Exaro News
Exaro News investigates matters of public interest and seeks to uncover the truth.
Pickles plans no audit for £2bn of public spending
Thousands of public bodies to escape scrutiny of their expenditure
By David Hencke | 7 July 2011
"The current arrangements for local audit... are inefficient and unnecessarily centralised" - Grant...
Audit reforms threaten higher costs to councils
By David Hencke | 7 July 2011
Larger authorities face increased costs because of the reforms to the auditing of local government proposed by Eric Pickles, communities secretary.
Hundreds...
Saddam rejected US-Soviet peace plan over Kuwait
By Pavel Stroilov | 30 June 2011
America and the Soviet Union failed with their secret peace plan to avert the war with Iraq over Kuwait after Saddam Hussein rejected...
Bush Snr demanded secrecy for peace bid to Baghdad
By Pavel Stroilov | 30 June 2011
US president George Bush senior only agreed to back the Soviet peace bid to Iraq over Kuwait if the background to it was...
America agreed Gorbachev’s bid to ‘sound out’ Saddam
By Pavel Stroilov | 30 June 2011
US president George Bush senior agreed to a Soviet attempt to “sound out” Saddam Hussein over a possible peace...
US sought Soviet help for Middle East problems
By Pavel Stroilov | 30 June 2011
US president George Bush senior invited the Soviet Union to work with America to tackle tensions in the...
Gorbachev’s peace plan for Saddam over Kuwait
By Pavel Stroilov | 30 June 2011
Moscow wanted to link the Israel-Palestine conflict to a peace deal with Saddam Hussein to secure Iraq’s withdrawal...
Uncovered: US bid for peace with Saddam over Kuwait
Bush Snr secretly agreed Soviet plan to avert first Gulf War, say hidden papers
By Pavel Stroilov | 30 June 2011
"I would not like to send the others...
