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Darling won't pay for Brown give-away

As he prepares for his Pre-Budget Report, the newly confident Chancellor is standing up to the pressure

• Rachel Sylvester

E-mails were quoted out of context

We non-media-savvy scientists at the University of East Anglia have learnt a hard lesson

• Andrew Watson

Believe it or not, Big Brother is your friend

A semi-apocalyptic report this year about the surveillance state has turned out to be partisan and full of holes

• David Aaronovitch

Columnists  

Brittle Britain: anxious and stressed

Loneliness and lack of support have become much more important than material poverty

• Geoff Mulgan

Cash savings don't mean bad services

I am switching sides to help the Tories take the tough decisions needed to make cuts in spending

• Bernard Gray

I smell a rat in our concern for this rodent

If showbiz animals can’t be eaten, I’ll train up some Christmas turkeys

• Natalie Haynes

Leading articles

Preparing for Government

David Cameron seems content to drift into power on the back of Labour’s unpopularity. Even if this strategy succeeds it will provide no mandate to govern

Landing on Green

A third runway at Heathrow would fall within emissions targets. This is good news

Taking No Prisoners

China’s continued detention of the dissident Liu Xiaobo stains its world standing

Faith  

Bishop 'to resign' over Irish sex abuse report

Bishop Donal Murray has asked for people's prayers and is expected to offer his resignation to Pope Benedict

Gunman who tried to kill Pope to be released

Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish right-winger who shot John Paul II in 1981, says he will pray at late pontiff's tomb

Anglican church in crisis as lesbian bishop elected

Dr Rowan Williams says election by US church of second openly gay bishop has serious implications for Anglican church

Pope health fears as Midnight Mass moved forward

Vatican insists Benedict XVI's busy schedule is only reason traditional service has been brought forward to 10pm

Obituaries  

Otto Graf Lambsdorff

Economics minister in West Germany whose reputation was sullied by association with a controversy over political donations

Elspeth Holderness

Staunch opponent of all-white rule in Rhodesia who set up a school for black children in her back garden

Antonia Hunt

Campaigner for the rights of refugees who co-founded Charter 87 and worked closely with Helen Bamber

Robert Holdstock

Campaigner for the rights of refugees who co-founded Charter 87 and worked closely with Helen Bamber

Join the Debate  

Corus blames job cuts on lack of support

Britain’s biggest steelmaker tore into the Government as it said it was mothballing most of a site, cutting 1,700 jobs

'Police not spending any more time on the beat'

Government’s adviser on red tape criticised policing practises as the Home Secretary announced measures to save £545m

Strong City is not just good for Britain

Our financial institutions are New York’s only rival. Europe must not be allowed to hamper them

Co-ed schools divide classes by sex

Teachers find that both boys and girls concentrate better in lessons without the distraction of the opposite sex