Thursday, 3 July 2014

Miliband's EU difficulty - politics.co.uk

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"I have no truck with those who say we should cut ourselves off from the rest of the world."

Miliband's EU difficulty

Miliband won't budge over EU referendum stance

Ed Miliband's party is increasingly divided on Europe

Ed Miliband is resisting calls from the Unite union to change his stance on Europe, insisting in a speech later he believes Britain's focus "must not be on drifting toward exit".

Dividing lines: Tories to reintroduce EU referendum bill

Tory MPs hope to use Parliament Act to get referendum bill passed into law

Conservatives stand ready to "foil" the Liberal Democrats over the EU referendum bill, the backbencher championing the legislation has said.

Rules of the game

Comment: It's time for a real recall bill

Campaigners want a recall bill which would empower constituents to fire their MP between elections

The arguments against genuine recall don't stack up.

NOTICE of a MATCH to be played on an UNEVEN PLAYING FIELD next year

Ed Balls in footballing mode

'The UNEVEN PLAYING FIELD will make it bloody hard for the LABOUR TEAM to win the MATCH.'

An uneven playing field: Tories winning general election cash battle

Tickets for the 2013 Conservative Summer Party went for £12,000 a head

Neither Labour nor the Conservatives emerge from this week's party funding revelations looking very pretty - but a gap is emerging in how much cash they'll reap from their questionable fundraising.

PMQs

PMQs verdict: Cameron's masterpiece of mockery

David Cameron puts in one of his strongest PMQs moments

In one joke David Cameron managed to make Ed Miliband look geeky, isolated, dominated by the unions and Ed Balls, and above all "miserable". Whatever you think of the prime minister, this was political artistry at its finest.

PMQs as-it-happened

PMQs as it happens

Missed this week's PMQs? Catch up here

Royal activist

Clegg defends Prince Charles' right to lobby ministers

Prince Charles' business interests may have affected his lobbying, Spinwatch argues

Prince Charles should be permitted to lobby ministers, Nick Clegg has said, as campaigners' concerns about royal activism intensify.

Comment: Prince Charles' lobbying is a stain on the reputation of the monarchy

Immigration

Report: Immigration policy keeping out the best and brightest

MIssing out: International talent going elsewhere, report finds

The best and brightest overseas workers are being kept out of the UK by David Cameron's goal of cutting immigration to the "the tens of thousands", influential group finds

And finally...

They've got his number: Osborne dodges basic maths question

To be fair, 7x8 is pretty hard

George Osborne's reputation for being good with numbers has taken another blow, after he dodged a maths question asked by a seven-year-old.

Antibiotic resistance is recognised as a global risk by the Prime Minister

MRSA Action UK welcomes the news that the Prime Minister has listened to the Chief Medical Officer in her warning of last March, in respect to the significant risks of antibiotic resistance.

Government CGT plans target overseas investors in UK property

Government plans to introduce a new capital gains charge on UK properties sold by non-residents could add to the costs and admin of residential property sales by overseas investors, says the CIOT.

ATT warns about start date for proposed new trust tax rules

The ATT warns trustees and their advisers that changes to inheritance tax (IHT) for trusts currently being consulted on by HMRC will, if implemented, be enforced retroactively, from 6 June 2014, the start of the consultation.

The World Humanist Congress: Freedom of Thought and Expression 8-10 August 2014

1000 international activists to attend three day event.

HRH The Prince of Wales accepts invitation to be RAeS Honorary President in 2016

The Royal Aeronautical Society is delighted to announce that His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales has accepted the Society’s invitation to act as its Honorary President for 2016, the 150th anniversary year of the establishment of the Society.

MMR: how has it been so far?

Stephen Noakes, the chairman of the CML and director of mortgages at Lloyds Banking Group, reflects on life in the mortgage industry in the immediate aftermath of the mortgage market review (MMR).

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