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In the face of cross-party criticism over his handling of reforms to the schools building programme, education secretary Michael Gove writes in tomorrow's Sunday Express: "Reform is never easy and certainly not when cash is tight" and promises that "school building will not stop under this government". Pressure mounted on Mr Gove today as two local councils sought clarification as to why their school projects were cut despite meeting the government's own criteria for avoiding the axe.

News BBC - New confusion on school projects
News Daily Express - Michael Gove: I've upset schools, reform isn't easy
News The Financial Times - MPs to probe school building ‘chaos’
Blog Ed Balls for Labour leader - Michael Gove should dig himself out of this hole
Blog Liberal Conspiracy - Why is our new government so accident-prone?
Blog ToryDiary - School building won't stop under the Coalition, insists Gove, but Labour's wasteful programme had to end
On air PoliticsHome - Labour quango came up with error-filled schools list, says Stuart
Twitter Jenny Chapman - Tory MPs criticising Gove for cancelling school builds. I should think so.
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- Bishops proposals rejected
Members of the Church of England's national assembly, the General Synod, have rejected compromise proposals which would have ensured new safeguards for objectors to women to become bishops.
- News Press Association - Synod rejects compromise on bishops
- News Press Association - Further debates over women bishops
- News The Guardian - Anglican rebels meet to discuss Catholic defection
- Opinion Heaven knows why Jeffrey John provokes such animosity | Richard Cole
- Opinion Charles Moore - Is attending Kylie concerts a fundamental human right?
- Twitter Damian Thompson - I don't care how richly embroidered its chasubles are - the C of E is a Protestant Church. Always wa...
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- David Miliband criticises Brown
Labour leadership contender David Miliband has criticised Gordon Brown's record in office, saying Labour's failings worsened under his leadership. Mr Miliband said that Brown had not demonstrated "moral seriousness" and had failed to articulate "aspiration and hope."
- News The Daily Telegraph - David Miliband: 'Gordon Brown lacked moral seriousness and lost people's trust'
- News BBC - David Miliband says public lost trust in Brown's Labour
- Blog blogs.independent.co.uk » Eagle Eye - Why Jon Cruddas is backing David Miliband
- Blog David Miliband for Labour Leader - David Miliband's Keir Hardie Memorial Lecture - full speech
- Blog Telegraph politics blog - Don't blame me – I didn't notice Labour was rubbish
- Twitter John Rentoul - Under GB, Labour's "failings – tactics, spin, high-handedness – intensified". D Miliband's speech, r...
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- Tightening the screw
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland Jim Murphy will write to the Liberal Democrat MPs in Scotland to urge them to vote against the proposed rise in VAT to 20%, which will debated in the House of Commons next week with a vote expected on Tuesday.
- News The Guardian - VAT rise will cost charities £150m, Labour tells Liberal Democrats
- Blog Jim Murphy - Labour target Lib Dem MPs ahead of crunch VAT vote
- Blog Liam Byrne Blog - Finance bill debates
- Opinion Nigel Nelson - One of Westminster's new sights - the Souses of Parliament. My Sunday column
- Twitter David Miliband - Campaigning in Eastleigh over broken Lib Dem promises on Vat. Chris Huhne very unpopular.
- Twitter Ed Balls - Out in Eastleigh (Chris Huhne MP) this morning collecting signatures to #stoptheVATbombshell http:/...
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- Pressure on police over Moat
The IPCC will investigate the effectiveness of Northumbria Police's inquiry which led to gunman Raoul Goat killing himself this morning. His death followed a six hour stand-off in which two police officers are said to have used a Taser stun gun.
- News Press Association - Police face probe into Moat manhunt
- News London Evening Standard - Taser fired in Moat death stand-off
- News The Daily Mail - He's dead: Six-hour stand-off with armed police ends at 1.30am as fugitive shoots himself
- Blog Peter Hitchens Blog - Where was the Robocop army when 'Mister' Moat was busy selling drugs?
- Blog The Coffee House - Insane culture
- Twitter Keir Simmons - Exclusive: ITV News can reveal Raoul Moat was questioned 10 years ago over an alleged conspiracy to ...
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Marine killed in Afghanistan named

A Marine killed in Afghanistan has been named as David Charles Hart of 40 Commando. He died in an explosion while on foot patrol in Sangin.
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Salmond urges vote date rethink

SNP leader Alex Salmond has urged the prime minister to reconsider the date of the referendum on electoral reform. In a letter, he tells David Cameron that holding the referendum on the same day as elections in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland would distract voters.
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UK envoy in Lebanon 'regrets' blog

Britain's ambassador to Lebanon, Frances Guy has apologsed for "any offence" caused by a controversial blog post in which she praised late Shiite cleric Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah.
- News AFP: UK envoy in Lebanon regrets 'offence' over blog Read more
- Blog Biased BBC: Good Blog Bad Blog Read more
- Twitter John Rentoul: Foreign Office takes down blog by ambassador praising bloke who said Holocaust exaggerated and suicide bombers martyrs http://bit.ly/cNQGCm Read more
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BP partner rejects oil spill bill

Anadarko, one of BP's partners in the deepwater oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, has refused to pay £180m towards the costs of the spill. BP said it was "disappointed."
- News The Financial Times : BP pins hopes on new cap for well Read more
- News BBC: BP partner Anadarko refuses oil spill bill Read more
- News The Times: Mining giant targets BP’s assets Read more
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Overseas aid cuts 'most popular'

Cuts to the international development budget emerged as the most popular suggestion for how the government should curb spending, after the government launched a website to ask the public for their ideas for cuts.
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