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Hague's proposal does not actually feature a red card

Hague wants Commons veto on EU law

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David Cameron's hand will be strengthened when talking on Jose Manuel Barroso and the rest of the EU, Lilley says

European legal battle looms over immigration benefits test

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David Cameron looks weak. He's actually even weaker

Analysis: Cameron’s referendum tactics reveal a deep, deep weakness

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Tory backbenchers are causing a Queen's Speech nightmare for David Cameron

Saved by the president: Obama backs Cameron over EU referendum row

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Only so much No 10 can do to put out this fire

Abstention tensions: Ministers told to steer clear of referendum vote

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Conservative backbencher John Baron has masterminded the letter

Eurosceptic Tories use Ukip threat to pressure Cameron

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Only this time, of course, Cameron wants to give the British people their chance to deliver a verdict

Confrontation in Europe: Cameron sells reform to EU leaders

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MDU advises doctors on how to prevent a delayed diagnosis in prostate and testicular cancer

Doctors need time to digest the GMC’s more detailed guidance (MDG), says MDU.

The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has expressed concern that doctors will have insufficient time to read and digest the General Medical Council’s (GMC) more detailed guidance (MDG) which has been published today and comes into effect on January 30th 2024, alongside the updated version of its ethical standards Good Medical Practice. The MDGs, cover a… Read more »

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Humanists UK welcomes Ofsted’s call to tackle illegal schools and improve RE

Ofsted has called on the Government to take action on illegal schools. The call came in Ofsted’s latest annual report, published yesterday. The report also highlighted that religious education (RE) provision in English state schools is ‘not fit for purpose’, and that independent faith schools perform very badly in Ofsted inspections. Humanists UK, which has led the… Read more »

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Marc Glendening: "We must stop being little Europeans, as much as we should avoid being little Englanders."

Comment: No more euro flim-flam please, we’re British

When it comes to Europe and the EU in or out referendum, we need more Malcolm X than Malcolm R.

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Thomas Wright of the Brookings Institution: "Cameron's approach is much more likely to lead to an exit than his publicly stated position suggests."

Comment: UK’s euroscepticism could cost Britain power

Size matters in diplomacy. If Britain is forced to go it alone in Europe, a Brixit or Brexit from the EU, it will be an observer of world events – not a shaper of them.

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