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David Cameron, the Prime Minister, told the Commons that a no-fly zone over Libya was ‘perfectly deliverable’. Next day, G8 foreign ministers meeting in Paris failed to agree to one. Britain, France and Lebanon put a resolution to the United Nations. Chris Huhne, the Energy Secretary, said ‘We should not rush to judgment’ on nuclear energy in Britain in light of the damage in Japan. An emergency meeting of the British Medical Association called on the government to withdraw the Health Bill and start again. Tickets for the Olympic Games in London next year went on sale. An Olympic countdown clock in Trafalgar Square stopped.
Lord Hutton of Furness, in his second report on public sector pensions, proposed later retirement, higher contributions and lower pensions. Will Hutton, in a government-commissioned Fair Pay Review, said that senior public servants’ pay should be performance-related, but not subject to a cap. Mr Ed Miliband, the leader of the opposition, said another tax on bankers’ bonuses could raise £2 billion.
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