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Today in Parliament: 27/06/2011

27/06/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Today in Parliament, 27/06/2011

Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster.

Susan Hulme and the BBC's parliamentary team report as the Government overhauls the running of the Ministry of Defence and cuts the number of senior officers.

Liam Fox sets out plans for a "radical" re-organisation of the Ministry of the Defence, including a cut in the number of senior officers. 
The Defence Secretary tells MPs the MoD was "top heavy" and its over-bureaucratic system had led to poor decision-making and financial management.
In a statement to the Commons, the Prime Minister says he has succeeded in keeping Britain out of a second bailout to Greece through "real negotiating effort".
In the Lords, peers agree changes that allow peers to retire from Parliament. 
Susan Hulme and team report on today's events in Parliament.

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