Straw U-turn on Lords vote plans
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Commons leader Jack Straw abandons plans for MPs to vote on Lords reform using a preferential voting system.
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Radical plans unveiled today will let voters decide how tens of millions of pounds should be spent in their neighbourhood.
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The foreign secretary, Jack Straw, pressed Israel to re-embrace the road map to peace on a visit to Jerusalem yesterday. But although diplomats said there were signs of greater Israeli flexibility since the
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Jack Straw heads to Israel and the Palestinian territories on Wednesday for a two-day peace mission.
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The Muslim community of Foreign Secretary Jack Strawâs constituency is taking to the streets tomorrow to campaign for more action to save Kenneth Bigley, the British engineer taken hostage in Iraq.
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The leader of Britain&#39;s third-biggest political party backed on Wednesday Prime Minister Gordon Brown&#39;s plans to approve the new European Union treaty by a vote in parliament and not a referendum.
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Bums-on-benches push could see live TV spamming Backbench MPs struggling with a tide of emails led by former foreign minister Jack Straw are pressing to be allowed to use handheld networked devices and even laptops during Parliamentary debates.â¦
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Labour would make the House of Lords more democratic soon after being re-elected, says Lord Falconer.
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MPs vote in favour of plans for a reformed House of Lords with 100% of members elected.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair, hoping to complete a reform project begun a decade ago, urged support Wednesday for a half-elected, half-appointed upper house of parliament, the House of Lords.
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Justice Minister Jack Straw is to update MPs on government plans for constitutional reform.
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TUC delegates are expected to back a call for a referendum on the EU treaty - in opposition to Gordon Brown.
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Jack Straw pledged Britain&#39;s support today for the smooth running of elections to replace Yassir Arafat as he laid a wreath on the tomb of the late Palestinian leader.
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The Lord Chancellor is to call for a change in the perception that the Human Rights Act is a "terrorists' charter".
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Jack Straw revealed an 18-month game plan to win a referendum on the European Union&#39;s first constitution yesterday with a vote scheduled for March or April 2006.
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Former British foreign secretary Jack Straw triggered a row by revealing that he asks Muslim women to remove veils from their faces when they visit his constituency office to seek his help.
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Activists backing plans for congestion charging in Edinburgh seek to harness support as the ballot nears.