Archive of articles from 2011

Hutton tries to kill off final salary pensions

Pensions look set to be linked to average earnings, if the recommendations are taken up by the government.

Lord Hutton has recommended the scrapping of final salary pensions, in a widely-expected move likely to trigger anger among public sector workers.

BBC journalists 'beaten' by Gaddafi's forces

BBC team faced mock execution at hands of Libyan captors

Three BBC staff working in Libya have been beaten, detained and subjected to a mock execution, it has emerged.

Opponents rally to fight 'NHS privatisation'

Critics say the reforms could hinder collaboration in the NHS

Opponents of government plans to introduce competition to the NHS are organising to defeat the plans.

Baroness speaks out against peers' fur robes

Peers called on to give up rabbit fur

Peers should lead by example and stop using rabbits' fur on their ceremonial robes, a baroness has said.

Number of ministers 'must be reduced'

There are too many ministers in parliament, a report said today.

The large number of government ministers in parliament is creating an unaccountable government, a report has said.

Police protect Clegg from student kidnappers

Clegg braced for Sheffield / Sheffield braced for Clegg

Liberal Democrat ministers are to be protected from angry protesters by a major security operation at the party's spring conference in Sheffield.

Barnardo's takes on refugee role

Green: Fair and humane

Children's charity Barnardo's is going to take on a hand-on role in taking care of children of asylum seekers who are to be returned to their home country.

Cabinet manual 'not a threat to sovereignty'

Sir Gus O'Donnell told MPs the Cabinet manual would serve as a guide.

The Cabinet manual does not undercut parliamentary sovereignty or pave the way to a written constitution, Sir Gus O'Donnell has said.

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