The Foreign Secretary says it is too early to say whether terrorists were British.

A report identified a capured terrorist as Pakistani national Ajmal Amir Kamal. Kamal is a resident of Faridkot, Pakistan, and said the militants were members of Lashkar-E-Taiba, a Pakistan-based group best known for an assault on the Indian parliament in 2001.

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The arrest of Shadow immigration minister Damian Green has caused cross-party anger.

Mr Green was arrested by anti-terror officers, held for nine hours and had his two homes and offices searched as part of a Home Office leak inquiry.

Tory leader David Cameron called the police operation "alarming" and said the government had questions to answer.

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UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling has announced a cut in the UK VAT tax rate from 17.5% to 15% until the end of 2009.

This is a £20 billion boost to the UK economy.

However Government debt levels will be higher than previously forecast.

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30,000 police officers across all forces in England and Wales are to be trained to use 10,000 taser stun guns.

At the moment, only specialist firearms officers can carry a taser gun.

The Taser guns fire two barbed darts with wires attached. The gun then delivers a five second, 50,000 volt shock which can temporarily disable a suspect.

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UK Telecoms firm BT is to shed 10,000 jobs worldwide by March 2009.
4,000 jobs have already been cut and a further 6,000 are planned.

BT expects that no compulsory redundancies will be needed.
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