Daily News Summary
Monday, 29 June 2009
Main stories
Government `pandering to the BNP'
The Mirror10 calls for a major push to build council housing as the waiting list heads for 5 million in 2010.
`Thinner blue line raises fear of crimewave'
It is claimed that police forces have been told to cut spending by £480m. Times3
`Private prisons performing worse than state run jails'
Data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act claims to show that private prisons are not performing as well as state run prisons. Ind7
`G20 cops used violence as a first resort'
Is the Mirror's take on the Commons Home Affairs Committee investigation into police behaviour at the G20 demonstration. Mirr27
The spy society
The Mirror28-29 details `the astonishing amount of data gathered on every one of us'.
`Tories plot to axe child and OAP benefits for all'
The election race may have started. Mirr24
Comment
`Banks' excesses are a real expenses scandal'
Gdn22
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