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Former defence secretary among team to revive bankrupt Birmingham council

John Hutton, who served in the Brown government, will advise a team of six commissioners

The Guardian - UK

Commissioners announced to oversee cash-strapped Birmingham City Council

The largest local authority in Europe admitted last month that it could not balance its books and issued a section 114 notice.

The Independent UK

‘A just outcome’: Military chiefs and politicians hail common sense victory for Afghan war hero

‘There are people who came to us for help, and we owe them,’ says former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith, amid win for Independent campaign

The Independent UK

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At last! Hero Afghan pilot who fought Taliban is granted asylum in Britain

Exclusive: After five months of resisting this paper’s call to honour our debt to a war veteran who fought with UK forces, the government capitulates – and does the right thing

The Independent UK

Army fury at Prince Harry 'kills' boast as colonel says he 'turned against other family'

Iraq veteran Col Tim Collins says Prince Harry has turned against the military, after trashing his birth family. Others said he dehumanised insurgents by calling them 'chess pieces'

Daily Mirror

Prince Harry's Taliban comments blasted by ex-Defence Sec as 'wrong on every level'

Lord John Hutton, who was Defence Secretary under Gordon Brown, said admitting to killing 25 people was a 'very serious mistake' and 'it's just inappropriate and wrong'

Daily Mirror

Energy trade body criticises Jacob Rees-Mogg’s ‘sudden’ announcement of windfall tax on renewables

Lord Hutton said government had shaken investor confidence in sector

The Independent UK

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The number of children who read for fun is at a historic low. Why?

There is scientific evidence that reading with your children has positive chemical effects for both parent and child

The Guardian - US

Former Queensland coroner condemns police inaction on paedophilia admission in sworn evidence

Retired coroner John Hutton and his former counsel assisting Peter De Waard speak out to condemn police "failure" to act against a man who admitted to child sex offences in sworn testimony delivered during an inquest.

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