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17 February 2012 Last updated at 11:44 ET David Cameron and Nick Clegg on a hospital visit after announcing plans for health reforms David Cameron and his embattled Health Secretary Andrew Lansley are digging in. They may need to keep their political hea
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MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - Feb. 14, 2012) - Swinton, the UK's leading high street retailer of car insurance is warning motorists that they could be hit with an increase in fixed penalty fines. In proposals put forward by Justice Secretary,
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Kenneth Clarke was wrong to try to stop two women prisoners being allowed time out of prison to see their children, said Mrs Justice Lang. She said the Justice Secretary misinterpreted policy and acted in a way which was incompatible with human rights le
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Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, delivered the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture Monday night in Sage Chapel, linking his grandfather’s theory of nonviolence to King. “I changed the two words, ‘non-violence’ to one word, ‘nonvio
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The case for his deportation from this country is immensely strong but the rule of law must not be tossed aside Barring the jihadist preacher himself, there is probably not a soul in this country who thinks that Britain is a better place for the presence
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Kenneth Clarke will say the Strasbourg-based human rights court is "overloaded and can't recover without further reform". His comments come after David Cameron launched a drive to reform the court last month amid anger in the UK over rulings which blocke
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British courts are best placed to understand British problems and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) was never intended to be an appeal court for routine cases, the Justice Secretary will say. Kenneth Clarke will say the Strasbourg-based human rig
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Radical changes to the justice system will sweep away centuries of fair trial protections, senior lawyers and civil liberty campaigners warned yesterday. Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke wants ministers to have the power to withhold evidence they deem ‘s
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The limit on small claims in the county court is to be doubled to £10,000 as part of government measures to speed up civil litigation. Justice secretary Kenneth Clarke today set out plans to divert up to 80,000 more cases to a small claims mediation proc
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Ministers have rounded on the Justice Secretary after saying the release Osama bin Laden's right hand man in Europe, Abu Qatada, had nothing to do with one of Europe's top courts. Kenneth Clarke said the extremist had 'not committed any crime' and his re
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Justice secretary Kenneth Clarke may reconsider the case for statutory regulation of third-party litigation funding amid claims that a voluntary code has ‘manifest weaknesses’. The government, which has so far favoured self-regulation for external litiga
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PROPOSALS to give stronger rights to divorced and separated fathers have been welcomed by members of the charity campaigning for parental equality. The moves, by Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke, could also boost the influence of grandparents after a spl
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Kenneth Clarke, the Justice Secretary, admitted yesterday that there were "dangers" in his plans to give stronger rights to divorced and separated parents to see their children. He stopped short of guaranteeing equal access, but confirmed proposals to ch
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Separating couples are to be forced to go to mediation before turning to the courts in the biggest shake-up of family law for more than 20 years. Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke said the Government would legislate to make it compulsory for anyone wishin
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6 February 2012 Last updated at 08:46 ET Cameras are allowed in courtrooms in the US Three of the UK's biggest news providers have written to the Prime Minister urging legislation to overturn the ban on cameras in courtrooms to be included in this year's
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Strengthening shared parenting after divorce and speeding up care and adoption cases are among ‘ambitious and system-wide’ reforms outlined by the government today to improve the family justice system. Responding to the Norgrove Family Justice Review, ju
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The government is due to issue its response today, 6th February, to the Family Justice Review, chaired by David Norgrove. The Justice Minister, Kenneth Clarke, will make a statement to the House of Commons later today. It has been reported that in the re
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Roger Smith speaking at the Westminster Legal Policy Forum last week. At a conference last week Roger Smith, the director of the law reform organisation Justice, criticised the government’s Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill (’the Leg
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Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Times fire strong warning shots at Cameron "The prime minister’s problem is more basic. People no longer know what he stands for, if they ever did, and he is radiating weakness from Downing Street."
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Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke said that short sentences of up to six months would no longer have to be declared on job applications after two years, compared to a current limit of seven. And only jail terms of four years or longer would never be consi
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 7: Queen Elizabeth II sits next to Lord Chancellor Ken Clarke (2R) as she officially opens the Rolls Building, the latest addition to the Royal Courts of Justice, on December 7, 2011 in London, England.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 15: Justice Secretary Ken Clarke arrives in Downing Street to attend the weekly Cabinet meeting on November 15, 2011 in London, England. Home Secretary Theresa May has revealed that 10 million people entered the UK in August 2011 alone during a pilot scheme...
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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 14: Kenneth Clarke, The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice attends the Lord Mayor of the City of London's Banquet on November 14, 2011 in London, England. British Prime Minister David Cameron will address the audience of the the Newly...
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MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 04: Kenneth Clarke, The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice addresses delegates during the Conservative Party Conference at Manchester Central on October 4, 2011 in Manchester, England. Later Theresa May, Secretary of State for the Home...
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British Secretary of State for Justice, Kenneth Clarke, addresses delegates at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, north-west England on October 4, 2011.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 03: Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Ken Clarke leads the Judges' procession to Parliament from Westminster Abbey on October 3, 2011 in London, England. The start of the legal year is marked with a traditional religious service and procession...
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 21: Justice Minister Ken Clarke leaves 10 Downing Street on June 21, 2011 in London, England. Ken Clarke is under pressure to keep his job as Justice Minister after David Cameron rejected his plans for a fifty per cent reduction in sentences for early guilty pleas.
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British Secretary of State for Justice, Ken Clarke, leaves 10 Downing Street in central London, following a cabinet meeting, on June 21, 2011.
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British Justice Secretary, Kenneth Clarke leaves his home in London, on May 19, 2011. British Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke was yesterday battling to save his job after suggesting there was a distinction between 'serious rape' and other forms of the crime. The former shadow finance...
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LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 19: Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke talks to reporters as he leaves home on May 19, 2011 in London, England. Mr Clarke is facing criticism over his comments on rape during a radio interview on May 18, 2011.
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British Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke leaves 10 Downing Street in London, on May 11, 2011.
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Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Ken Clarke arrives for a Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, in central London, on May 10, 2011. Wednesday May 11, 2011 will be the first anniversary of the Coalition Government.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 03: Justice Secretary Ken Clarke arrives in Downing Street to attend a Cabinet meeting on May 3, 2011 in London, England. The Cabinet are expected to be briefed on the killing of fugitive terrorist Osama Bin Laden by US special forces in the Pakistani city of...
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LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 29: Secretary of State for Justice Kenneth Clarke arrives in Westminster Abbey ahead of the Royal Wedding of Prince William to Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011 in London, England. The marriage of the second in line to the British throne...
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British Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke (L) shakes hand with his Croatian counterpart Drazen Bosnjakovic during their meeting in Zagreb April 13, 2011.
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