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Coalition split over Europe

by Daphne Liddle

THE DEEP dark divisions over the European Union that have festered and frothed away for years beneath the surface of the Con-Dem Coalition — and the Tory party itself — have broken out.

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Bedroom tax claims its first suicide

STEPHANIE Bottrill, aged 53, last week threw herself in front of a lorry at junction four of the M6 motorway, as a result of anxiety and despair at the prospect of losing her home because a “bedroom tax” cut to her housing benefit left her with a rent higher than she could pay.

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Editorial

Tories implode over Europe

THE DIVISIONS over Europe within the Tory party have been widening sharply since the local elections, where they lost significant support to the United Kingdom Independence Party.

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