A new financial institution set up by the government to finance charities and community groups is launched with £600m in funds.

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A five-year-old girl is among 400 children to have received assistance from the government’s Forced Marriage Unit in the last year.

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Transplant operations in the UK will continue despite concerns about contamination of the fluid used to preserve some organs, the government’s chief medical officer has said.

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The solution used to preserve some donor organs could be contaminated with bacteria, the government says.

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David Cameron says he “loves a hot pasty”, but defends the government’s decision to slap VAT on all sales of the snack.

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The House of Lords backs an amendment to the government’s health bill aimed at assuaging Liberal democrat concerns over a growth of competition within the NHS.

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Peers accept concessions on NHS

Seventy business leaders, MPs and trade unionists have written to the Sunday Telegraph, calling on the government to support airport expansion.

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The controversy over the desecration of copies of the Koran in Afghanistan and the murder of Americans that followed is, on one level, one moment in a long war. But it also highlights the difficult and ultimately unsustainable aspect of America’s Afghan policy. President Obama wants to draw down troops, but his strategy remains to transition power and authority to an Afghan national army and police force as well as to the government in Kabul, which would run the country and its economy. This is a fantasy. We must recognize that and pursue a more realistic alternative. Read full article > >

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“ We are not pretending that the human rights situation in Syria is perfect. . . . We are aware that there is a regression in the quality of services usually provided by the government to the population by the regions facing violence.” Read full article > >

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How to advance Syria’s transition

Entrepreneur Emma Harrison steps down as the government’s “family champion” amid a police probe into irregularities at her company A4e.

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Federal regulators have authorized nearly $100 million in payments to cover the legal costs of three former Fannie Mae executives, including more than $37 million since the government seized the firms more than three years ago, a watchdog said Tuesday. Read full article > >

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President Obama and Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney offered competing proposals Wednesday for how the government should tax citizens and companies, previewing the ideological clash over taxes that is likely to be at the forefront of the general-election campaign. Read full article > >

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Obama, Romney offer contrasting tax plans

MPs are calling on the government to simplify the law on missing people presumed dead.

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More than 2,000 armed forces reservists are being called up to boost security for this summer’s London Olympics, the government announces.

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Reservists called up for Olympics

CAIRO — Investigative judges in Egypt said Wednesday that the Americans and Egyptians who have been charged in the government’s crackdown on U.S.-funded pro-democracy groups could face up to five years in prison for working at unlicensed organizations. Read full article > >

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