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Osborne’s slashing of police budgets will hinder reform
George Osborne’s decision to eliminate the deficit in a single parliament has left the police with too little time to put in place longer term reforms.
Misselling is only the beginning of the energy companies’ sins
Reform of the energy market must go beyond clamping down on misselling to injecting real competition, writes shadow energy minister Huw Irranca-Davies MP.
Morgan, Mensch and Parliamentary Privilege
Evan Price, a barrister at ten old square in Lincoln’s Inn, writes on Parliamentary Privilege and the phone hacking row between Piers Morgan and Louise Mensch.
Huhne must heed lessons of US to fulfil “250,000 green jobs” pledge
A recent IPPR report on the US green jobs agenda suggests Chris Hunhne’s “250,000 green jobs” pledge could be far harder to achieve than the government expects.
As they have done before, Norwegians need to “keep the red hats flying there”
We all identify with the Norwegian people today. We hope that they will be able to keep two of their most admirable qualities - idealism and stubborness.
East Africa food crisis could have been prevented
A slow response to the warning signs, a changing climate, changing land patterns, and political instability all contributed to the famine in east Africa.