Meltwater Newsfeed : http://meltwaternews.com/ Newsfeed delivered by Meltwater News Sir Robin McLaren http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/7917433/Sir-Robin-McLaren.html 2010-07-29T18:28:51+00:00 Sir Robin McLaren, who died on July 20 aged 75, was a British diplomat who in the 1980s played a crucial part in the negotiations. Telegraph.co.uk Telegraph.co.uk Nick Clegg: I changed my mind on spending cuts before general election http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/jul/29/nick-clegg-changed-mind-cuts 2010-07-29T11:20:50+00:00 Lib Dem leader says he was in favour of a faster programme of deficit reduction before the general election – even though he did.. Guardian.co.uk Guardian.co.uk Adrian Hamilton: Back to the past with foreign policy http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/adrian-hamilton/adrian-hamilton-back-to-the-past-with-foreign-policy-2037833.html 2010-07-28T23:21:50+00:00 First, credit where credit is due. David Cameron may be overdoing things a bit in his drive for trade opportunities in India – it. The Independent The Independent Mac on.... civil service reform http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1298503/Mac---civil-service-reform.html 2010-07-28T21:37:26+00:00 2010-07-28 21:37:26 Mac on.... civil service reform http://www.dailymail.co. Mail Online Mail Online Treading water in a non job is the work equivalent of death row http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1298348/Treading-water-non-job-work-equivalent-death-row.html 2010-07-28T12:29:54+00:00 It is a paradox that if we want more jobs then one way to achieve such a result is to make it easier to sack people. Mail Online Mail Online Culture secretary adds fuel to quango bonfire http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/culture+secretary+adds+fuel+to+quango+bonfire/3725607 2010-07-28T06:46:49+00:00 Spending cuts look likely to claim the organisation which helped fund Oscar winning Gosford Park and other hit films, but a... Channel 4 News Channel 4 News Conservatives injecting fresh bias into civil service http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/columnists/maguire/2010/07/28/conservatives-injecting-fresh-bias-into-civil-service-115875-22444922/ 2010-07-28T01:35:08+00:00 The ConDems wasted no time turning Whitehall into a Tory propaganda machine. An Education Department “spokesman” was widely... Mirror.co.uk Mirror.co.uk Mancini playing with fire in temptation by Balotelli http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/mancini-playing-with-fire-in-temptation-by-balotelli-2036805.html 2010-07-27T23:14:10+00:00 Controversy over Italian striker may seem racist but others say the 19-year-old still has plenty of growing up to do. Ian Herbert. The Independent The Independent Civil servants too 'expensive' to make redundant, Francis Maude says http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/jul/27/civil-servants-too-expensive-redundancy 2010-07-27T22:22:32+00:00 MPs told staff in some departments are simply treading water as current scheme makes it too costly to let them... Guardian.co.uk Guardian.co.uk It will take steel to axe the costly quangos http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/7913390/It-will-take-steel-to-axe-the-costly-quangos.html 2010-07-27T18:33:08+00:00 Telegraph View: The Government must not slacken in its effort to weed out all but those 'arm's-length bodies' doing the most... Telegraph.co.uk Telegraph.co.uk