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0But a police spokesman said on Friday: "As a result of this new development additional investigation will be required before a final file can be submitted to the CPS." 02br
00Lib Dem Treasury spokesman Vincent Cable told the BBC the allegations were doing "a lot of damage" to the credibility of the government and showed the need for rapid agreement on party funding and reform of the House of Lords. 02br
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00"The government in general and the prime minister in particular just seem now hopelessly mired in sleaze and they just cannot escape from it," he said. 02br
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00 Meanwhile a letter has been published from Attorney General Lord Goldsmith, a close ally of Mr Blair, dismissing suggestions by the Lord Chancellor that he would stand aside from a decision on any potential prosecutions. 02br
00In a letter released by the Constitutional Affairs Committee he wrote: "No other minister, however distinguished or senior, has the ability to bind the attorney general in how he exercises his role." 02br
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00I don' know the meaning of the words stand aside.02br
00The word 'stand' has a several meanings.02br
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