Fuel rationing on the way?: 8 in the morning – December 17th

8am

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

* Millions face fuel rationing over Christmas.

* Tax cheats avoiding fines when caught.

* Your right to protest is under threat, says Johann Hari

* Assange talks of “smear campaign” against him.

* Only 1 black applicant in 100 gets fast-track civil service job.

* Sharp rise in NHS spending on private hospitals.

* Radical Lib Dems must revolt, says Roy Hattersley.

* And Miliband launches Oldham East campaign.

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