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Pay Rise for Parliamentarians Angers Austerity-hit Britain

Peter Griffiths Reuters July 11, 2013 Britain’s members of parliament will get a 9 percent pay rise under a proposal announced on Thursday that outraged a public struggling with wage freezes, high living costs and a government austerity drive. The proposal – which, ironically, was…

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Tenth Arrest Over Woolwich Killing

Vikram Dodd and agencies The Guardian May 27, 2013 The family of murdered soldier Lee Rigby on Sunday in front of floral tributes left at the scene of his killing in Woolwich. Photograph: Olivia Harris/Reuters Detectives investigating the murder of soldier Lee Rigby today arrested…

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