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Heathrow third runway 11min ago

London airport expansion: interim Davies report to fuel debate

16 Dec 2013: Release of Davies Commission's interim report comes amid warnings of protests if Heathrow expansion favoured
Scottish independence 32min ago

Better Together donors 'risk tarnishing campaign' to keep Scotland in UK

16 Dec 2013: Scottish union leaders say many will be alarmed by significant contributions from Tory donors and senior financiers
Grant Shapps 1hr 23min ago

Grant Shapps tried to prevent housing plan for airfield where he keeps plane

16 Dec 2013: Local council wants to build 700 homes on Panshanger airfield where Shapps keeps his £100,000 Piper Saratoga aircraft
Comment is free 1hr 44min ago

So what if the pope were a Marxist?

16 Dec 2013: Priyamvada Gopal: By querying the the absolute autonomy of the marketplace, Pope Francis is hardly making a radical critique. But such 'red scares' have long history
Benefits 1hr 56min ago

What the welfare cuts mean for us: 'The feeling of dread never goes away'

16 Dec 2013:
Amelia Gentleman: The government is three years into a savage programmme of welfare cuts. Coalition ministers say they aim to save billions on benefits and help 'hard-working people' while ending a culture of dependency
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow 2hr 5min ago

Theresa May questioned by home affairs committee: Politics live blog

Live 16 Dec 2013: • Nick Clegg's press conference - Snap summary
• Lunchtime summary
• Theresa May's evidence to the home affairs committee - Snap summary
• Afternoon summary
Theresa May 3hr ago

MPs grill Theresa May over spy chiefs' 'melodramatic soundbites' on NSA files

16 Dec 2013: Home affairs committee asks home secretary whether she has been given proof by MI5 and MI6 to support their rhetoric
Higher Education Network 3hr 14min ago

Student numbers cap is lifted, but questions for government linger

16 Dec 2013: Guardian Professional Universities rightly concerned over lack of detail on funding and how research activity might be hit, says Paul Clark
Comment is free 3hr 14min ago

Why Cameron is wrong to declare 'mission accomplished' in Afghanistan

16 Dec 2013:
Simon Tisdall: PM's declaration is as ill-advised as George W Bush's in Iraq and as oblivious to implications of UK and Nato actions
NSA files live 3hr 21min ago

NSA files – should Edward Snowden be given amnesty?

Live 16 Dec 2013: • NSA officials considering amnesty for Snowden
• Panel delivers US surveillance recommendations – reports
• UK: MPs quiz home secretary on spying
• New to the NSA revelations? Catch up here
• What do the NSA files mean for you ?
Firefighters 3hr 26min ago

Firefighters to strike on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve

16 Dec 2013: Walkouts by firefighters in England and Wales will escalate their long-running dispute with the government over pensions
Digital radio 3hr 49min ago

Digital radio switchover may not happen until 2020

16 Dec 2013: Communications minister Ed Vaizey says he is looking at 'the end of the decade' for digital being the main platform for radio. By John Plunkett
Culture professionals network 4hr 45min ago

Response: theatre in education has never been a 'happy accident'

16 Dec 2013: Guardian Professional
Denigrating educational theatre for the cause of art in schools ignores a vital part of theatrical history, says Paul Kleiman
David Cameron 4hr 53min ago

David Cameron: British troops' mission accomplished in Afghanistan – video

16 Dec 2013: Video (2min 16sec)
Prime minister visits Camp Bastion a year before British troops are due to be withdrawn
Comment is free 5hr 2min ago

The pensions swindle sees labourers dropping dead a year after they retire

16 Dec 2013: Alex Andreou: The real scandal about the way the state pension age is being raised to 70 is that it takes no account of inequalities in life expectancy

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So what if the pope were a Marxist?

Priyamvada Gopal: By querying the the absolute autonomy of the marketplace, Pope Francis is hardly making a radical critique. But such 'red scares' have long history
Why Cameron is wrong to declare 'mission accomplished' in Afghanistan

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Blair tells Murdoch: God told me to visit Wendi

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