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UK set to be last out of Afghanistan: 8 in the morning – July 1st

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By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

* Defence minister Liam Fox has indicated that UK troops could be among the last to leave Afghanistan.

* Secret documents show how Lord Goldsmith changed his advice on the legality of the Iraq war – and how Blair showed his frustration…

* Conor McGinn asks whether or not Ken Clarke has the courage of his convictions over penal reform….

* A right wing Tory MP has called for a burka ban.

* Luke Akehurst takes Iain Dale to task – and explains how jobs are created.

* David Miliband says that Labour needs a “revived politics of Englishness”.

* Tony Blair has been awarded the “Liberty Medal” by the National Constitution Centre in the US.

* And the Labour Values team look at what they’ve learned so far….

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