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Truth and justice as Saville reports 12 year findings – 8 in the morning, June 16th

IndyBy Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982

* After the Saville Inquiry delivered its verdict yesterday, the Guardian says it’s justice at last for the 14 killed in 1972.

* Speaking to the Mirror, Andy Burnham tells of how a double masectomy eased his wife’s fear of breast cancer.

* Kevin Maguire says we mustn’t let “cuts-crazy” Cameron slash valuable jobs.

* Unison is calling on its 1.3 million members to resist government cuts, so the government “won’t know what hit them.”

* In Washington, General Petraeus fainted yesterday during a hearing on US strategy in Afghanistan.

* John Hutton has taken a job on the board of a US nuclear company, the Mail reports.

* Catch up with last night’s Newsnight hustings, in which the five Labour leadership candidates had the chance to put their pitches to the public.

* PoliticsHome has a report on five key policy clashes from last night’s debate.

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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