Teatime newslinks for Tuesday 20th December 2011
CAMERON VISITS AFGHANISTAN & THE ARMED FORCES
- Cameron arrives in Afghanistan on a troop visit - Telegraph
- .... but has to abandon his visit to Camp Bastion due to a dust storm, diverting to a NATO base in Kandahar instead - Guardian
- 'Cameron dons the khaki: PM opts for military-style mufti in morale-boosting visit to troops in Afghanistan' - Daily Mail
- 'Speaking from Kandahar, Cameron says more needs to be done "to recognise the service and sacrifice of the armed forces' - PlayPolitical
- Military covenant report shows many areas of concern for service personnel - Huffington Post
- Con Coughlin: 'Cameron is betraying the military covenant with this insulting pay rise for our soldiers' - Telegraph
- 'Phillip Hammond says women serve in submarines on the same terms as men' - MPsETC
PUBLIC SECTOR PENSIONS
- Danny Alexander outlines the public sector pension deal - BBC
- Alexander confirms pensions reforms agreement - Guardian I Guardian Video
- Minister hails pension deal with 'most' unions - Times (£)
- Francis Maude: Strike action didn't work - PoliticsHome
- James Kirkup: "There's nothing like a common enemy to bind people together. Even better is declaring victory over that enemy. That is what Coalition ministers are doing today in their struggle with public-sector trade unions over pension reform" - Telegraph
- Peter Hoskin: "These latest negotiations have also split the unions, leaving Serwotka largely isolated. So, all in all, a spot of Christmas cheer for Alexander and Francis Maude" - Spectator
- Alexander to make statement on public sector pensions - Guardian
- Steve Doughty: 'All I want for Christmas is for Boris to stand up to the unions' - Daily Mail
THE SUMMER RIOTS
- Nick Herbert: Police are right to be allowed to use firearms - PoliticsHome
- Police Minister Nick Herbert plays down threat to shoot riot arsonists - Guardian
- Watchdog says police need 'riot tactic rules' - BBC
IMMIGRATION & THE UK BORDERS AGENCY
- 'The Government is doing everything it can to "increase the number and speed of removals" of foreign criminals says Damian Green' - MPsETC
- Two officials suspended due to the relaxation of border checks are back at work - BBC
- Ken Clarke: May sees the need to reform immigration rules - PoliticsHome
OTHER TORY & POLITICAL NEWS
- Cameron makes modest gain with EU veto - Times (£)
- Doctors from the EU to face language tests in landmark ruling - Daily Mail
- Clegg must have a death wish if he thinks attacking marriage is a vote winner, says Nick Wood - Daily Mail
- David Green: 'On marriage Nick Clegg is hopelessly out of date' - Telegraph
- Rev. Peter Mullen: Nick Clegg's obsession with the House of Lords stems from the politics of envy - Telegraph
- Vince Cable's Christmas card list snubs Tory MPs - Independent
- Judge Sir Scott Baker says that extradition from the US to the UK is often quicker - BBC
- Mark Johnson: 'Troubled families need real therapy, not yet another keyworker' - Guardian
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