THE government was last night under pressure over its refusal to give a free vote on the controversial Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. ... Ministers faced calls to explain why Labour MPs were given free votes on just three aspects of the legislation – whether...
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Deborah Haynes and Richard Beeston in Baghdad British combat forces are no longer needed to maintain security in southern Iraq and should leave the country, Nouri al-Maliki, the Iraqi Prime Minister, has told The Times. In an...