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Tory "veto moment" on justice and home affairs damages the real interests of UK citizens | Left Foot Forward

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Tory “veto moment” on justice and home affairs damages the real interests of UK citizens. 16 October, 2012. David Cameron’s veto moment must be assessed for whether it is in the interest of the British people or is designed to meet the political needs of the Tories. Is a Labour Member of the European Parliament for London and deputy leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party ( EPLP. After weeks of speculation, home secretary Theresa May confirmed. However, this ideological opposition ignores the b...

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Does Osborne feel lucky? Clint Eastwood writes to government over axing of UK Film Council | Political Scrapbook

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How to contact us. Send us a press release. Does Osborne feel lucky? Clint Eastwood writes to government over axing of UK Film Council. Monday 9 August 2010 15:34. The philistines in the Treasury presumably thought the artsy luvvies of British cinema would be a complete pushover when they announced the closure. Of the UK Film Council against all economic sense. Quotes from the correspondence can be seen here. Would like to think the salutation went along the following lines:. Well, do ya, punk? Comments ...

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Osborne now faces credit rating crisis | Left Foot Forward

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Osborne now faces credit rating crisis. 25 March, 2011. Ben Fox reports on Mr Osborne's dangerous economic policies that could drive us into a credit rating crisis. Does anybody remember the rhetoric of Mr Cameron and Mr Osborne in the months before last year’s election? Britain was in danger of losing. This, remember, was when it was assumed Britain’s budget deficit for 2009 had been 178 billion. It later turned out the Treasury had massively overestimated the deficit which was, in fact, 150bn. The iron...

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Scotland’s economy running on empty after Osborne’s Great Stagnation Budget | Left Foot Forward

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Scotland’s economy running on empty after Osborne’s Great Stagnation Budget. 28 March, 2012. Labour MP for Glasgow North East, shadow Scotland Office minister William Bain, reports on the disastrous impact on Scotland of Geroge Osborne’s Budget 2012. Labour, Glasgow North East) is a shadow Scotland Office minister. George Osborne has been described as a political chancellor, occasionally as a submarine in terms of his public conduct, and serves as David Cameron’s principal strategist. In June 2010, impos...

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Graham Watson tweet makes light of Algerian hostage killings | Political Scrapbook

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How to contact us. Send us a press release. Lib Dem MEP makes light of Algerian hostage killings. Thursday 17 January 2013 20:27. He’s now deleted the tweet. Thought to be among 35 dead at an Algerian oil refinery. Attacked by al-Qaeda, the president. Of one of the main political groupings. In the European Parliament, Lib Dem MEP Graham Watson, decides to make light of the matter. Watson clearly could not contain his delight. At David Cameron being forced to cancel. January 17, 2013 at 9:13 pm. This is a...

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Shameful accounts of Tory candidate's charity | Political Scrapbook

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How to contact us. Send us a press release. Shameful accounts of Tory candidate's charity. Thursday 22 April 2010 15:04. A charity managed by one of the Conservatives’ top parliamentary candidates is facing scrutiny. By regulators after accounts indicated massively disproportionate back-office costs and a failure to account for nearly 16,000. Shaun Bailey, the Tory candidate for Hammersmith. Fifteen percent, eh? My Generation’s 2007-2008 accounts show that nearly 19 in every 20 pounds spent that ye...

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Cameron's use of poverty stats do not pass IFS muster | Left Foot Forward

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Cameron’s use of severe poverty stats do not pass IFS muster. 11 November, 2009. David Cameron's use of poverty statistics are at odds with the findings of the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Particular on measures of severe poverty. David Cameron’s use of ‘severe’ poverty statistics in his speech last night are at odds with the findings of the Institute for Fiscal Studies. David Cameron used Hugo Young memorial lecture. To attack Labour’s record on equality:. 8216; It contained the following passage:.

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Social Justice | Left Foot Forward

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Sadiq Khan condemns ‘burkini’ ban ahead of Paris visit. 25 August, 2016 (3 days ago). 8216;I don’t think anyone should tell women what they can and can’t wear. Full stop.’. Women workers still pay a 33 per cent wage penalty after having children. 23 August, 2016 (5 days ago). Pay gap among highly educated has not narrowed in 20 years, IFS reports. Life is getting worse for young black Britons, research shows. 18 August, 2016 (2 weeks ago). 18 August, 2016 (2 weeks ago). 16 August, 2016 (2 weeks ago).

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A call for progressives to back directly-elected mayors | Left Foot Forward

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A call for progressives to back directly-elected mayors. 5 August, 2011. Directly-elected mayors would avoid a schooling of internal party politics for city premiers, and could stand up toofficers. Progressives should back them. In just nine months time voters in London will go to the polls and decide whether Ken Livingstone or Boris Johnson runs the capital. P12) Elected mayors were also a Labour manifesto commitment. P94) at the last general election, albeit on a slightly grander city-region scale.

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Miliband attacks "shoddy" fees scheme | Left Foot Forward

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Public Services for All. Miliband attacks “shoddy” fees scheme. 1 December, 2010. Public Services for All. Ed Miliband responded to David Cameron on tuition fees today, attacking the “ shoddy scheme. 8221; the government is proposing. Yesterday, the prime minister, in a column. 8220;Mr Cameron claims the trebling of fees is unavoidable. That is simply not the case. His Government has chosen to target a huge and disproportionate cut on our universities. They give no justification other than that the losse...