New Posts to BBC News - Politics on Dec 20, 2013:
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1) Miliband would curb gaming machines
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25461551#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Ed Miliband vows to give councils the power to ban high stakes roulette machines from bookmakers shops if Labour wins the next election.
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2) PM: EU defence row not 'phoney'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25463680#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Prime Minister David Cameron rejects French claims that he triggered a "fake" row over plans for defence co-operation among EU members.
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3) MP expenses cheat sentencing delayed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25463305#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Sentencing of former MP Denis MacShane, convicted of expenses fraud last month, has been delayed until Monday after the judge said he needed more time to reflect.
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4) PM Nigella remark sparked legal row
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25463681#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Lawyers acting for the Grillo sisters tried to get their trial halted after David Cameron was reported as saying he was on "team Nigella", it can now be reported.
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5) NSA leaks: Spying targets revealed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-25468263#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The US NSA and Britain's GCHQ monitored the communications of an EU commissioner, UN humanitarian organisations and the Israeli PM, reports say.
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6) Lord's home searched by police
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25465348#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The London home of Lord Janner has been searched as part of an inquiry into allegations of child abuse, Leicestershire Police confirms.
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7) Cameron pledges to defend Falklands
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25463779#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Britain will "always be ready" to defend the Falkland Islands, Prime Minister David Cameron tells islanders in his Christmas message.
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8) Councils lose office-to-flat fight
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25463684#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Three London boroughs lose a legal challenge to new laws allowing the conversion of offices to flats without planning permission.
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9) UK GDP growing faster than forecast
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25461227#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The UK economy is growing faster than previously estimated, according to the latest official figures.
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10) Haass talks to run until Christmas
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-25456712#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Former US diplomat Richard Haass says he will leave "no stone unturned" in an effort to reach an agreement with Northern Ireland's five main parties before Christmas.
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11) Referendum 'clarity' deadline missed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-25451159#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The Scottish and UK governments miss a deadline for reaching a joint agreement on what will happen after the independence referendum.
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12) Torture case against UK rejected
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25464362#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
A tortured Libyan man's bid to sue the British government for allegedly colluding in his rendition cannot be settled in a UK court, the High Court rules.
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13) MPs call for payday loan advert ban
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25450151#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
A committee of MPs has called for a ban on payday loan advertising on children's television, but the industry regards its report as wide of the mark.
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14) Appeal to help tidal surge victims
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-25453847#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Waveney MP Peter Aldous calls on the government to help coastal communities affected by the recent tidal surge which flooded properties in his constituency.
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15) VIDEO: Slot machines 'cause debt and misery'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25464081#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Ed Miliband has blamed fixed odds betting machines for a "gambling epidemic" in parts of the country.
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16) AUDIO: Sandra Howard gets first tattoo at 73
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25464126#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The wife of former Tory minister Michael Howard explains why she has had a butterfly tattooed on her collarbone.
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