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7 Hugely Awkward Reports David Cameron Does Not Want You To See

Seven Highly Awkward Reports Cameron Doesn't Want You To See
Asa Bennett
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Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron addresses the media during a press conference in 10 Downing street in central London on February 11, 2014. British Prime Minister David Cameron he was cancelling a planned trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories next week to deal with devastating floods in England. At a press conference about the floods that have affected huge swathes of southern England, the prime minister said he would continue to take personal command of the crisis. AFP PHOTO / PO
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David Cameron has come under pressure to stop sitting on a report that would suggest immigrants have less of a negative impact in terms of pushing British workers out of their jobs than feared.

Liberal Democrat MP Julian Huppert, member of the Home affairs select committee said: "It's obvious that this report should be published as quickly as possible."

Ministers have said that the report is "incomplete" and will be published soon, with it suspected that the government is not keen to see it out in the run up to May's European Elections as it'd undermine their rhetoric on immigration.

Sadly this is not the first time David Cameron and his ministerial colleagues have tried to keep politically awkward reports coming out, as HuffPostUK presents you with just seven of the most shocking moments of government suppression.

Reports The Tories Don't Want You To See
A report saying that we needed more garden cities(01 of07)
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David Cameron was accused of hiding a report last month that called for two new garden cities to be built to combat the housing shortage, despite speaking in favour of them two years ago. The two new cities would have been in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, close to David Cameron's own Witney constituency.
A report of coalition failures(02 of07)
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David Cameron tried to slip out a "secret audit" of coalition failures last January, after deliberately not including it in a document assessing coalition successes. He did this despite offering a "full" "frank' and "unvarnished" look at what the coalition has done.
A report showing EU migration was "good" for Britain(03 of07)
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Cameron is sitting on a report that fails to back up the government's case for tightening restrictions on EU migrants, delaying it until after the European Elections to avoid it being too awkward.
A report on a £86k fraud at a major free school(04 of07)
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Michael Gove was accused of "sitting on' a report into fraud allegations at a major free school.The school, praised by David Cameron, allegedly misused £86,000, the Department for Education report said.
Who Cameron has had around to his country pad(05 of07)
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David Cameron managed to avoid giving the names of several visitors he has had around to his official Buckinghamshire pad Chequers thanks to a loophole by which the Tory party paid a nominal sum to cover entertainment costs.
A report on the risks of the £50bn HS2 plan(06 of07)
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The government has used the War Veto, the same powers to stop the publication of cabinet papers from the Iraq War, to block a report exposing the risks of the £50 billion High Speed Rail 2 project.
Prince Charles' letters to ministers(07 of07)
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The Attorney General has ruled that they must be covered up in order to preserve the image of the Prince's political impartiality, in what critics call a "royal cover-up".
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