But here comes the "but". It's impossible to avoid the suspicion that John Bercow has done this not to reinvigorate democracy, but to glorify John Bercow. Put simply,
kate spade bags, the Speaker's overweening vanity and irresistible impulse towards self-publicity make him the most irritating man in British politics (edging out Ed Balls by a nose,
marc by marc jacobs tote, if only due to the contribution of wife Sally).2.46pm: Is this afternoon's statement good or bad for Jeremy Hunt? Here's a theory from Sky's Joey Jones.maybe UQ paradoxically not bad thing for j hunt - expect pm will be less circumspect in support than yesterday because of labour pressure.— joeyjones (@joeyjonessky) April 30, 20122.08pm: Labour claim that Jeremy Hunt broke the ministerial code in three respects.
The Treasury said it would "carefully consider" the proposal. The TUC said it was strongly in favour. "A general anti-avoidance rule would make it far harder for thesuper-rich to hide behind tax loop-holes and avoid paying their fair share of taxation," said Brendan Barber, the TUC general secretary.? Kenneth Clarke, the justice secretary, has launched a consultation on prioritising women and ethnic minority candidates in judicial appointments. (See 12.29pm.)? Boris Johnson has warned that Britain faces economic stagnation unless another airport is built in the south east of England. His speech on this subject coincided with a report in the Times claiming that the government is likely to reject his proposal for an airport in the Thames estuary.
5bn.The report says that the WGA has the potential to help the government identify the "risks it needs to manage",
www.cnnhkids.com, but it found the Treasury's understanding of some aspects of the WGA was "poor". "For instance the Treasury showed surprise at the estimated ￡10.9bn in outstanding tax and it had no knowledge of recent trends in clinical negligence claims or whether plans were in place to reduce the estimated ￡15.7bn cost to taxpayers of meeting these claims," the report states. "The Treasury should use the WGA specifically to identify key risks to public funds and ensure bodies included in the WGA can demonstrate that they are addressing them effectively."You can see the conclusions and recommendations on this page.
By party, Conservative MPs broke ranks in 28% of votes, Lib Dems MPs have done so in 24%.3. Even these separate figures are very high by comparison with historic behaviour of government backbenchers. The Conservative figure is higher than the rate of rebellion by government MPs in all but eight post-war sessions. The Lib Dem rate of 24% is higher than that seen by government MPs in all but eleven post-war sessions.12.46pm: Looking ahead to the Cameron/Clegg renewal of the coalition vows, the BBC's Norman Smith has posted this on Twitter.One for the cameras. Nick Clegg and PM make point of leaving Downing st together en route toEssex jardin de Rose.— norman smith (@BBCNormanS) May 8, 20121.
? She said the government wanted to improve the way it intervenes to help problem families.The government, in its various forms, various bits of government, will often be spending quite a lot of money on these families, but it's not being done in a way that is effective and is offering the real help that these youngsters need ... What we will be doing is providing support through a taskforce, or a team of people, that will be able to help at local level, identify what's going to be the wisest way and the most effective way to spend money that's available to deal with this issue.? She said she wanted the Occupy London protesters at St Paul's Cathedral to be removed as soon as possible.The police and the Church and the Corporation of London need to work together to clear the protest as soon as possible.
This was "completely inconsistent", Whiteman said. It was not acceptable to say "if you put a policy to ministers and if you say 'No, I'm doing it anyway' under a policy you don't know about".It was absolutely clear to me that ministers wanted fingerprint checks to be taken and that had not been put into effect. I think I was right to suspend him under those circumstances.Whiteman pointed out that ministers were not aware of the guidance used by Clark to justify lifting some checks.? Keith Vaz, the committee chairman, said witnesses had been saying contradictory things to the committee.This is certainly an organisation that is saying different things, and I think that Parliament will want to get a proper feel of precisely what happened, not just because of the past but because this is something happening on a daily basis.
The demand, in a letter to David Cameron, is seen as a test of Mr Davey's environmental credentials after he succeeded Chris Huhne, who quit on Friday. In a joint appearance today, Mr Clegg and Mr Davey will seek to reassure green groups that Mr Huhne's departure will not dilute the coalition's commitment to their cause. Visiting a test site for green homes in Watford, the deputy prime minister will say: "The choice for the UK is simple: wake up, or end up playing catch up. In today's world the savviest states understand that going for growth means going green. Low-carbon markets are the next frontier in the battle for global pre-eminence.Mr Davey will say: "There may have been a change at the helm, but there'll be no change in direction or ambition.
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