Labour leader Ed Miliband says welfare changes will leave 7,000 cancer patients worse off – but ministers dispute the figures.

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Cancer patients ‘to be worse off’

Bank of England governor Mervyn King and Stagecoach transport boss Brian Souter are among the figures from the City and business recognised on the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

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King and Souter head City honours

Some would-be artists had inner critics, or third-grade teachers, or father figures who told them to settle down, so they put their creativity away. The irrepressible ones, who make art like they breathe, never really can.

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Art is to these locals like the air they breathe — an irrepressible part of their lives

If President Obama’s tax deal falls apart, this figures to be the snag: House Democrats will probably amend the estate tax so that instead of kicking in at a rate of 35 percent on estates worth more than $5 million, it will kick in at 45 percent on…

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House Tries to Amend Estate Tax

Marilyn Monroe, soldiers and Indian chiefs are among the figures sculpted in ice at a show in Belgium.

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Marilyn Monroe sculpted in ice

Dannel P. Malloy topped the G.O.P. candidate, Thomas C. Foley, according to official election results, but Mr. Foley said he would not accept the figures.

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Democrat Declared to Win Connecticut Governor’s Race

Senior Welsh Labour figures claim the party will begin to recover with Ed Miliband’s leadership contest victory, and predict victory in next year’s assembly election.

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Miliband ‘will help Labour win’