Blunkett to back EU asylum plans
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David Blunkett is set to back plans to work closely with other European Union states on asylum and immigration.
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Home Secretary David Blunkett said Thursday he plans to bar convicted felons from benefiting from financial windfalls while behind bars after a jailed rapist won 7 million pounds (US&#36;12.6 million) on the national lottery.
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The EU Commission chief backs his team after an Italian candidate was rejected by a panel of MEPs.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has vowed to stand by embattled interior minister David Blunkett, who faces an independent probe into claims he abused his ministerial powers to help a former lover.
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David Blunkett  says measures to beat terrorism could include special anti-terror courts using phone-taping evidence.
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The secretary of state has said he is hopeful the parties will accept the British-Irish blueprint aimed at restoring devolution.
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The UN Security Council is set to back a French plan to send UN and EU forces to protect refugees from Darfur.
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Chancellor Gordon Brown has defended the British rebate from the European Union and has also confirmed his objection to a harmonisation of corporate taxation.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said he backed the judgment of European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso who earlier was forced to withdraw his proposed team, creating a constitutional crisis within the EU.
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Plans to set up EU asylum processing centres in North Africa provoked deep divisions yesterday, but more limited UN-backed moves to boost co-operation with five governments in the region won broad backing.
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Conservative leader Michael Howard explains his plans for an overhaul of the asylum system.
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Tony Blair pledges to set out new plans to tackle asylum and immigration as he delivers his New Year message.
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The UK should not give up its right of veto over EU cross-border crime policies, a committee of MPs says.
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Gordon Brown is set to back greater stop-and-search powers in his Labour conference speech
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The home secretary is to announce measures to tackle abuses of the immigration and asylum system.
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Conservative leader Michael Howard explains his plans for an overhaul of Britain's asylum system.
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Home secretary backs new attempt to extend time terror suspects can be held without charge.