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Leader: Gordon Brown
Seats in Parliament: 349
Founded: 1900
Headquarters: 39 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0HA
European affiliation: Party of European Socialists
Website: www.labour.org.uk
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Leader: David Cameron
Seats in Parliament: 193
Founded: 1912
Headquarters: 30 Millbank, London SW1
European affiliation: Movement for European Reform
Website: www.conservatives.com
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Leader: Nick Clegg
Seats in Parliament: 63
Founded: 1988
Headquarters: 4 Cowley Street, London, SW1P 3NB
European affiliation: European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party
Website: www.libdems.org.uk
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Binyamin Netenyahu concedes to US demands
Israeli prime minister agrees to temporary freeze on construction in Ramat Shlomo, and accepts need for "confidence-building".
"Substantial" risk that student loans crisis will reoccur
Report by government watchdog criticises "unacceptable" delays in processing student loans and grants.
Pope writing letter to Irish Catholics about abuse
Letter will contain guidelines for preventing and punishing the sexual abuse of children by priests.
Tory lead remains at just four points
Latest YouGov poll suggests Labour would remain the single largest party.
Hague was aware of Ashcroft tax deal, leaked papers suggest
Former Tory leader was "satisfied" with deal allowing Ashcroft to remain a non-dom.
Nissan to build compact electric car in UK
The Japanese automaker Nissan has announced it will manufacture the new Leaf compact electric car at its Sunderland plant in the UK.
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