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Zombie knife surrender policy from Labour which offered compensation for blades had 'huge flaws' and could cost up to £1.1MILLION
1 month ago

Zombie knife surrender policy from Labour which offered compensation for blades had 'huge flaws' and could cost up to £1.1MILLION

Daily Mail  

A Labour-backed zombie knife surrender policy which offered owners and retailers compensation for the terrifying blades had 'huge flaws', documents show. Individuals and businesses were offered a minimum of £10 per knife when handing in three or more blades during a month-long surrender and compensation scheme A BBC investigation also found that some owners may have profited from handing in …

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Labour to back away from 2030 petrol car ban
3 months, 1 week ago

Labour to back away from 2030 petrol car ban

The Telegraph  

However, the move to allow 20pc of new car sales to be hybrids until 2035 is likely to cause friction with environmental campaigners who are critical of their emissions. “This dithering creates a huge headache for manufacturers and ultimately hurts economic growth.” On Saturday a Labour source insisted it was always its policy to allow the continued sale of some …

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Labour will not scrap two-child benefit cap in October, senior figure warns
4 months ago

Labour will not scrap two-child benefit cap in October, senior figure warns

The Independent  

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As Keir Starmer's Labour Looks Set To Form Govt, Here’s How The New UK Cabinet May Look Like
5 months, 2 weeks ago

As Keir Starmer's Labour Looks Set To Form Govt, Here’s How The New UK Cabinet May Look Like

News 18  

With Labour predicted to become the biggest party in the UK parliament, here are the contenders for the most prominent ministerial positions. A central figure in Labour efforts over the last four years to regain the electorate’s trust on economic issues, she insists it is now “the natural party of British business”. Home Affairs: Yvette Cooper Cooper’s decades of political …

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Keir Starmer faces clash with Labour's union paymasters as he 'waters down plans to ban zero hours contracts and out-of-hours emails to workers' after backlash from business
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Keir Starmer faces clash with Labour's union paymasters as he 'waters down plans to ban zero hours contracts and out-of-hours emails to workers' after backlash from business

Daily Mail  

Keir Starmer is facing a showdown with Labour's union paymasters amid claims he is poised to water down workers' rights reforms. Angela Rayner and Keir Starmer attend a Labour event at Harlow Town FC in Essex yesterday Unite general secretary Sharon Graham warned 'a red line will be crossed' if the party U-turns on previous employment pledges while TUC president …

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No quick fix for city's aging workforce
7 months, 4 weeks ago

No quick fix for city's aging workforce

China Daily  

A chronically low fertility rate, and a rapidly aging population, reduces the size of the workforce — with the proportion of young people diminishing too. In January 2015, the government released the "Population Policy — Strategies and Initiatives" report. The Human Resources Planning Commission was established in April 2018 to deliberate and drive population policy matters. In a written response …

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Most North Sea oil and gas projects risk being ‘unviable’ under Labour plans
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Most North Sea oil and gas projects risk being ‘unviable’ under Labour plans

The Telegraph  

The report said: “The Labour party currently has a healthy lead in the polls. “Our analysis shows that only a quarter of all new projects in the North Sea would be economically viable under Labour’s earlier proposals. Ross Dornan, markets intelligence manager at Offshore Energies UK, said: “Domestic resources supply about half our needs …it is crucial that we have …

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Forget Ulez, Britain is running away from its environmental realities – and obligations
1 year, 3 months ago

Forget Ulez, Britain is running away from its environmental realities – and obligations

The Independent  

As an exemplar of a good policy badly implemented, the expansion of the ultra-low emission zone in outer London has few rivals. It is indeed becoming painfully evident as to why there are no green causes in Mr Sunak’s famous five pledges; as his former climate change minister Zac Goldsmith pointed out in his resignation letter, Mr Sunak isn’t as …

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Sir Keir Starmer has changed his trans self ID stance – but he needs his MPs to follow
1 year, 4 months ago

Sir Keir Starmer has changed his trans self ID stance – but he needs his MPs to follow

The Telegraph  

Just before Starmer was elected as leader, a YouGov poll found that 80 per cent of people thought the party was divided. Ben Bradshaw, one of the party’s more outspoken MPs on trans, says he is concerned by Starmer’s “retreat” away from self-identification or, as he put it, “demedicalising” the gender reassignment process. Shadow secretary of state for foreign, commonwealth …

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What does Starmer’s U-turn on child benefit mean for Labour?
1 year, 5 months ago

What does Starmer’s U-turn on child benefit mean for Labour?

The Independent  

Keir Starmer has ignited a minor civil war in his party by promising to keep the Conservatives’ “austerity” policy of limiting child benefit to the first two offspring. In February 2020, admittedly before the pandemic and Brexit inflicted their damage on the British economy, Starmer, the shadow Brexit secretary, tweeted: “We must scrap the inhuman Work Capability Assessments and private …

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Two-child benefit cap: What is it and why is Keir Starmer coming under fire?
1 year, 5 months ago

Two-child benefit cap: What is it and why is Keir Starmer coming under fire?

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Labour leader confirmed the party's latest U-turn on Sunday, despite in 2020 stating …

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Labour consider inheritance tax rise in further raid on middle classes
1 year, 9 months ago

Labour consider inheritance tax rise in further raid on middle classes

The Telegraph  

The Labour Party is considering raising inheritance tax in a further raid on the middle classes, The Telegraph understands. A change to inheritance tax would come on top of other plans by Labour, including reversing the Government’s plan to abolish the lifetime cap on tax-free pension savings and cancelling tax breaks for private schools. Labour’s “grey book”, which it published …

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Labour to promise new security pact with EU and closer ties with Brussels
1 year, 11 months ago

Labour to promise new security pact with EU and closer ties with Brussels

The Telegraph  

Labour’s shadow foreign secretary will on Tuesday promise to secure a new security pact with the European Union if his party wins the next election and returns to government. In a speech designed to outline Labour's foreign policy vision, David Lammy will name five ways in which Britain must “reconnect” with the wider world. Labour won't seek EU single market …

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NITI Aayog's draft national policy on migrant workers: A narrow vision document
3 years, 9 months ago

NITI Aayog's draft national policy on migrant workers: A narrow vision document

The Hindu  

It took a nationwide lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic to recognise the plight of an invisible workforce that contributes in no small measure to the nation’s economy. In response to the migrant workers’ concerns, NITI Aayog, the Central government’s policy think tank, has drawn up a draft national policy on migrant labour. If you saw the flights from October to …

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Why anti-migrant rhetoric is all bluster, no action: Nudge and wink policy allows politicians, businessmen to reap benefits
4 years, 1 month ago

Why anti-migrant rhetoric is all bluster, no action: Nudge and wink policy allows politicians, businessmen to reap benefits

Firstpost  

For all the Right-wing anti-migrant rhetoric now popular in many parts of the world, economic imperatives are powering migration flows that no amount of rule-making or wall-building can prevent. For all the Right-wing anti-migrant rhetoric now popular in Poland, and indeed even in England, economic imperatives are powering migration flows that no amount of rule-making or wall-building can prevent. The …

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