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Supporters of Merthyr Town Football Club objected to having their ground renamed the Cigg-e Stadium in a £60,000 sponsorship deal with a manufacturer of electronic cigarettes. Some more unappealing football sponsors: Northern Rock Still sponsoring Newcastle United in 2009, two years after the bank run Wonga Newcastle’s new sponsors Cambridge Pet Crematorium Sponsors of a local under-12s league Rentokil Sponsors of Yarraville Glory FC, a club for eight-to-17-year-olds in Victoria, AustraliaVotes and prayers
Steve Webb, the pensions minister, claimed that God would vote Lib Dem. For which party are people of various religious beliefs inclined to vote?|
christian |
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| Conservative | 40% |
| Labour | 30% |
| Lib Dem | 18% |
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MUSLIM |
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| Conservative | 18% |
| Labour | 57% |
| Lib Dem | 19% |
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OTHER RELIGION |
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| Conservative | 57% |
| Labour | 23% |
| Lib Dem | 18% |
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no religion |
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| Conservative | 34% |
| Labour | 26% |
| Lib Dem | 26% |
Building stories
The number of new homes built on the green belt has doubled in a year. Some accuse the government of sacrificing the countryside, but has house-building increased overall?|
NEW HOMES STARTED IN ENGLAND |
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| April–June 2010 | 30,350 |
| April–June 2011 | 29,000 |
| April–June 2012 | 22,160 |
| April–June 2013 | 29,510 |
The campaign drain
Labour and the Conservatives argued over party funding. How much did the first and second-placed parties spend between them in recent elections?| UK (2010) | £24.7m |
| US (2012) | £3.25bn* |
| France (2007) | £34.8m |
| Germany (2009) | £280m† |
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