Britain not isolated shock
Who would have thought? Angela Merkel emerges as the UK’s protector as the EU budget bunfight ends in a stand-off.
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Government plans to cut spending in Whitehall departments and invest an extra £5bn in schools and other capital projects will “make our country work better”, says David Cameron.
The economic future is bleak, but the chancellor wants to stick to his deficit reduction plan – so something has to give. Is he planning a VAT hike to 22.5 per cent? A stamp duty rise on luxury homes?
Rwanda will see its aid budget reduced amid allegations it is helping rebels in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. Who else gets our money – and are their hands clean?
The halting of aid to Rwanda is “Britain throwing down the gauntlet”, writes Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Miller who investigated alleged military interference in Congo for Dispatches on Monday.
So much for those post-election hopes that the parties would reach a deal to avoid the looming fiscal cliff. Leading Republicans have trashed Obama’s plan as “totally inadequate” and a “non-starter”.
Britain is withholding £21m of aid to Rwanda amid concerns that the state is supporting rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), it was announced today.
Eight supermarkets have agreed to a set of principles following concerns over confusing special offers and promotions for food and drink, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) announces.
Although we are only one year into a two-year scheme, today’s Work Programme figures are bad news for the Department for Work and Pensions – and the numbers for ill and disabled people are even worse.
Former chancellor Lord Lawson condemns the Conservative-led coalition’s rising aid payments to Rwanda, a country which he says is run by “an unscrupulous monster”, writes Jonathan Miller.
One in five domestic violence centres has cut services in the last year due to funding problems – despite many refuges already having to turn women away because they are full, Channel 4 News learns.
Respected think tank the Institute for Fiscal Studies warns the current period of austerity could last for a further six years as the chancellor is forced to extend cuts into the next parliament.
David Cameron’s Eurosceptic headache continues as one of his campaign chiefs warns the Conservatives may need to form a pact with the UK Independence Party.
Exclusive: A former ally of the Rwandan president warns that British aid is bankrolling an unaccountable, repressive regime accused of war crimes in neighbouring Congo, writes Jonathan Miller.
Who would have thought? Angela Merkel emerges as the UK’s protector as the EU budget bunfight ends in a stand-off.
Britain feels there’s a painless – in national interest terms – way to settle this whole budget business.