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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.support@ft.comWed, 9 Jul 2008 04:03 BSTWed, 09 Jul 2008 15:26:17 BSTNewspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/world/uk/politics(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8cd38fc8-4d1b-11dd-b527-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8cd38fc8-4d1b-11dd-b527-000077b07658.htmlThe party selects a senior member of the Scottish parliament as its candidate for the by-election after the last-minute withdrawal of the frontrunner for the nominationWed, 9 Jul 2008 04:03 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ffa904ae-4d22-11dd-b527-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ffa904ae-4d22-11dd-b527-000077b07658.htmlThe government has been slow to appreciate the scale of lawlessness on the internet, although recent data losses have led to a change in attitude, a Lords committee saysWed, 9 Jul 2008 03:02 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/26150456-4d20-11dd-b527-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/26150456-4d20-11dd-b527-000077b07658.htmlAfter an 18-month inquiry, a Commons committee says that the third sector has been unable to provide public services in ways that will improve outcomes for service usersWed, 9 Jul 2008 02:30 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/698069da-4d37-11dd-b527-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/698069da-4d37-11dd-b527-000077b07658.htmlThe government plans to enact a law that will prevent commercial companies from running family doctor services, the Scottish health secretary saidWed, 9 Jul 2008 02:24 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4f58ebfe-4d37-11dd-b527-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4f58ebfe-4d37-11dd-b527-000077b07658.htmlHouseholders would be paid to recycle rubbish instead of penalised for failing to do so, under Conservative proposals that take their cue from similar US schemesWed, 9 Jul 2008 00:57 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b2593350-4d26-11dd-b527-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b2593350-4d26-11dd-b527-000077b07658.htmlThe expected government go-ahead for a third runway at Heathrow has been delayed by shortcomings in the recent public consultation on the development of the airportTue, 8 Jul 2008 23:09 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/068e127a-4d30-11dd-b527-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/068e127a-4d30-11dd-b527-000077b07658.htmlThe Russian president has refused to yield on issues such as the Litvinenko murder, Russia's closure of two British Council offices and the TNK-BP rowTue, 8 Jul 2008 22:22 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4dd3b94e-4d05-11dd-b527-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4dd3b94e-4d05-11dd-b527-000077b07658.htmlThey must know they are competing on a level playing field against their rivals in public, private and voluntary sectors, writes John Cridland Tue, 8 Jul 2008 19:36 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/087f0fee-4c45-11dd-96bb-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/087f0fee-4c45-11dd-96bb-000077b07658.htmlDavid Cameron sought to capitalise on Labour's disarray in Scotland, predicting Glasgow East would be 'the broken society by-election' that punished the government for neglecting poverty, knife crime and welfare dependencyMon, 7 Jul 2008 19:30 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/293b4798-4c40-11dd-96bb-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/293b4798-4c40-11dd-96bb-000077b07658.htmlThe health service in England should abandon choice, competition and other mechanisms in favour of integrated care, making it more like Scotland's, the BMA saysMon, 7 Jul 2008 17:29 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5df4a0b4-4c5a-11dd-96bb-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5df4a0b4-4c5a-11dd-96bb-000077b07658.htmlAn investigation into the BAE deal was abandoned weeks after the fraud office was told it could not persuade Riyadh to withdraw a threat to cease co-operation with the UKTue, 8 Jul 2008 03:23 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/da5058c4-4c78-11dd-96bb-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/da5058c4-4c78-11dd-96bb-000077b07658.htmlUK parliamentarians accuse the Ministry of Defence of delivering out-of-date and inaccurate estimates of spending on operations in Iraq and AfghanistanTue, 8 Jul 2008 02:56 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4b8ab42e-4c58-11dd-96bb-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4b8ab42e-4c58-11dd-96bb-000077b07658.htmlUK chancellor to criticise over-dependence on credit ratings in European Union financial rules and will encourage investors to undertake their own checksTue, 8 Jul 2008 01:54 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ac629472-4c23-11dd-96bb-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ac629472-4c23-11dd-96bb-000077b07658.htmlThe government's and the prime minister's standing in the polls mirrors almost precisely the decline in economic optimism, writes Philip Stephens Mon, 7 Jul 2008 19:23 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f99f2fbe-4bad-11dd-a490-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f99f2fbe-4bad-11dd-a490-000077b07658.htmlThe communities secretary will propose online petitions to enable people to back referendums for mayors and shortening the waiting period for cities that want to changeMon, 7 Jul 2008 04:19 BST