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Gordon Brown will update MPs on his Basra trip
Commons to receive Iraq update

Gordon Brown will give a statement to the Commons later today on his plans for British forces still serving in Iraq. The prime minister is expected to outline to MPs why UK troops cannot be completely withdrawn from the south of the country, despite improvements in the security situation around Iraq’s second city Basra. There… Read more »

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The MoD is accused of undermining parliament
Raised eyebrows at MoD budget changes

A “conspiracy of optimism” in the Ministry of Defence (MoD) is masking the department’s ongoing failures, a Commons report has found. The public accounts committee (PAC) accuses the MoD of deliberately seeking to undermine parliamentary accountability by shifting expenditure on major projects to other defence budgets. Its report, published today, finds the MoD has reallocated… Read more »