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Het is helemaal niet leuk (en niet nodig) te wachten op officiële aankondigingen van een kabinet-Boeien, want het lekt toch altijd uit, omdat iedereen van media tot politiek bij elkaar op schoot zit, en iedereen ligt bij elkaar in bed. De T. krijgt dit en de NOS krijgt dat en het AD krijgt zus en de Volkskrant krijgt zo en nu weten we dus al dat het IRANMAATREGELENPAKKET zal gaan over: een hogere reiskostenvergoeding voor werknemers, halvering motorrijtuigenbelasting grijze kentekens, motorrijtuigenbelasting vrachtwagens naar 0 procent + hier en daar een boel groene subsidie. Dat wist u al want dat was al uitgelekt, maar omdat 1 miljard euro niet bij Eelco Heinen op de rug groeit is nu ook uitgelekt wat duurder zal worden om die andere dingen goedkoper te maken. Voor niets komt immers de zon op, maar het kijken naar die zonsopgang met een pilsje in uw vuist kost straks nog meer dan niets: alcohol duurder, startersaftrek afgeschaft, kleinschaligheidsinvesteringsaftrek versober. Lang verhaal kort: peut nog steeds teringduur en voorts heel erg boos over duurdere alcohol.
Judge in case of two families housed for years in single hotel rooms says they should have been moved within three months
The Home Office could face legal action from hundreds of asylum-seeking families stuck in single rooms in hotels after a judge criticised the âextraordinarily stressfulâ conditions in which they are expected to live.
In a ruling, the deputy high court judge Alan Bates questioned why two families had been forced to live in single rooms for more than three years. He said they should have been moved to alternative accommodation within three months.
Continue reading...Douglas Alexander defends PM ahead of Commons showdown over Mandelson scandal
David Lammy, the deputy PM and justice secretary who was foreign secretary when Peter Mandelson was made ambassador to the US, has said that he was never told that Mandelson failed the security vetting interview. Mandelsonâs was only technically approved because Olly Robbins, the head of Foreign Office, exercised his discretion to ignore the recommendation from the people doing the vetting.
Lammy gave his account of this in an interview with Pippa Crerar.
The problem ultimately is caused by the prime minister choosing an ambassador with a known integrity problem. Everybody understood that about Peter Mandelson, if you look at his past record.
Iâm not criticising his abilities, but as the talisman for New Labour, he had a very dodgy series of relationships. We wonât go into that. So there should have been, the prime minister should have thought through before announcing the appointment how he was going to manage that aspect of choosing Mandelson.
Continue reading...Exclusive: Retired NHS worker Nicholas Stone, 65, died after becoming unwell at protest against far-right group Bristol Patriots
The daughter of a retired NHS worker is calling for a full and independent investigation into the death of her father after it emerged he died after police contact at a protest against the far right.
Nicholas Stone, 65, who lived in Bristol, died on 10 January after becoming unwell at a protest opposing the rightwing group Bristol Patriots, who were staging a demonstration in the city centre.
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