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• Clegg Blames Tories as U.K. Register of Lobbying Firms Falters

  U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said he remains committed to introducing a register of lobbying companies, indicating the plans have faltered after his Conservative coalition partners blocked the move.

• Queen Should Abdicate If Too Ill to Rule, Says U.K. YouGov Poll

  Queen Elizabeth II should step down from the throne if she becomes to ill to rule, a Sunday Times YouGov poll showed for the first time, according to the newspaper today.

• Queen Elizabeth II to Miss Commonwealth Meeting in Sri Lanka

  Queen Elizabeth II, the U.K. monarch who is also head of the 54 nations of the Commonwealth, will not attend its meeting in Sri Lanka later this year and will instead send her heir, Prince Charles, her office said today.

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  Camilla at Parliament Opening in Sign She’ll Be Queen

  Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, appeared alongside Queen Elizabeth II at the state opening of Parliament today in the clearest signal yet she’ll become queen when her husband Prince Charles becomes king, according to an historian specializing in the British royal family.

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  Cameron Puts Immigration First in Hunt for Lost Votes

  Prime Minister David Cameron dropped measures unpopular with his Tory lawmakers, including a minimum alcohol price and plain cigarette packaging, to focus on immigration and pensions in a bid to win back voters.

• Britain Proposes Incentives for Low-Carbon Investment

  The U.K. government outlined plans to encourage 110 billion pounds ($170 billion) of investment in the electricity sector needed to replace aging power stations and upgrade the power grid by 2020.

• U.K. Clamps Down on Overseas Gambling Operators

  Prime Minister David Cameron announced a bill to force anyone operating a gambling company in the U.K., whether based there or overseas, to hold a British license and inform regulators of suspicious patterns of wagers in a bid to tackle problem gaming.

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  Cameron Said to Speed Up Patent Process to Boost Economy

  David Cameron will speed up the patents applications process and simplify intellectual-property rights for design companies as part of his next legislative program, a person familiar with the U.K.’s premier’s plans said.

• Terror Camp Trainees to Be Stripped of U.K. Passport, May Says

  Home Secretary Theresa May said Britons who travel abroad to attend terrorist training camps will be barred from holding a passport, an attempt to combat the threat of violence by home-grown militants.

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  Churchill to Feature on Next U.K. Banknote, King Says

  Winston Churchill, Britain’s World War II prime minister, will appear on the next U.K. banknote, Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said.

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