New Posts to BBC News - Politics on Dec 12, 2013:
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1) F1's Ecclestone faces inquiry call
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25307307#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
A senior Labour MP calls for a Serious Fraud Office probe into the financial affairs of F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, as an £85m civil case against him is due to end.
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2) Horsemeat: UK food crime unit urged
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25347633#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
A specialist food crime unit should be set up in the UK in the wake of the horsemeat scandal, a government-commissioned review has recommended.
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3) Plan for big MP pay rise defended
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25344188#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The body which sets MPs' salaries defends plans to award an 11% pay rise, saying other changes mean it will not cost taxpayers "a penny more".
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4) Osborne: Billions of savings needed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25349236#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The government will have to find billions of pounds of fresh savings from the welfare budget, says the Chancellor, George Osborne.
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5) Ignore PM Nigella quotes, says judge
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25350419#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The jury in the fraud trial of Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi's former PAs is told to ignore complimentary comments made about her by the prime minister.
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6) Benefits tests are 'confrontational'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25354881#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
An independent review finds that there is "considerable dissatisfaction" with the Work Capability Assessment system, despite progress in the way it operates.
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7) Warning over PCC poll flop repeat
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25350158#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The government should bring back free mail shots after the record low turnout at last year's police and crime commissioner (PCC) elections, the Electoral Commission says.
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8) Unite in Labour voting strength plea
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25354933#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Unite trade union demands that its voting strength at the Labour conference should retain its strength, even if fewer members sign up to the party.
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9) Wales' students 'put off Oxbridge'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-25354809#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Many teenagers in Wales are put off from applying to Oxford and Cambridge Universities because of a lack of self-confidence, says a report.
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10) VIDEO: Mandela 'journalism verged on hysteria'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25360700#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
All sense of proportion was lost by the media in the coverage of the death of Nelson Mandela, said a former UK defence secretary.
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11) 'Why MPs should get 11% pay rise'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25336480#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The reasons watchdog thinks your MP should get big pay rise
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12) The odd list of bag-levy dodgers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25240097#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Which purchases won?t incur a 5p bag charge?
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