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Brown vows to ‘get on with the job’ after poll blow
Gordon Brown blamed dissatisfaction with rising food and fuel prices for Labour’s by-election humiliation at the hands of the Scottish Nationalists - a defeat that has reignited speculation over his leadership
UK businessman wins Facebook libel case
Damages award of £22,000 against a former school friend who created a fake profile on the website is likely to send a chill through the global social networking phenomenon
Ex-trader accused of insider dealing
Financial investigators accused a former partner of Cazenove bank of a dozen counts of insider share dealing
Tories accuse unions of ‘buying influence’
UK opposition accuses Labour over the provision of union money directly to MPs, as well as to the wider party
Mosley wins £60,000 in privacy case
Max Mosley, the motorsports chief, has won record damages in a privacy action against a Sunday newspaper over claims he was involved in a ‘sick Nazi orgy’
Ex-Cazenove partner faces insider trading charges
Malcolm Calvert, a veteran former Cazenove partner, pleaded not guilty to charges of insider trading on six UK takeover deals between 2003 and 2005, in only the second such case brought by the FSA
Home businesses need policy boost, says study
UK academics stress the need for local authorities to actively encourage home-based entrepreneurs, a significant minority that sees annual sales of more than £250,000
Bike theft puts spoke in Tory party reform
The purloining of David Cameron’s bicycle almost overshadowed a historic attempt to change the Conservative party and redraw the political boundaries in Northern Ireland
Ministers push higher standards for eco-towns
The government puts forward new rules that will ensure high levels of green space, affordable housing and transport links after facing a chorus of criticism over the project
UK deal to fight internet piracy
A groundbreaking deal has been reached between broadband companies and the music and film industries to tackle illegal downloading
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