New Posts to BBC News - Politics on Dec 13, 2013:
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1) Labour MP's 'Pikey' tweet 'mistake'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25363200#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Labour says MP Jack Dromey should not have used the potentially offensive word "Pikey" in a tweet but it was an "innocent mistake".
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2) HS2 project essential to UK, say MPs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25355233#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The HS2 high-speed rail project is essential for the UK's future, MPs say, but campaigners brand their report a "whitewash".
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3) Ministers hail work on gang violence
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25360687#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
A report on gangs highlights a fall in levels of youth violence but campaigners say the government needs to do more to tackle the problem.
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4) Failing free school ordered to close
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-25369094#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The closure of the first failing free school has been ordered by the Department for Education, after inspectors found standards there unacceptably poor.
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5) Migrants face English language test
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25360167#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Immigrants applying for work-related benefits are being tested on the English language skills under a new government programme.
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6) Haass talks 'need to resolve past'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-25361749#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The issue of Northern Ireland's troubled past may never be resolved if politicians fail to reach agreement on how to deal with it, warns Alliance MP Naomi Long.
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7) VIDEO: Have ministers landed on Heathrow?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25375434#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
A key Conservative election manifesto pledge opposing the expansion of Heathrow airport could be broken, BBC Newsnight understands.
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8) VIDEO: Biggest political bets: Scotland and Ukip
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25367929#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Odds have been cut on a yes vote in the Scottish independence referendum, while Ukip looks set to top the poll results in May's European elections, if the bookies can be believed.
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9) VIDEO: European week in 60 seconds
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25366741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The political week in EU matters is reviewed in 60 seconds by David Thompson going back over the headlines from Strasbourg and Brussels for Politics Europe.
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10) VIDEO: Will new German government help UK?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25366757#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
German voters went to the polls in September but are only just about to get their new government, with a grand coalition expected to get the go-ahead this weekend.
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11) VIDEO: Why does the EU have ambassadors?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25369064#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Britain's Baroness Ashton, the European Union's foreign policy supremo, heads up a network of ambassadors, who work for the External Action Service.
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12) VIDEO: 'We need more women in top jobs'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25360697#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Women are paid on average around £5,000 a year less than men, and the issue is overlooked because of a lack of women MPs, said the boss of Ann Summers.
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13) VIDEO: 'Respect the fact I choose to sell my body'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25366759#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
An MEP explained why she wants Britain to follow other nations and change the laws over paying for sex.
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14) More 'bus driver magistrates' needed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25363168#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Getting working class people involved in public life
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15) How fragile is the 2014 recovery?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25364772#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
How fragile is the 2014 recovery?
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16) VIDEO: Reviewing week of MPs' 11% pay rise plan
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25360698#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The Spectator's Isabel Hardman reviews the political week
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