31/07/2010
Osborne rebukes Fox over Trident
George Osborne delivered a public reprimand yesterday to Liam Fox, the Defence Secretary, over his demands for special help in paying the £20bn bill to renew Trident. The Chancellor told his Cabinet colleague that the cost would have to be fully met from the Ministry of Defence's core budget.
Blow for academies policy as only 153 schools apply
Fewer than one in 12 of the schools which registered an interest in becoming academies have gone ahead with the plan.
Scientists at war over Government funding
An unseemly spat has broken out between two of the most distinguished bodies representing Britain's scientists and engineers over where the cuts should fall in the forthcoming review of the Government's science budget.
One in 10 public sector jobs may have to go in Scotland
Up to 60,000 public sector workers in Scotland could lose their jobs in the next few years, an independent review commissioned by ministers has found.
TUC cancels Vince Cable's invitation to be guest speaker
His speech looked set to be as brutally received as Patricia Hewitt's in 2006, when she was forced to abandon her address to the Royal College of Nurses conference.
Complex benefits system to be replaced by one payment
Britain's complex system of benefits will be swept away and replaced with a single payment to claimants under plans being trumpeted by the Government as the biggest welfare shake-up for decades.
Lib Dems fear guilt by association with Osborne

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