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The position of attorney general Baroness Scotland looked increasingly tenuous earlier this morning
Scotland survives but reshuffle launched

Baroness Scotland’s career appears to have survived the controversy of her hiring an illegal immigrant, but Downing Street has launched a mini-reshuffle anyway. Analysts were expecting her departure to force Gordon Brown into filling in a few remaining posts from the last reshuffle earlier in June. But this morning the prime minister confirmed she would… Read more »

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The mayor of London has suggested that London's museums and galleries should introduce voluntary visitor charging.
Boris calls for voluntary museum charges

By Liz Stephens The mayor of London suggested today that London’s museums and galleries should introduce voluntary visitor charging to tackle the funding crisis in the arts. Commenting in a discussion with the artistic director of the Old Vic theatre, Kevin Spacey, at the Victoria and Albert museum this morning, Boris Johnson said: “It might… Read more »