UK needs to look at radical options to fix EU working time rules
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OpenEurope 4 days ago (via openeurope.org.uk)
In the trade-off between providing incentives and exposing workers to excessive risks, shares and share options don’t provide a happy medium, writes Tim Harford
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FT on 20th Jan 2012 (via ft.com)
Maria Eagle MP, Labour's Shadow Transport Secretary, responding to reports that the Government is to consult on plans for a new airport in the Thames Estuary, said:
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LabourParty on 18th Jan 2012 (via labour.org.uk)
In the wrangling between Westminster and Holyrood over the referendum there are two big issues at stake, the date of the vote and —more importantly — the number of options on the ballot paper. Salmond, as he made clear on the Today Programme this morning, wants to have the referendum in autumn 2014 and have three options — the status quo, independence and ‘devo-max’ &...
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Spectator on 11th Jan 2012 (via spectator.co.uk)
Scottish Secretary Michael Moore is to make a statement to the Commons on the legal status of a referendum on Scottish independence.
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BBCPolitics on 10th Jan 2012 (via bbc.co.uk)
Interior space is genuinely huge, the van-based body offering tardis-like properties with a 10.9s time but has 240Nm of torque at 2,000rpm compared to the renault finance uk and the renault finance uk. There are premium options too, such as small commercial vehicles. The Kangoo will also return combined economy figures of 54mpg and we've managed over 45mpg on our test. Life with a loading are...
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TheCynicalDragon on 7th Jan 2012 (via thecynicaldragon.blogspot.com)
Those elderly and alone at this time of year need attractive alternative housing options. It is greatly to the BBC news team’s credit that they continue to highlight the plight of those less fortunate as the majority of us look forward excitedly to Christmas. Following on from their piece on homelessness on Wednesday, on Thursday
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 28th Dec 2011 (via libdemvoice.org)
Britain’s PM has softened his demands for the return of powers from the EU, as nations of the eurozone examine options for forging a fiscal union
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FT on 2nd Dec 2011 (via ft.com)
Let’s say £500,000 a year, a figure that includes bonuses, share options, pensions and benefits. Silly but brave, given that both his editor and his editor’s boss at GMG would take a pay cut under this scheme.
Angela Merkel refuses to develop Eurobonds or to allow the European Central Bank to be a lender of last resort, while Nicolas Sarkozy may need one of those options to emerge from difficulty, which means that the French-German motor is "kaput", newly elected European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party leader Sir Graham Watson told EurActiv in an exclusive interview. More »
