07 January 2016 Week in Brief: UK FLOODS: The severe floods which have affected the North of England and Scotland have caused £billions worth of damage. It is thought that most of the damage is not covered by insurance. The Government has been criticised for what is seen as a North/South divide, with insufficient funds… Continue reading Issue 35: 2016 01 07: Week in Brief: UK
Category: Week In Brief UK
Issue 34: 2015 12 24: Week in Brief: UK
24 December 2015 Week in Brief: UK LIBYA: The Government is preparing to send 1,000 troops to Libya to support local forces in an attempt to stop Isis fighters from dominating the country. LABOUR PARTY: Jeremy Corbyn has been warned by Peter Mandelson that the party has lost 30,000 members recently, through the resignations of… Continue reading Issue 34: 2015 12 24: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 33: 2015 12 17: Week in Brief: UK
17 December 2015 Week in Brief: UK ENVIRONMENT: The commitment in the Paris agreement to pursue efforts to keep global warning down to 1.5° C above pre-industrial levels would require a substantial step up from Britain. Until now the Committee on Climate Change has worked on the basis of 2C°, the maximum envisaged by Paris. … Continue reading Issue 33: 2015 12 17: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 32: 2015 12 10: Week in Brief: UK
10 December 2015 Week in Brief: UK STORM DESMOND: Record rainfall in Cumbria has led to widespread flooding with much of the city of Carlisle underwater. The 15.9 inches of rain which fell within a 48-hour period at Thirlmere, Cumbria, was a new record, beating the previous record of 15.6 inches set in 2009. Water… Continue reading Issue 32: 2015 12 10: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 31: 2015 12 03: Week in Brief: UK
03 December 2015 Week in Brief: UK AUTUMN STATEMENT: The Chancellor’s job was made much easier by a re-computation of tax take and debt servicing costs, which gave him an extra £28.5 billion over the next five years. That meant that he did not have to go ahead with the proposed elimination of tax credits for… Continue reading Issue 31: 2015 12 03: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 30: 2015 11 26: Week in Brief: UK
26 November 2015 Week in Brief: UK AUTUMN STATEMENT: In his autumn statement, the Chancellor claimed that the public finances had improved and that accordingly government expenditure would not need to be cut as much as previously envisaged. Inter alia, he announced: the abandonment of his plan to cut tax credits; an increase in the… Continue reading Issue 30: 2015 11 26: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 29: 2015 11 19 UK news
19 November 2015 Week In Brief: UK NEWS PARIS: Britain has been stunned by the terrorist killings in France and there has been widespread public sympathy. The Duke of Cambridge attended the friendly football match between England and France at Wembley to demonstrate solidarity with the French. The stadium was lit up in the French… Continue reading Issue 29: 2015 11 19 UK news
Issue 28: 2015 11 12: Week in Brief: UK
12 November 2015 Week in Brief: UK SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Although the action of the British government in promptly grounding flights in and out of Sharm el-Sheikh was initially condemned by Egypt as being unwarranted, it has been justified by the conclusion of the investigating authorities that the destruction of the plane bound for St Petersburg… Continue reading Issue 28: 2015 11 12: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 27: 2015 11 05: Week in Brief: UK
05 November 2015 Week in Brief: UK POPULATION FIGURES: The Office for National Statistics predicts that over the next twenty-five years the population of the UK will increase from 64,600,000 to 74,300,000. By then it will have overtaken that of France and, if trends continue, it will overtake that of Germany in 2047. The projected… Continue reading Issue 27: 2015 11 05: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 26: 2015 10 29: Week in Brief UK
29 October 2015 Week in Brief:UK TAX CREDITS: The disagreement between the Government and the House of Lords over the Chancellor’s plan to cut tax credits by £4 billion per annum from next April came to a head on Tuesday with peers voting to delay the cuts until, firstly, the government has responded to an… Continue reading Issue 26: 2015 10 29: Week in Brief UK
Issue 25: 2015 10 22: Week In Brief: UK
22 October 2015 Week In Brief: UK TAX CREDIT: The Chancellor’s plan to withdraw tax credits from next spring has come under fire from members of his own party who are concerned at the effect on low-paid working families. Those members include Lord Tebbit and the Bow Group. Since the changes are being introduced by… Continue reading Issue 25: 2015 10 22: Week In Brief: UK
Issue 24: 2015 10 15: Week in Brief: UK
15 October 2015 Week in Brief: UK LEON BRITTAN: The Metropolitan police have apologised to Lady Brittan, the widow of Lord Brittan of Spennithorne, for their failure to inform the Brittans that rape allegations against Lord Brittan had been abandoned before Lord Brittan’s death from cancer. An investigation by the BBC’s “Panorama” programme has cast… Continue reading Issue 24: 2015 10 15: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 23: 2015 10 08: Week in Brief: UK
08 October 2015 Week in Brief: UK EU REFERENDUM: Lord Lawson of Blaby, who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer for five years under Margaret Thatcher, is to become president of Conservatives for Britain which will join other organisations campaigning to leave the EU. The chief executive of the cross party coalition will be Matthew… Continue reading Issue 23: 2015 10 08: Week in Brief: UK
