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An inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war kicked off Tuesday with top government advisers testifying that some Bush administration officials were calling for Saddam Hussein's ouster as early as 2001 - long before sanctions were exhausted and two years before the U.S.-led invasion.

SUPPORT for both the SNP and an independence referendum has fallen, according to a poll published today.

It's 10pm on 6 May 2010 and the polls have just closed on election night. The news begins with a sensational item.

Britain must put itself at the heart of Europe to protect jobs and support economic growth, Gordon Brown has insisted.

Householders will be rewarded with cash incentives for recycling at home under radical new Conservative plans aimed at tackling global warming.

The Tories have jumped on the Jedward bandwagon, branding Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling "Deadwood". A poster campaign features the faces of the Prime Minister and Chancellor imposed on a photograph of the X-Factor's Irish twins John and Edward Grimes.

DAVID Cameron has revived SNP hopes of wielding more power at Westminster by admitting that a hung parliament would be better for the UK than another five years of a Labour government.

Gordon Brown is to set out his hope that investment from China can drive the economic recovery in Britain.

Photograph: Rex Features The Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg , suggested today he would be unlikely to prop up Labour should the general election result in a hung parliament, setting back the likelihood of a Lib-Lab alliance if the Tories were to fall short of a majority.

The Conservatives would hold an "emergency budget" within 50 days of winning a general election, David Cameron said.

The battle lines are being drawn for the general election which must take place before June.

Gordon Brown has been boosted by a poll suggesting the Tories' lead has been slashed.

Military families have been promised fresh action to help them access work and childcare, amid Government concern over mounting public scepticism about the campaign in Afghanistan.

A former head of the NHS under Labour has shown support for a Tory policy to free the health service from tight Government control.

Barely 24 hours after Mr Brown pledged to halve Britain's record budget deficit within four years, official figures revealed that the Government is due to borrow even more this year than it forecast in the Budget.

Key Conservative thinkers doubt climate change is man-made, according to a survey of the most influential Tories online Many of the top 10 Tory bloggers disagree with David Cameron that addressing climate change should be an urgent priority.

British troops could be withdrawn from Germany for good, nearly 70 years after the end of the Second World War, if the Conservatives win the general election.

Tory MP accuses Sir Hugh Orde of being 'astonishingly patronising' after president of Acpo says it is absolutely critical that forces stay free of political influence Hugh Orde, the head of Acpo.

Gordon Brown has welcomed the decision to appoint Labour peer Baroness Ashton as the EU's high representative on foreign affairs and security.

Tory leader David Cameron has claimed the Government's legislative programme is "unravelling" after ministers were forced to concede they could introduce laws to complete the clean-up of MPs' expenses.