Channel: BBC News - UK
UK soldiers push to clear TalibanHundreds of UK soldiers launch an operation to clear Taliban insurgents from a key stronghold in southern Afghanistan.
Proposal to scrap benefit systemMinisters are to set out options for "radical reform" of the benefits system and moving people from welfare into work.
Strikes and ash extend BA lossesBA reveals a steep quarterly loss of £164m after being hit by cabin crew strikes and disruption caused by the volcanic ash cloud.
MoD 'to pay for Trident renewal'The chancellor says the MoD, not the Treasury, will have to pay £20bn to renew the nuclear deterrent, putting extra pressure on the defence budget.
Expenses four in appeals defeatThree ex-Labour MPs and an ex-Tory peer lose appeals over a ruling that they are not protected from prosecution by parliamentary privilege over expenses fraud allegations.
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