We would stop the payment of tested tax credits to families of incomes of more than ￡50,
www.cnnhkids.com,000. We've got a massive debt crisis in this country, and so I think that those payments aren't really affordable any more. 10.14am: We've had the Labour figures. Now it's time to hear what Treasury ministers have been saying about the tax changes coming into effect tomorrow. Danny Alexander, the Lib Dem chief secretary to the Treasury, and Chloe Smith, his Conservative Treasury minister colleague, have both been giving interviews. Here are the main points they have been making. I've taken the quotes from PoliticsHome.? Alexander said the government was right to curb tax credit payments.We proposed as Liberal Democrats reforms to the tax credit system precisely for the reasons that we've seen a huge expansion in the cost of the tax credit system We'd reached a position where nine out of ten families were in receipt of these means-tested benefits.
He says he is not going to abandon the officers who took the decision to invoke the OSA to try to get the Guardian to hand over information. They were trying to do the right thing.Q: But it was a mistake?I think it was, Hogan-Howe says. The Met changed its mind. But it was rewarded with headlines talking about a "screeching U-turn".11.17am: Labour's David Winnick is asking more questions about the OSA and the Guardian.Hogan-Howe says the police did not make an application ordering the Guardian to reveal information under the OSA.11.19am: Turning away from the committee for a moment, news has just broken that Sir Gus O'Donnell, the cabinet secretary, has told officials in Downing Street that he will stand down at the end of the year.
11.23am: Ed Miliband's speech is now on the Labour party website. As a speech, it was actually rather mundane, although it served a purpose because it allowed Miliband to distance himself from the more militant sections of the union movement. The Labour leader was actually much better during the Q&A session. Again, he didn't always tell his audience what they wanted to hear. But he engaged with them, and answered their questions directly and respectfully. Here are the main points.? Miliband was heckled by trade unionists after he told them that going on strike in June was a "mistake". Although the language he used was exactly the same as the language he used in a blog at the time, this was an important moment of political theatre because Miliband was delivering his message to the TUC in person.
I'm just about to take a look now.4.24pm: The David Willetts speech was worth the eye strain. (See 4.06pm.) It was a lecture to the Conservative Policy Forum and his theme was the need for long-term thinking in policy making. Here are some of the main points.? Willetts suggested that having an apprenticeship encouraged people to get married. He quoted some (admittedly crude) evidence that appears to back this up and said that expanding apprenticeships was "one of the most family-friendly things this government is doing".Apprenticeships are crucial here. Here is some evidence of their significance. It is admittedly rather crude but it should be researched more rigorously. I asked my officials what we know about the personal circumstances of people who have different types if education and training,
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I simply don't know. Virgin Trains obliged the Osborne version, always a smart move in the favours bank.Later, a tweeter calling himself "Larry" claimed the chancellor had tried it on before. True or false, we don't know that either. But in the modern media climate – Leveson or not – some stories are "too good to resist", especially if they involve elected public officials, always an easy target. As Twitter sources go, "Larry" isn't easily verified.By the same token, no one knows exactly who or what to believe: bad-tempered Andrew Mitchell or the police version of what happened when the chief whip tried to ride his bike out of Downing Street as usual and encountered a stroppy cop. Probably both sides are a bit wrong, a bit right, bending the facts as people (and their trades unions) do.
But the views of the Irish people in the referendum on the Eurozone treaty should be respected.12.03pm: Ed Miliband asks Cameron if he agrees that the revelations from deputy assistant commissioner Sue Ackers at the Leveson inquiry show the need for full investigation.Cameron says he agrees. It is never right for the police to take money.Miliband asks Cameron to disassociate himself from Michael Gove's comments about the Leveson inquiry having a chilling effect on press freedom.Cameron says Gove, like other members of the government, supports the Leveson inquiry.12.05pm: Ed Miliband turns to the NHS. He quotes what Nigel Crisp said about the health bill on Sunday.Cameron says he has one final point to make about Leveson.
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