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Tory party supports libel reform

Publication Date: Wed, 24/03/2010 - 15:48

The Conservative opposition has welcomed yesterday's announcement by the government confirming libel law is being reformed, but said it would act faster if it were in power now.

The shadow justice secretary, Dominic Grieve said in a statement: "We welcome the announcement, but proposals for another review mean nothing will be...

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Vaizey on libraries: 'We can't go on like this'

Publication Date: Sun, 07/02/2010 - 09:35

Shadow culture minister Ed Vaizey has lambasted the government's record on libraries and citing the Conservatives' new slogan: "We can't go on like this."

At a speech to the Society of Bookmen on Thursday evening (4th Feb), Vaizey said that in the last 11 years Labour had "commissioned report after report,...

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