Under draft rules, Mr Osborne could be compelled to appear before the EU assembly's monetary affairs committee to explain himself in an "economic dialogue" with MEPs. ? Nicholas Timmins in the Financial Times (subscription) says the changes to the health bill announced by Cameron yesterday will increase bureaucracy.Commissioning groups will be constrained by the need endlessly to consult – listening to patients, clinical senates, clinical networks, health and well-being boards and citizens' panels – while their activities are scrutinised by Health Watch, the new patients' group.Most of these bodies will have the power,
www.ytcgzx.net, if not to veto plans, then to refer them back or send them up to the commissioning board.
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www.cnnhkids.com, to her gaze upon the world, but I think it is a wise and telling choice. For one thing, she has, inthe last four stories of Dear Life, revisited early material, rethought it inthe wiser and more accepting terms that we would expect of someone whohas spent most of her adult life maturing in the public eye. She has also recognised, perhaps, that every career has a natural arc and a natural end.Not many successful writers have lived into their 80s – the perennially mature Henry James was 72 when he died, Tolstoy 71 when he published his last novel. Edith Wharton was working on her last novel when she died at 75. The View from Castle Rock, which Munro published when she was 75, wasa grand and intriguing departure, both geographically and thematically, and one of my favourites.
Opening what has been a bad-tempered debate on a Labour motion calling for the register to be published, as the Information Commissioner's Office has said it should be published, Burnham said that regional risk registers which have been made public highlighted the scale of the problems associated with the bill.This is what the NHS is telling the Health Secretary and the Prime Minister about the potential effects of his reorganisation. It is appalling and shocking. They are taking unacceptable risks with children's safety and people's lives ... If this is what is published in local risk registers, it begs the question what on earth are they trying to hide in the national assessment? The simple truth is this: they can't publish, because if people knew the full facts it would demolish any residual support that this reorganisation might have.
Two senior reporters at The Sun have apparently attempted to commit suicide as the police intensify their scrutiny of alleged illegal journalistic practices at News International.The apparent attempts to take their own lives in recent days follows weeks of intensifying scrutiny of The Sun's role in the press ethics scandal over phone-hacking and corrupt payments to police ...The two journalists in question have been checked into hospital and their care is being paid for by News International, according to two people familiar with the situation. News International declined to comment.? Tim Ross in the Daily Telegraph says the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority has reintroduced ￡30,000 "golden goodbye" payments for MPs who lose their seats.
He should also take on board the prime minister's comments this morning that leave the door open for the government to fall into line, and hold a referendum.3.01pm: Given the fact that the Financial Times were reporting last week that ministers expect just three of the 10 cities holding referendums on whether to have directly elected mayors to vote yes (subscription), David Cameron's speech this afternoon is rather bold. He's in Bristol and he has devoted a whole speech to making the case for elected mayors. He did not have anything new to say in policy terms. But he argued that cities like Bristol would benefit from having a high-profile local champion.Here's an excerpt.Frankly nothing we do in Westminster – no policy we pass or investment we make – can compete with having one energetic champion on the ground, whose round-the-clock, unrelenting focus is on seeing their city succeed.
? Mike Smithson at PoliticalBetting says the latest YouGov poll shows that 21% of Labour supporters in London say they would vote for Boris Johnson, not Ken Livingstone, in next year's mayoral election.3.02pm: Here's an afternoon summary.? Dave Prentis, the Unison general secretary, has accused Labour of preparing the ground for the breakup of the public services. In a speech to his party's conference,
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The decisions that men make, they have got to understand the effect they have on women. But one of the best ways of making sure decsions are made that do not ignore the needs of women is having women at the top of our politics and as part of our boardrooms.? He said there there should be more women leading trade unions. "There are not that many women trade union leaders and that is a really, really important point," he said.2.38pm: Ed Miliband is taking part in a webchat with Mumsnet.2.50pm: Here's a short afternoon reading list.? Gavin Kelly at the New Statesmen on the longterm political impliations of the autumn statement.For the Liberal Democrats, perhaps more than any other party, yesterday may turn out to be seismic.
If you want to follow the phone hacking hearing, our media team are running a live blog.10.21am: The home affairs committee hearing has just started. Keith Vaz, the chairman, opens it by showing a short video about the riots.(Select committee chairmen are becoming more and more like theatre impresarios. They are dreaming up ever more inventive ways of making their hearings audience friendly.) Photograph: Matthew Lewis/Getty Images 10.24am: Boris Johnson is giving evidence. He says he "regretted" the fact that Sir Paul Stephenson had to resign as commissioner of the Met.Stephenson thought the News International controversy was going to "go on and on".They had a long conversation about it, Johnson says.
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