Brown to yield on 42 days


by Newswire    
3:58 am - May 30th 2008

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The government is preparing to offer Labour MPs a major concession to avoid losing a vote on terror detentions, the BBC has learned. It is to suggest halving the period during which police can enact these extra powers from 60 to 30 days.

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1. D-Notice

Is he? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7429780.stm

2. ukliberty

Also the Sunday Times:

Ministers are preparing to offer a £200m “bribe” to encourage a group of Northern Ireland MPs to back Gordon Brown in the critical Commons vote on plans to detain terror suspects for 42 days without charge.


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