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Gordon Brown holds cabinet meeting in London
Jack Straw, the Ministry of Justice, arrives at No.10 Downing St. for the weekly cabinet meetings on May 5, 2009 in London. Prime Minister Gordon Brown's leadership is under pressure after a series of leaks from fellow ministers. (UPI Photo/Hugo Philpott)

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Jack Straw: No ban on burkas in Britain
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Straw to check Powell phone records
Straw to check Powell phone records
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I do not believe that this is a matter which should be the subject of the criminal law in which we were expecting the police to remove these items of apparel from women who choose for religious or cultural reasons to wear them
Jack Straw: No ban on burkas in Britain
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Everybody who has been made aware of these unfolding events, of course, is surprised by the nature of the raid, and I certainly understand the concern of my parliamentary colleagues
Straw: Smith acted properly in leak case
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As soon as I heard about the course at HMP Whitemoor, I instructed that it must be immediately canceled
Inmates miss out on prison comedy class
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There's no question that the 10-pence tax has affected some people, not as many as the newspapers suggest, but those who it has affected it has affected adversely
Straw: Labor can overcome local defeats
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They see these young women, white girls who are vulnerable, some of them in (social) care ... who they think are easy meat
MP: Some Pakistanis target 'easy meat'
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