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Byers, Hoon, Hewitt suspended from PLP – 8 in the morning, March 23rd

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By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982

* Stephen Byers, Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt have been suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party amid the cash for lobbying scandal.

* Gordon Brown is considering fixed term parliaments as part of Labour’s radical forthcoming manifesto.

* Only 53.9% of students at Oxford University were from state schools in 2009, according to the Guardian.

* The British government could face an £80bn hole in its defence budget within ten years, a parliamentary report said yesterday.

* Britain is to launch an executive space agency, according to the BBC.

* A new report shows the Tories are the best party at using Facebook to connect with people.

* Congratulations to David and Samantha Cameron, who are expecting a baby in September…

* Join us tomorrow for our special joint Budget live chat…

Alex is the founder and CEO of The Cares Family. He was editor and first director of LabourList in 2009-2010, during which time he established the site as the number one Labour blog, and later an aide to Ed Miliband.

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