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Russia and Nato have agreed to work together on the construction of a missile defence shield in Europe

Housing charity Shelter has warned that Government proposals to cut housing benefit will leave 134,000 British households homeless when they are introduced next year

Boris Johnson has personally vetoed pay rises for the 20 or more lowest paid in City Hall who earn less than a 20th of his annual income when his earnings from outside interests are taken into account

MPs and councillors have joined leading academics, authors and trade union activists in calling on the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition Government to reinstate funding for the People’s History Museum in Manchester and seven other non-national museums

The Fire Brigades Union has reacted angrily to the London fire authority chief’s refusal to investigate assaults that left two striking firefighters in hospital