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Reports suggest MPs are calling for salaries of £100,000
MPs’ call for £100,000 salaries condemned

A trade union leader has condemned reports suggesting MPs are pushing for a 66 per cent pay rise to take their salaries to £100,000 a year. GMB general secretary Paul Kenny said the claim was unacceptable at a time when thousands of public sector workers were having pay rises capped at three per cent. The… Read more »

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UN secretary general says situation in Iraq is worse than civil war
Annan: Iraq situation worse than civil war

The life of ordinary Iraqis is worse now than under Saddam Hussein, the United Nations (UN) secretary general has warned. Kofi Annan said the violence in the Middle Eastern country at the moment was “much worse” than the civil wars seen in Lebanon and other countries in recent years. His comments come ahead of Tony… Read more »