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29-02 The Guardian Rip out the traffic lights and railings. Our streets are better without them Simon Jenkins: Drivers and pedestrians negotiating shared space is shown to cut accidents and traffic, yet flat-earth planners won't believe it
29-02 The Guardian Worrying words Leader: Thankfully, much of ministers tough talk on the welfare state is not being translated into action
29-02 The Guardian Maybe Eton's pupils are simply brighter than state schools' Response: Private schools are a huge success story; they shouldn't be changed or abolished, says David James
29-02 The Guardian Government accused over plastic bag waste One million plastic bags handed out by government departments despite PM's call to phase out their use
29-02 The Guardian How the Daily Mail seized the moment to go into battle The Daily Mail has hijacked the campaign to ban plastic bags and will chalk up any resulting ban as a victory. By Owen Gibson
29-02 The Guardian CBI attacks Treasury plans to levy £30,000 non-dom tax Government proposals to impose tax changes on non-doms are damaging the country, says CBI
29-02 The Guardian Cash, more questions MPs don't even need receipts for expenses under £250 because their word has always been trusted. But following revelations about how the murky system of allowances works - and how easy it is to exploit - will they have to come clean? Julian Glover repor
29-02 The Guardian Lansley's talk of spending cuts upsets Tory shadow cabinet Shadow health secretary sparks row by declaring public spending cuts are needed to pay for health service
29-02 The Guardian Miliband rejects Olympic boycott but urges reforms Foreign secretary David Miliband calls on China to open up politically as well as economically
28-02 The Guardian Met chief intervenes over Conway payments Parliament's standards watchdog has been asked to consider whether the Derek Conway case should be referred to Scotland Yard
28-02 The Guardian Politics Weekly podcast: a week of protest politics Is Britain entering a new era of protest politics? Chris Huhne, Polly Toynbee and Tom Happold discuss.
28-02 The Guardian Huhne attacks Speaker over EU vote The Commons Speaker, Michael Martin, was strongly criticised today by a senior Liberal Democrat MP for not allowing a vote on a referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union
28-02 The Guardian Miliband urges engagement with China Foreign secretary says 'no opportunity has been wasted' to raise human rights concerns with Chinese officials
28-02 The Guardian Court bans deportation of terror suspect Britain's expulsion programme thrown into doubt after key ruling by European court of human rights
28-02 The Guardian Ministers accused of hypocrisy over post office closures Six cabinet ministers were accused of "hypocrisy" today after it emerged that they have campaigned against specific post office closures
28-02 The Guardian Council tax to rise by 3.9% Council tax bills in England are set to rise by 3.9%, a survey published today suggests
28-02 The Guardian Suzanne Goldenberg on Hillary Clinton's chances in next week's presidential primaries in Texas and Ohio Suzanne Goldenberg surveys next week's presidential primaries in Texas and Ohio and says that the polls trend is against Clinton
28-02 The Guardian Laptop sold on eBay hid confidential Home Office disc Home Office launches investigation into how a disc holding confidential information was discovered hidden inside a laptop bought on eBay
28-02 The Guardian Wider schools divide linked to higher rates of violent crime Teenagers are more likely to be convicted of violent crimes and racially motivated offences in areas which have sharp educational divides
28-02 The Guardian MPs call for inquiry into Tesco's tax avoidance MPs call for a crackdown on tax avoidance following revelations concerning Tesco's use of offshore tax havens
28-02 The Guardian Green grant revamp to make homes more carbon efficient The government will announce a revamp of its controversial grant programme for renewable energy in budget week next month
28-02 The Guardian Airport protesters take to parliament roof Five activists, from campaign group Plane Stupid, are thought to have used visitors' passes to get inside
28-02 The Guardian Cameron faces multicultural bear trap Michael White: David Cameron turned his thoughts to the thorny question of multiculturalism this week
28-02 The Guardian Straw sacrifices prostitution law to ban strikes by prison staff Government drops parts of criminal justice bill to ensure that powers banning prison officers striking get on to the statute book
28-02 The Guardian GP practices earning 58% more for 5% less work, audit office finds GPs' earnings soar by more than half over last two years, but they are doing 5% less work
28-02 The Guardian The true cost of war In 2005, a Nobel prize-winning economist began the painstaking process of calculating the true cost of the Iraq war. In his new book, he reveals how short-sighted budget decisions, cover-ups and a war fought in bad faith will affect us all for decades to c
27-02 The Guardian Parliamentary watchdog will not investigate MPs' expenses The Westminster sleaze watchdog will not conduct an independent inquiry of MPs' expenses for fear of duplicating an internal review headed by the Commons Speaker, it was revealed today
27-02 The Guardian Tebbit attacks Cameron's 'Blairite' shadow cabinet Lord Tebbit has tonight launched a ferocious attack on David Cameron, accusing him of alienating voters and 'planting the poisonous tree of Blairism' in his shadow cabinet
27-02 The Guardian Uncertain future for a controversial database The European court of human rights is set to decide the future of the world's largest DNA database
27-02 The Guardian Video: Brown holds his own at PMQs As a rooftop protest takes place overhead, Gordon Brown has all the answers
27-02 The Guardian Cameron promises tax cuts for business David Cameron today aimed to present the Conservatives as the friends of business as he promised to cut taxes and regulation and put an end to 'economic incompetence and reckless borrowing'
27-02 The Guardian The Chiltern Hundreds beckon Welcome to the Backbencher, guardian.co.uk's weekly insider's guide to Westminster.
27-02 The Guardian UK 'missed chance to build up £450bn sovereign wealth fund' Report looks at what could have been if windfall from North Sea oil had been saved rather than used to cut taxes and boost spending
27-02 The Guardian Direct action group with roots in Iraq protests Anti-aviation group Plane Stupid was founded by activists who met on protest marches against the Iraq war
27-02 The Guardian Security breach stirs memories of 2004 In terms of security failures, 2004 was parliament's annus horribilis
27-02 The Guardian Gallery: Heathrow protest at Houses of Parliament Protesters calling for a halt to the Heathrow airport third-runway expansion scale the roof of the Houses of Parliament
27-02 The Guardian The new drugs strategy explained The government today published its report, Drugs: Protecting Families and Communities. Senior political correspondent Andrew Sparrow summarises its key points
27-02 The Guardian Minister pledges bigger role for social enterprises The communities secretary, Hazel Blears, today promised to help make social enterprise central to public service delivery in housing, regeneration and neighbourhood renewal
27-02 The Guardian Ministers unveil drugs plan linking benefits to treatment Measures designed to reduce costs caused by drug abuse unveiled by ministers - including proposal that drug users lose welfare benefits if they repeatedly fail to take part in treatment programmes
27-02 The Guardian Runway protesters take to roof of parliament Protesters demonstrating against planned third Heathrow runway stage demonstration on roof of Houses of Parliament.
27-02 The Guardian Ministers to unveil £37m boost for social enterprise Ministers today will promise a multimillion pound programme of new investment to enable social enterprises to provide public services and access new sources of investment
27-02 The Guardian Yesterday in parliament February 26 session: Plans for a Las Vegas-style supercasino were finally scrapped as the government gave the go-ahead instead for eight large and eight small casinos.
27-02 The Guardian £250m could be left from TV switchover MPs have warned that the government may have 'massively overestimated' the number of people requiring financial help to make the switch to digital television. By Owen Gibson
27-02 The Guardian Truancy rate rises to 63,000 pupils a day Truancy rates among pupils in England rose last year to their highest level since records began in 1997
27-02 The Guardian First Great Western forced to make £29m changes First Great Western close to being sacked by the government after breaching franchise twice
27-02 The Guardian Government accused as supercasino plan is deemed a gamble too far Government accused of offering no new compensation following decision not to allow supercasinos in Blackpool or Manchester
27-02 The Guardian Terror remands over 28 days will be rare, minister tells rebel MPs Home Office minister Tony McNulty says that new anti-terror powers would only be triggered on exceptional occasions
27-02 The Guardian Cultural sensitivity putting rights at risk, warns Cameron Tory leader warns of 'cultural cloak of sensitivity' preventing authority figures from protecting human rights
27-02 The Guardian Get treatment or lose benefit, drug users told Addicts face losing welfare payments if they fail to participate in treatment programmes
27-02 The Guardian Space probe With overcrowding in UK jails reaching crisis point, Alan Travis talks to justice secretary Jack Straw about what options he has left to tackle the problem of a prison population that has hit an all-time high