cabinet’s irrelevance than hers

Brace yourself, Your Majesty. The Cabinet meeting the Queen is attending will be nothing but political theatre.

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"I'm sure we'll find room for one more" - Queen to attend Cabinet

Queen faces first Cabinet meeting

The Queen will attend Cabinet tomorrow for the first time in her reign, No 10 has announced.

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The Tory party's welfare campaign is a direct riposte to Labour's offensive in marginal seats

Benefits battle rages in marginal seats

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Gay marriage opponents insist marriage should only be the preserve of heterosexual couples

Parliament’s gay marriage enemies ready to fight

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Ukip's rise might transcend the protest vote, after all

Analysis: Ukip’s strange rise might just break the mould

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Clegg chit-chats with a policeman on duty outside No 10. Photo: Political Pictures

Clegg’s big election pitch: We’re keepin’ it real

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Government won't introduce a default block on internet porn

Ministers reject default porn block

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Nigel Farage's Ukip are becoming the "third force" in British politics, Farage claims

Ukip hits new poll highs

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The Queen amongst her gold

Queen blames ‘lax’ regulators for financial crisis

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A detail from work by Agamaria Pasternak at the Intercontinental Hotel London Westminster

Art and politics: Framing the chaos of Westminster

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Banking union is seen as a critical step towards resolving the eurozone crisis

Eurozone banking union leaps forward with Brussels deal

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David Cameron and Ed Miliband in less childish times

PMQs verdict: An insufferable parade of bullies and swots

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A mural in Belfast remembers Pat Finucane

Finucane family slams ‘whitewash’ as Cameron refuses inquiry into ‘shocking’ state collusion

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