Spending review: blue line to get thinner in 20pc cut

October 21st, 2010

By Richard Edwards, Crime CorrespondentPublished: 11:30PM BST 20 Oct 2010 Comments Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne (R), and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander (L), liberty the Treasury offices in central London Photo: AFP/GETTY IMAGES George Osborne announced that central powers that be funding for the police service will be cut by [...]

Defence review: cuts will leave Britain unable to fight wars like Iraq and Afghanistan

October 21st, 2010

By James Kirkup and Thomas HardingPublished: 6:15AM BST 20 Oct 2010 Comments British gangs in Afghanistan Photo: PA The Coalition’s defence review yesterday outlined cuts thwart the Armed Forces that will reduce the military operations the fatherland will be able to conduct in future. The review also confirmed that Britain demise no longer go to [...]

Profile: Nigel ‘Sharkey’ Ward – ‘Mister Sea Harrier’

October 20th, 2010

By Andy BloxhamPublished: 2:26PM BST 19 Oct 2010 Comments Previous 1 of 3 Images Next Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander Kris Ward (left) through his father and Falklands veteran Cdr Sharkey Ward Photo: NAVY NEWS Prime Minister David Cameron addresses military staff at PJHQ (Permament Joint Headquarters) in Northwood Photo: Heathcliff O’Malley A Harrier jet lands [...]

Terrorism and cyber attacks main threats to Britain

October 20th, 2010

Published: 2:41PM BST 18 Oct 2010 David Cameron, who co-wrote the foreword to the declaration with Nick Clegg Photo: AP The new National Security Strategy identifies four ”rank one” risks which, it says, must be the Government’s highest antecedence. The other major threats are a large scale accident or characteristic hazard such as pandemic flu [...]

Cuomo, Paladino spar in debate for NY governor race (Reuters)

October 19th, 2010

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Democrat Andrew Cuomo and Tea Party-backed Republican Carl Paladino, vying to be proper for the next New York governor, debated on Monday who would in the highest degree control spending and repair state government but kept their cool together expectations that tempers might flare. Cuomo, the state attorney general who holds [...]

Expenses: Baroness Uddin, Lord Bhatia, Lord Paul ordered to repay Ј200,000

October 19th, 2010

By Rosa Prince, Political CorrespondentPublished: 6:38PM BST 18 Oct 2010 Baroness Uddin, Lord Bhatia and Lord Paul Photo: JANE MINGAY/PHOTOSHOT They unyielding out to obtain generous overnight allowances by registering properties outside the forfeiting life as their “main home”, even though they rarely or not at any time stayed in them. An investigation found that [...]

Analysis: Delaying the cuts will mean more pain in the long run

October 18th, 2010

By Lord WolfsonPublished: 10:14PM BST 17 Oct 2010 All parties agree that cuts ~iness be made, they even agree broadly on the scale of cuts required. The contest is about the speed of cuts and is therefore about economic practicalities. There are two simple, practical reasons why the Government’s project to reduce the deficit should [...]

Chris Huhne to announce eight sites for new generation nuclear plants

October 18th, 2010

By Patrick HennessyPublished: 9:00PM BST 16 Oct 2010 Comments Nuclear gift is needed to secure our energy supply Photo: PA The firmness will dismay many in his party who oppose further nuclear reactors and is absolute not to be supported in parliament by a substantial number of Lib Dem MPs. Mr Huhne is attitude to [...]

Spending review: The generals may be angry – but doctors and nurses aren’t

October 17th, 2010

By Matthew d’AnconaPublished: 9:00PM BST 16 Oct 2010 Comments David Cameron and George Osborne be aware of all too well, the really hard work starts on Thursday Photo: David Wimsett/UPPA/Photoshot Over the summer, David Cameron and George Osborne had a series of discussions about the spending review that the Chancellor will uncover this Wednesday. At [...]

Britain will gain from the pain of cuts

October 17th, 2010

By Telegraph ViewPublished: 8:43PM BST 15 Oct 2010 Britain is without ceasing the verge of the most important review of public spending ~ the sake of a generation – or, to put it bluntly, we are from one place to another to learn the details of the most painful cuts in benefice memory. George Osborne, [...]