Mark Pack

David Cameron backs down on plans to cut MPs

By | Tue 13th January 2009 - 10:34 am

Now, you might be seeing in the media today that David Cameron wants to cut the number of MPs. But as Will Howells has spotted, in fact the plans are a watering down of the previous Conservative plans to cut the number of MPs. Rather than wanting to cut them by 20% (their previous plan), now it’s a 10% cut. Will’s blog has the details…

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