Public Spending
Today, members of the House of Lords will debate the Terminally Ill Adults Bill for the first sitting of Committee Stage. Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, Baroness Grey-Thompson, Lord Carlile of Berriew, Baroness Coffey, Lord Goodman of Wycombe, Lord Moylan, and Lord Sandhurst, all opponents of the Assisted Dying Bill, have together tabled 587 amendments to… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) met the new Policing Minister, Sarah Jones MP, on Wednesday 12 November, to raise concerns affecting the shooting community, including a forthcoming consultation on plans to merge shotgun and firearms licensing. During the meeting with the Minister, BASC underlined the sector’s commitment to high standards and public… Read more »
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The public sector can deliver major savings, and without affecting frontline services, but don’t hold your breath. By Rachel Wynne Last week Sir Philip Green published his Efficiency Review. It reported some startling figures about savings that could be made to the public purse. But mostly it told us something that we already thought we… Read more »
By Peter Wozniak Arguments for and against the spending cuts are intensifying in today’s newspapers, as the comprehensive spending review looms. Lord Wolfson, a Conservative peer and the chief executive of Next, has drafted a letter signed by 35 business leaders urging the chancellor to press ahead with an aggressive programme of spending cuts. Further… Read more »
