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''No US-style health system in this country''
Labour accuses government of producing a piece of legislation based on a series of fudges and compromises

E-petition on Hillsborough victim could get Commons debate
Mother of a 15-year-old who was killed during the 1989 Hillsborough disaster could now trigger a parliamentary debate

'Local councils need their own e-petitions'
Local authorities need a petitioning system so residents can get issues debated in the town hall, says Sir George Young

Cost of UK e-petitions revealed
The cost of the government's e-petition website has been revealed amid calls for greater transparency

MPs 'sympathetic' to immigration control e-petition debate
But any resulting parliamentary debate will not be allocated time until a later point, says Backbench Business Committee

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Free Babar Ahmad e-petition should get debate in the main chamber says Fahad AnsariBabar Ahmad and e-petitions 'we want a debate, not magic beans'
There is 'disappointment and anger' that the e-petition to put Babar Ahmad on trial in the UK is to be 'tagged' to a Westminster Hall discussion. 141,000 people want a Commons chamber debate, writes Fahad Ansari