Tuesday, 6 January 2015

Osborne's got it right - Politics.co.uk

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"I said it was a mistake of Jeremy Hunt to reject the pay review bodies but I also… said I can make no commitment now to find additional money to pay for that"

Osborne's logic

George Osborne has a point about Labour's spending plans

Ed Balls and George Osborne: A basic dishonesty

Osborne is right to apply a reasonableness test to Labour policies

G4S and Serco

MoJ pulls the wool over its own eyes in G4S and Serco contracts

Making the deal - but government departments don't keep track of tendering data before negotiations

More evidence emerges of a failure of scrutiny over the contracts going to Serco, G4S and Capita

Bahrain military base

Comment: Arms sales trump human rights as UK enters Bahrain

Philip Hammond lent his support to arms sales efforts in Bahrian

UK decision to open up new naval base in Bahrain is the latest chapter in an ugly relationship

Dark clouds for UK defence in SDSR15

Despite rising threats and an uncertain world, there is increasing concern that UK’s planned strategic defence review in 2015 will be bleak indeed for the defence sector and especially those on the front line as austerity bites deeper.

CML responds to FCA on implementing the Mortgage Directive

The CML has submitted its response to the Financial Conduct Authority's consultation on implementing the European Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD) in the UK, identifying four main areas where a change of approach is needed to achieve minimum disruption to the UK mortgage market.

Alarm as cosmetics ban claim referred to ECJ

Fears it could prove major setback to animal welfare.

Labour pledge to legalise humanist marriages as Government blocks proposals, disappointing thousands of couples

The Labour Party has today pledged to give legal recognition to humanist marriages if returned to power next year, as the government publish a report blocking Liberal Democrat party policy for reform.

Advisers welcome common sense approach on digital firms’ VAT but warn uncertainty will remain

Tax advisers have welcomed a government move1 which will save thousands of small businesses needing to register for European VAT on digital services from having to charge their customers UK VAT, provided their relevant turnover remains below the £81,000 threshold

CML publishes new market forecasts

Looking ahead over the next two years, housing and mortgage market developments appear well supported by relatively favourable economic fundamentals.

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