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Britain should increase the supply of childcare to help working parents, and calm the fluctuating housing market, if it is to put the British economy “back on track”, according to the European Commission.

President Dmitry Medvedev has warned of a new nuclear arms race between the Eagle and the Bear unless Russia receives concrete assurances from the United States that a missile defence shield planned for Eastern Europe is not aimed at the Russian strategic nuclear arsenal.

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan looks set to win its third consecutive election on June 12.

New estimates from the International Energy Agency in Paris, showing that global carbon emissions from power generation have reached their highest levels in history, should be a “wake-up call” for governments, according to the organisation’s chief economist Fatih Birol.

Proposals to break Labour’s historical link with the unions and cripple the party financially have been resurrected by the Con-Dem coalition.

An investigation is to be launched – the first of its kind in this country – into whether incinerators present a risk to public health.