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12:39am Tuesday 14th February 2012

Banning smoking in public places also leads to cuts in the amount people smoke at home, research suggests.

12:30am Tuesday 14th February 2012

Unemployment could be as high as 6.3 million in the UK if a different counting measure was used, highlighting the true scale of joblessness, according to a new report.

12:04am Tuesday 14th February 2012

Banning smoking in public places also leads to cuts in the amount people who smoke at home, research suggests.

12:04am Tuesday 14th February 2012

Single parents who commit benefit fraud by secretly living with someone as husband and wife are to face "tough" new sanctions, the Government has announced.

12:04am Tuesday 14th February 2012

Unemployment could be as high as 6.3 million in the UK if a different counting measure was used, highlighting the true scale of joblessness, according to a new report.

12:04am Tuesday 14th February 2012

Action will be taken to reduce the £2 billion-a-year cost of insurance claims for whiplash to help deal with the UK's "compensation culture", David Cameron will say.

11:54pm Monday 13th February 2012

Britain's AAA credit rating has been put on a "negative outlook" by ratings agency Moody's amid fears over weaker growth prospects and potential shocks from the eurozone crisis.

11:46pm Monday 13th February 2012

Hollywood actor Sean Penn has weighed into the Falklands dispute amid growing tension between Britain and Argentina.

9:55pm Monday 13th February 2012

Human rights campaigners say they might ask the UK's highest court to consider what rights disabled air travellers could expect on board aircraft.

9:55pm Monday 13th February 2012

The police watchdog is to investigate whether officers ordered the destruction of documents which caused the collapse of a multimillion-pound police corruption trial.