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King: Only 'generalities' in response to deficit reduction questions
King attacked ‘lightweight’ Tories

By Ian Dunt The governor of the Bank of England considered the Tory leadership team to be lightweight on economic policy, the latest batch of Wikileaks releases show. The revelations came as Nick Clegg inisisted to Hillary Clinton that the cotinued publication of the documents would not endanger the “uniquely strong relationship” between the two… Read more »

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The new commissioners come into force in 2012
Police chiefs face 4-year wait to become commissioners

By politics.co.uk staff Senior police officers will not be eligible to become the new elected commissioners without having a four-year ‘cooling off’ period, say MPs. The home affairs committee published its report on the controversial proposals to replace police authorities with directly elected commissioners today – and warned that whoever does move into the jobs… Read more »