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Monday, 7 July 2014

Paedophile row: May makes statement - politics.co.uk

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"Most people would have thought that the establishment, the system, was to be protected and if a few things had gone wrong here and there that it was more important to protect the system than to delve too far into it" Paedophile row Westminster paedophile cover-up: May makes statement to Commons Theresa May to make a statement to MPs on how the Home Office treated files about alleged paedophile politicians, amid fears of a cover-up in the 1980s Everything you need to know about the Westminster paedophile allegations in five minutes Allegations of a child abuse ring in Westminster in the 1980s are leaving parliament facing a huge scandal, its biggest for years In other news Author's new book features villain called Chris Grayling Protest against prisoner book ban takes unusual new direction, after bestselling author announces she'l name the villain of her new novel after the justice secretary Big smoke: London's Oxford Street 'most polluted in the world' Boris Johnson has dismissed air pollution levels in London as "perfectly fine". Gove smothers May with praise - while retreating from his extremism apology Michael Gove fell over himself to praise Theresa May this morning - while subtly retreating from his apology over her handling of extremism. Tory marginals funded by secretive dining club Funding targeting key marginal seats is being provided by one of the Conservatives' shadiest sources of cash, as the debate about party funding continues. Prescott lashes out at 'precious' think-tanks John Prescott has defended Ed Miliband's right to dismiss the work of the IPPR think-tank, declaring in a Sunday newspaper: "These wonks can be pretty precious."	Advertise your job vacancies here What’s the future for Maritime Air Power in the UK? The Royal Aeronautical Society’s Air Power Group has published a discussion paper on the current and future of maritime air power in the UK. NASUWT comments on CBI/Pearson Education and Skills Survey “No one doubts that schools have an important role to play in supporting the future employability of children and young people". ATT challenges plans to scrap main residence election rules The Association of Taxation Taxations (“ATT”) has criticised the Government’s plans to scrap the rule allowing those owning more than one property to choose which property counts as their main residence. 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.

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Friday, 4 July 2014

Week in Review: Miliband's summer blues - Politics.co.uk

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Alex Stevenson writes:

Drifting along is a good way of enjoying the hot weather, but not a great approach if you're leader of the opposition.

It has been a tough week for Ed Miliband. His speechwriters messed up by using a dud statistic. His prime minister's questions effort was lacklustre, and he was reduced to laughing as David Cameron made fun of him. The man he appointed to head Labour's policy review, Jon Cruddas, has been leaking left right and centre, complaining of a "dead hand" at the centre of the Labour party and moaning that the leader is being "gamed out" (not sure what that means, but it sounds bad). Lord Glasman talked of his "conformist mediocrity". And his big speech of the week, on how Labour just loves business, was largely ignored. It must truly be, as Cameron put it across the despatch box, a "miserable existence" to be the leader of the Labour opposition.

And yet Miliband will not have given up hope about next year. The 'Juncker bounce' resulting from the PM's latest bout of eurosceptic grandstanding in Brussels may have reduced the gap in the polls to just a few percentage points, but even this is more than enough to stop the Tories getting an overall majority. It will be very hard for Miliband to get over the line next year, true. But that is a reality he must surely, now, be coming to accept. A further plus is that Cameron, like Miliband, has problems of his own.

Today's 18-month sentence for a certain former head of communications in Downing Street is just one of them. It's a "damning verdict for David Cameron as well as Andy Coulson", as Labour's Michael Dugher puts it. The PM was put through the wringer on this story last week and, thanks to the retrial of Coulson on other charges, will be put through the wringer again in the future.

And yet there is something in Cameron's character that allows him to get through these bad news days and emerge with healthy poll ratings. Perhaps it is the traits he picked up while at boarding school - an unhealthy place, as psychotherapist Nick Duffell's been explaining this week. Regardless, Cameron is a remarkably resilient leader who never seems to face the full force of public anger his enemies might expect. Not just over Coulson, or the Tories' wealthy donors, but even over the economy: a fledgling recovery appears to be making the public forget about the austerity agenda for which this government will ultimately be remembered. The cuts are only going to bite in 2016, when there really will be no money left; while the coming general election might be a good one to lose, for now the exaggerated recovery seems to sum up Cameron's knack of getting away with it.

Where does this leave Miliband? Facing a summer of rumblings, that's where. It will baffle him. On paper, he is in a strong position. He has been playing a long game for four years, now, and his big chance of taking power is just ten months away. So why is it proving so hard? Why are the public not convinced? Why is his rival so unruffled?

The sun might be shining outside, but Miliband needs to stop drifting through the summer.

Best of news

Tory MPs admire Cameron's laurels of defeat

A brilliant, glittering, glorious defeat

Make your choice: David Cameron is either a feckless idiot or a principled champion of Britain.

Comment: MPs don't need to change the law on assisted suicide

The supreme court dismissed a challenge to the law on assisted suicide last week

Many will be thankful the ban on assisted suicide remains while being sympathetic to the tragic, difficult circumstances of those who are desperate for death and often, but not always, very ill.

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

Prince Charles has met ministers on 36 occasions since the 2010 general election

We love the British monarchy because it steers clear of politics. Prince Charles' meddling is undermining that - and leaving many worried about his future as king.

Best of Comment and Analysis

Lonely voices of protest against anti-immigrant legal attack

Sarah Teather at the Lib Dem conference. She is quitting parliament at the general election.

A handful of MPs take a stand against moves to strip new immigrants of legal aid

Comment: Trident is a child's security blanket

'If the UK is in the position where it has to use these weapons then the deterrent has failed.'

Nuclear deterrents make the world more dangerous and no one safer. If the UK is in the position where it has to use these weapons then the deterrent has failed.

Have boarding schools damaged politicians?

David Cameron's Cabinet is dominated by ministers who went to boarding schools

Everyone knows David Cameron and his Cabinet are posh. Yet few in Westminster will accept a psychotherapist's claim that their boarding school backgrounds have fundamentally crippled their ability to lead.

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NASUWT comments on CBI/Pearson Education and Skills Survey

“No one doubts that schools have an important role to play in supporting the future employability of children and young people".

ATT challenges plans to scrap main residence election rules

The Association of Taxation Taxations (“ATT”) has criticised the Government’s plans to scrap the rule allowing those owning more than one property to choose which property counts as their main residence.

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.

Coulson sentenced - politics.co.uk

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"Their true motivation was not to act in the best interest of the child but to sell newspapers" Coulson sentencing 'Good investigative journalism takes courage': Andy Coulson sent to prison Andy Coulson and his fellow defendants are fiercely criticised by a judge, as the phone-hacking trial ends with prison sentences Problems at the MoJ It costs more and achieves less: Why prison doesn't work New evidence emerges of religious extremism, violence and failed rehabilitation Chaos in probation: Staff 'picked out of a hat' for privatised service Fears of chaos in the government's probation privatisation programme, as it emerges staff are being selected by literally having their names picked out a hat In other news Clegg defends Prince Charles' right to lobby ministers Prince Charles should be permitted to lobby ministers, Nick Clegg has said, as campaigners' concerns about royal activism intensify. Report: Immigration policy keeping out the best and brightest 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 They've got his number: Osborne dodges basic maths question 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.	Advertise your job vacancies here ATT challenges plans to scrap main residence election rules The Association of Taxation Taxations (“ATT”) has criticised the Government’s plans to scrap the rule allowing those owning more than one property to choose which property counts as their main residence. 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.

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 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 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 The arguments against genuine recall don't stack up. NOTICE of a MATCH to be played on an UNEVEN PLAYING FIELD next year '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 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 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 Missed this week's PMQs? Catch up here Royal activist Clegg defends Prince Charles' right to lobby ministers 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 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 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.	Advertise your job vacancies here 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).