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Along the way, he quietly stopped providing Congress with information on spending, leaving legislators in the dark on whether programs were being axed.

STV bosses have been accused of financial mismanagement and cultural vandalism after announcing plans to cut jobs and axe a north of Scotland news programme.

The Resolution Foundation think tank says axing the policy would cost £3.5bn a year.

The 37-year-old father of two was killed with an axe in the car park of the Golden Lion pub in Sydenham, south-east London, in 1987.

It comes after the coffee chain announced in February it was axing 1,100 jobs and simplifying its US menu to help flagging sales in its home market.