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People just didn't like being pushed around."Under the new rules, 15 per cent - 25 Tory MPs - would be required to force a no-confidence motion.If it was lost by a simple majority of 51 per cent, a leadership contest would be held; the Conservative MPs would vote in the primaries; two candidates would go to a final round with a ballot of the entire membership. William Hague was forced to backdown last night in the face of a rebellion by angry MPs over the rules for changing the leadership. The Conservative Party leader upset many Tory MPs by seeking to drive through changes which they believed could have made it too difficult to remove him. The rule changes to raise the number of MPs required to force a leadership election from 10 per cent of the parliamentary party to 20 per cent sparked a row at a meeting of the 1922 Committee of Tory MPs on Wednesday night.The leadership had thought that it had won the issue.But with a rebellion growing, the executive of the 1922 Committee was forced to reopen the meeting yesterday with Mr Hague to agree a compromise formula of 15 per cent."He was told that if he didn't back off, he wouldn't get out alive," said one former minister "It was nothing to do with Europe. He said officers were piecing together the background to the fire and people in the community were extremely upset.. I think she could have got out but she stayed behind to save her kids. She doted on them."A whole family has been wiped out; I cannot describe it".Detective Inspector Ian Stripp, of Leicestershire police, said a man had been arrested and was being ques- tioned at Hinckley police station.

But they were beaten back by the smoke and fire."Nobody could get in there, there was nothing they could have done Teresa loved those children To be honest, this just has not sunk in yet. I am still expecting her to call me and come running over."Christine Marshall, whose brother is the father of Kimberley, said Ms Harcourt must have stayed in the house to try to save her children "She was brave. A man was arrested after a mother and four young children were killed in a fire yesterday. Neighbours and relations who tried to rescue the family were beaten back by the flames Kim Sengupta reports. The young family were trapped by intense heat in upstairs bedrooms as their home burst into flames. "Our aim is to ensure that no parent is prevented from taking up work, education or training though lack of affordable, accessible and quality childcare and that children's personal, social and educational needs are placed at the centre of the strategy," he said.Margaret Lochrie, of the Pre-School Learning Alliance, welcomed the extra money but said more was needed for pre-school children ".

The semi-detached council house was gutted, with plaster peeling off the walls to leave bare bricks.Maureen Parker, who lives near by, said: "We could not get anywhere near the house They would not let us through My .. daughter's boyfriend tried to get in with another neighbour. The mother, it is believed, stayed behind to try to save her children. Local people and relations could hear screaming and shouting, but there was nothing they could do. Firefighters wearing breathing equipment eventually managed to break in and get Teresa Harcourt, 28, and her children, Kirsty, nine, Malcolm, six, Kelly, three and Kimberley, two, out.The fire, in Braunstone, Leicester, started at about 4am. He promised an expansion of out-of-school childcare when lottery funding comes on stream next year. About pounds 30m has been allocated to childcare from the windfall fund.

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