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Mon 01 Jan 2007Stakes raised for Blair and police in honours inquiryBritain:The stakes have been dramatically raised for both Tony Blair and Scotland Yard in a public war of words over Friday's arrest of a senior Downing Street aide in the ongoing cash for honours investigation.Amid reports of a Downing Street mole and police being forced to "hack" into Number 10 computers, police sources have accused senior Labour figures of putting officers under "undue pressure" and political critics of "scheming to discredit a very important inquiry".