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Nick Clegg and Vince Cable Launch New Generation Group
1st July 2009
Yesterday evening Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Vince Cable, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats launched the New Generation Group, which has been set up to support talented party members from black and minority ethnic backgrounds.
Nick Clegg and Vince Cable were joined [...]
Who is going to press the button to scrap all this human rights nonsense which is materially affecting the rights of the suffering tax payers ???
Human rights warning over MPs’ expenses regulation
new bill runs into more trouble
By Daniel Bentley – Press and Journal
Published: 01/07/2009
PLANS for [...]
ToryDiary: We must now hope that John Bercow will succeed
Parliament: David Cameron’s congratulatory marks to the new Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow
WATCH: Glum faces on Tory benches as John Bercow is dragged to Speaker’s Chair on the back of Labour and Liberal Democrat votes
New Speaker is Tory hated by his party, tainted [...]
The UK Conservatives have formed a new grouping in the European Parliament, which is likely to become the fourth largest.
All of the parties in the new grouping have signed a declaration, which argues for reform and a non-federalist future for the EU.
Mark Francois, the Shadow Minister for Europe, said:
“We are very excited about this important [...]
As you may have already seen today, the TPA - backed by the Daily Mail - is launching a campaign for private prosecutions of MPs who may have broken the law in their expenses claims. The expenses scandal that has been exposed in recent days by the Telegraph cannot be dismissed simply by apologies, excuses or the waving [...]
RBS has begun consulting Unite and other employee representatives about a business plan for its back office operations that will regrettably involve job losses.
The plan could affect up to 9,000 Group Manufacturing roles globally, including 4,500 in the UK, over the next two years.
However, the actual number of jobs lost is expected to be significantly [...]
Labour’s Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, and other world leaders have announced a one trillion dollar package to kick-start the global economy.
The G20 summit, made up of the leaders of the twenty biggest economies in the world, agreed a substantial package of coordinated measures designed to allow the world to emerge from the recession quicker and [...]
Do you think your high street needs a makeover? Do you think your community should get some of the £60 million available to help your town centre?
If you do then keep reading.
The Scottish Conservatives managed to secure £234 million of concessions from the SNP Government in the Scottish budget to tackle Labour’s recession.
The good news [...]
Labour’s Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, has launched a revised version of the Government’s strategy for countering international terrorism.
Drawing on the experience gained and lessons learnt since it was first established in 2003, the strategy gives a detailed account of the principles which provide the basis for the Government’s response to the terrorist threat.
Labour’s Home Secretary, [...]