MPs expenses cut by a third: 8 in the morning – March 3rd

8am

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

* MPs expenses down by 35%.

* Wholsesale privatisation – not what people voted for.

* Intervention would “poison” Arab revolution, says Seamus Milne.

* Murdoch to drop Sky News as part of merger bid.

* Doctors reject NHS reforms.

* Voters go to the polls in Wales.

* Sure Start cuts “hit poorest hardest”.

* And the coalition searches for “killer apps”.

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