Daily News Summary
Friday, 19 June 2009
Main stories
Rethink on Iraq inquiry?
Gordon Brown is said to have been forced into an `embarrassing reversal' of his decision to hold an inquiry into the Iraq war in secret. FT2, Mirr4, Times22
Commons' blackout
The censoring of 1m papers to do with MPs' expenses is alleged to have cost the taxpayer £2m. FT2, Ind1, 6-10, Times1-2, 4-11, Gdn1-2, 4-7, DTel1-11 and more
Record public spending levels
Public sector borrowing in May `jumped by the biggest amount since monthly records began in 1993, in a sign of how the recession is hitting tax revenues even as government spending continues to rise.' FT4, DTel Business1, Times60-61
`No fiscal powers for EU regulator'
Gordon Brown resists plans for a EU-wide regulation of the banking sector. Gdn30
Welcome to Britain 2080: `wildfires, hell and high water'
`Thousands' of schools, nurseries and hospitals could be flooded, following Environment Agency forecasts. Mirr14, DTel19, Gdn12-13, Times26-27, DMail29, Sun35
Trial without jury
The first Crown Court trial without a jury will be for suspects in the £10m robbery heist at Heathrow Airport. The decision, based on `fear of intimidation', has raised concerns from human rights campaigners that a basic right is being eroded. FT2, Gdn11, Ind16, Times21, DMail40
`Secret interrogation policy'
Jack Straw and David Blunkett are to face questions about what they knew of a `secret interrogation policy, devised in the aftermath of the 11 September attacks, which effectively led to British citizens being tortured during counter-terrorism investigations.' Gdn14, DMail10
Other stories
`Clarity essential to prisoner release process'
A consultation paper on the role of the Parole Board is to be published this year. Times70
`1 in 10 lads keeps knife'
According to a Government survey `almost one in ten boys aged 16' has admitted to carrying a knife, mostly for protection. Sun2
Ambulance 999 calls `double in a decade'
NHS figures show 7.48m calls in 2008-09, up 250,000 from the previous year. About a fifth of the calls were regarded as `unnecessary'. Times14
Ralf Dahrendorf: obituary
Ralf Dahrendorf `combined political engagement and intellectual debate and enjoyed questioning the ruling consensus'. FT4
Comment and analysis
`The limits of what prison can do'
`If the system is to be changed, it must be on the basis of a realistic understanding of what criminal justice can achieve in reducing crime.' Ind36. please scroll down
`Condoning torture shames Britain'
Gdn37
Congo faces more massacres
...'while the UN and the greedy west look away', writes Eve Ensler. Gdn34
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