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Lib Dem MP accuses Prescott of taking tycoon's gifts

The Metropolitan Police have been asked to investigate whether John Prescott broke anti-corruption laws when he accepted an invitation to stay with Philip Anschutz, the billionaire owner of the Millennium Dome. Norman Baker, the sleaze-busting Liberal Democrat MP, wrote to The Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, John Yates, asking him to investigate whether John Prescott broke anti-corruption laws when he accepted an invitation to stay with Philip Anschutz, the billionaire owner of the Millennium Dome.

9 Jul 2006
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Cllr Dean Ramsdale

ASBO Success In Eyres Monsell

Nathan March has now been given a anti-social behaviour order (ASBO), which bans him from entering the Eyres Monsell estate until June 2008. Residents of the area who see him on the estate before then should contact the Police at Welford Road on 222 2222 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

8 Jul 2006
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UK National Identity Card (Design Mock-up)

Government is covering up the facts about ID cards

The Freedom of Information watchdog ordered the Department of Work and Pensions to publish its findings about how the cards could fight ID fraud, the department has decided to appeal against the ruling. Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesman Nick Clegg said "The public has a right to know if the billions of pounds the government is committing to this massive project will be money well spent. It is a measure of the government's failure to justify ID cards that during the passage of the bill they never once released a full estimate of its costs and impact."

7 Jul 2006
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