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• Graduate salaries 'stay at £25k'
  Research suggests the average graduate salary will remain at £25,000 for the second year running.
  
  
• UK to launch civilian aid group
  A UK civilian stabilisation group is to be launched later to help rebuild countries hit by conflict or disaster.
  
  
• Terror asset Bill passes Commons
  Emergency legislation is rushed through the House of Commons to allow the assets of suspected terrorists to be frozen.
  
  
• Better worker rights laws urged
  Laws protecting workers' rights need to be improved to properly tackle poverty, a charity says.
  
  
• MPs to decide on vote referendum
  MPs are to vote on Gordon Brown's plan for a referendum on changing Britain's "first past the post" voting system.
  
  
• More snow expected in eastern US
  New snow fall is forecast to hit the Mid-Atlantic US as some cities remain largely paralysed for a third day after the weekend's heavy snow.
  
  
• Lawro's Premier League predictions
  Mark Lawrenson's verdict on the midweek Premier League fixtures
  
  
• Success before surprise in Afghan operation
  The BBC's Frank Gardner asks why Nato has given up the element of surprise in its upcoming Operation Moshtarak in southern Afghanistan.
  
  
• Cameron attacks Brown on expenses
  David Cameron accuses Gordon Brown of being in "headlong retreat" after Labour suspends the MPs facing expenses charges.
  
  
• Women bishops 'mistake' warning
  Ordaining women as bishops would be "a mistake", some 50 clergy have warned in a letter to the General Synod.
  
  
• Eel passes help endangered fish
  A scheme pioneered in a Somerset river is helping to preserve the endangered European eel.
  
  
• Ali Dizaei jailed for corruption
  Metropolitan Police Commander Ali Dizaei is sentenced to four years for misconduct and perverting the course of justice.
  
  
• Sri Lanka election loser arrested
  The defeated candidate in Sri Lanka's presidential election, General Sarath Fonseka, is arrested for "military offences".
  
  
• Family Focus: Positive Parenting
  Family Focus: Positive parenting
  
  
• President for a day: 'No to divisiveness'
  Tell us what your inaugural address to the nation would be if you were elected president of your country.
  
  
• Belfast law firm sues trade union
  A Belfast firm of solicitors is suing a trade union for allegedly breaching a 10-year contract to provide legal services to its members.
  
  
• Transforming Britain by accident?
  Prospect editor David Goodhart explores the reasons behind the growth in immigration, arguably the biggest social change in recent history in the UK.
  
  
• Speaker warns MPs over comments
  Speaker John Bercow warns MPs not to risk the chances of a fair trial for the three MPs facing charges over their expenses.
  
  
• Tax fears for holiday let owners
  Tax break changes for holiday lets could cost the South West thousands of jobs and up to £110m, tourism bodies warn.
  
  
• Q&A: Parliamentary privilege
  The director of public prosecutions has announced that four Parliamentarians will face criminal prosecution over their expenses claims. So how and why has the issue of Parliamentary privilege become a factor in the prosecutions?