But Opec hawks Iran, Libya, and Algeria warned in a statement that market stability is a responsibility of non-Opec as well as Opec producers, implying they might oppose the production increases.

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Conservative MP Peter Bone said the "first duty" of the deputy PM was to "support the prime minister", and claimed Mr Clegg had "swished away" the doctrine of collective responsibility by making a separate statement.

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Separately, conservative Democrats in the House, who have been pushing for a strong statement from leadership on fiscal responsibility in the budget, may have some of their concerns addressed.

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The Army's top legislative official has taken responsibility and resigned, said the Army statement, which summarizes the results of an investigation by the Army Inspector General.

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The Chancellor will deliver his statement to Parliament against a very gloomy backdrop of economic figures from the independent Office for Budget Responsibility and from the OECD which says the economy is about to slip back into recession.

BBC: Chancellor aims to help 'squeezed middle'

That is why I would expect the Office for Budget Responsibility to tell us in the Autumn Statement that the Bank's policy of quantitative easing is going to save the government money overall, even if the Treasury does have to send some money back to the Bank.

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And in his statement he made a point of saying that they were fully paid for and an example of fiscal responsibility.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

In a Commons statement on Thursday, the prime minister vowed to "restore a sense of stronger sense of morality and responsibility".

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"Immediate relief and long-term compensation must be provided by the brands who were sourcing from these factories, and responsibility taken for their lack of action to prevent this happening, " she said in a statement to the BBC.

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Many of these decent dozen will also require that a responsible author sign a statement saying that he or she will take responsibility for the way a drug trial was conducted, had full access to the data and controlled the decision to publish.

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