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Billy Tallon, who worked for the Queen Mother

The butler does it... for peanuts

Liam O'Brien: Who'd wait on the rich for less than the minimum wage? Plenty of people, it turns out. You can get the staff these days.

Sell up now before it's too late, expert tells Damien Hirst fans

Dalya Alberge: Spalding claims the penny will drop that "con art" has no place in top galleries.

'I thought I could never live a normal life'

In 2001, Kevin Dooley was a heroin addict. An interview with The Independent marked the start of a remarkable change in fortunes.

David Cameron has announced a140 per cent increase of public funds for dementia by 2015

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Nina Lakhani: One in three children born today will live to be 100. So is this a good news story – or a nightmare scenario?

Strauss-Kahn on vice-ring charges

Rob Hastings: Former head of IMF is released on €100,000 bail.

Government set to publish long-awaited planning reforms

The Government will today publish long-awaited reforms to the planning system which have been the focus of a bitter dispute.

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Leading article: The only solution is absolute transparency

Even by David Cameron's standards, it was a swift U-turn. First thing yesterday, Downing Street was still refusing to publish a list of the significant donors to the Conservative Party who had dined at No 10. By mid-morning, the Prime Minister had bowed to the pressure of the inevitable, and details of four dinners were duly released. Quite right, too.

Leading article: A reversion to type in North Korea

Kim Sengupta: The latest killings prove that nowhere is safe anymore

Amol Rajan: Cruddas cannot have made up this corrupt culture

Letters: Funding and sleaze

The Falklands: A view from Argentina

Like the old saying goes, the grass is always greener on the other side. Talking to journalists from...

Increasing alcohol prices will only make “pre-loading” more appealing

I’m imagine David Cameron would have had more than five pints of lager on a night out with his Bulli...

Cash for Cameron: Eat, drink and be lobbied

As I read the news that Prime Minister David Cameron was available for dinner with donors in return ...

Could the mind play a bigger role in healthcare?

As warnings of antibiotics losing their effectiveness are circulated, Tony Lobl argues the power of ...

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