15 December 2016 Week in Brief: UK WEARING THE TROUSERS: Nicky Morgan, sacked from the role of education secretary by Mrs May, has been banned from meetings at Downing Street after publicly criticising the Prime Minister’s trousers. Apparently Mrs Morgan, an aspirant for the leadership following the resignation of David Cameron, was troubled by their… Continue reading Issue 84: 2016 12 15: Week in Brief: UK
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Issue 84:2016 12 15:Just a spoonful of tax (Frank O’Nomics)
15 December 2016 Just a spoonful full of tax helps the sugar go down Lateral thinking on a sugar tax. by Frank O’Nomics The UK has an obesity problem of epidemic proportions and it is costing the country a great deal of money. According to a recent report for the Department for Work and Pensions,… Continue reading Issue 84:2016 12 15:Just a spoonful of tax (Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 83: 2016 12 08: Week in Brief: UK
08 December 2016 Week in Brief: UK Courts SUPREME COURT: The Government’s appeal to the Supreme Court, against the High Court decision that Parliamentary approval is required before notice is given to leave the EU under article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon, began on Monday. The case turns on whether the supremacy of Parliament… Continue reading Issue 83: 2016 12 08: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 68: 2016 08 25: Week in Brief: UK
25 August 2016 Week In Brief: UK Government FREE SPEECH: Concerns over the impact on free speech are leading to delays in laws to silence hate preachers such as Anjem Choudary. Despite his conviction, hate videos, spread by his acolytes, are still being found on YouTube. As many as 5 associates of Mr Choudary have been placed… Continue reading Issue 68: 2016 08 25: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Week in Brief: UK
11 August 2016 Week in Brief: UK Government News CHILD SEX ABUSE INQUIRY: The chairman of the inquiry into child sex abuse, Dame Lowell Goddard, resigned after being criticized for the amount of time she spent abroad during her first year in charge, but could get £90,000 in severance pay and continue to live in a… Continue reading Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 56: 2016 06 02: Week in Brief: UK
02 June 2016 Week in Brief: UK EU Referendum IFS ON BREXIT: The Institute of Fiscal Studies has warned that Brexit would force ministers to extend austerity for a further two years to achieve a budget surplus. Lower GDP growth would hit government finance by between £20bn and £40bn by 2020, they said. IMF ON… Continue reading Issue 56: 2016 06 02: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 52: 2016 05 05: Week in Brief: UK
05 May 2016 Week in Brief: UK EU Referendum VOTE LEAVE RESIGNATION: Labour donor John Mills has left the Vote Leave campaign to set up a separate group for Labour supporters favouring Brexit. He was dissatisfied by the attitude of Vote Leave to members of the Party. CLINTON AND BLAIR: If the exigencies of… Continue reading Issue 52: 2016 05 05: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 49: 2016 04 14: Obesity (Chin Chin)
14 April 2016 Obesity Industry solves the problem. By Chin Chin Thank the Lord for Susan Jebb, Professor of Diet and Population Health at the University of Oxford, Senior Obesity Adviser to Public Health England and to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, known to the general public as the “weight Tsar”, who… Continue reading Issue 49: 2016 04 14: Obesity (Chin Chin)
