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| The Leader of the country’s biggest trade union has urged Labour to prepare for an early general election because of the continuing economic uncertainty and anger over Government policies. Len McCluskey, general secretary of Unite, also warned that industrial action over pay, pensions and cuts to public services will continue until the next polling day. He said: ‘Governments that don’t listen to the concerns of ordinary people tend to get turfed out of office.’ | |
| Politics | The Sentinel – 25th June 2012 |
| Hundreds and thousands of young people could be stripped of housing benefit and forced to live with their parents as part of a new welfare crack down signalled by David Cameron. The Prime Minister insisted the system was giving the wrong incentives as he urged more action to prevent families relying on state handouts. The measures include scrapping most of the £1.8 billion in housing benefits paid to under 380,000 under 25’s. | |
| Young People | The Sentinel – 25th June 2012 |
| The Prince of Wales has urged world leaders to adopt a better approach to issues like climate change. In a speech to a UN sustainability conference in Brazil yesterday, he warned of the potentially ‘catastrophic’ consequences of inaction on issues such as climate change. In the video address, shown to the Rio+20 High Level Dialogue on Global Sustainability, Charles warned: ‘Once the worst does happen, I am afraid it will be too late to act at all.’ | |
| World Issues | The Sentinel – 18th June 2012 |
| Benefit payments to top up the wages of low-paid workers will be stopped if they go on strike. Employees eligible for working tax credits because they earn under £13,000 will no longer receive extra cash if their salary falls through industrial action. Bosses will be given a code to alert the authorities if any drop in wages has been caused as a result of a walkout when all welfare payments are brought under the new Universal Credit system next year. | |
| Work/Employment | The Sentinel – 18th June 2012 |
| The Bank of England is set to launch two new stimulus packages in response to the worsening economic outlook. Together with the government it will provide billions of pounds of cheap credit to banks to lend to companies. It will also offer banks access to short-term money to deal with ‘exceptional market stresses.’ Chancellor George Osborne says the measures will ‘inject confidence into the financial system.” | |
| Money | The Sentinel – 15th June 2012 |
| David Cameron pledged not to ask British taxpayers to underwrite the debts of ailing banks in Greece and Spain, as he held talks with German chancellor Angela Merkel about the eurozone crisis. The Prime Minister said he had ‘no doubt’ the 17 nations of the eurozone would move towards closer fiscal union within the next weeks and months. But he made it clear that Britain would not be involved in any such arrangement. | |
| Money | The Sentinel – 8th June 2012 |
| David Cameron pledged to continue defending the Falklands Islands from Argentine ‘aggressive threats’ as he marked the 30th anniversary of the South Atlantic territory’s liberation. The Prime Minister hailed the ‘astonishing courage’ of the British forces who took part in the operation and led tributes to the 255 who lost their lives. And Mr Cameron said the hoped the decision by the Falkland Islands government to hold a referendum on their future sovereignty would end the dispute with Argentina ‘one and for all.’ | |
| World Issues | The Sentinel – 14th June 2012 |
| MP’s voted down a Labour demand for Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt, to be referred to the Prime Ministers independent advisor on ministerial standards for investigation over his handling of News Corporation’s bid to buy satellite broadcaster BskyB. Despite Nick Clegg’s decision that Liberal Democrat MP’s would abstain, Conservatives easily saw off the challenge by a majority of 290 to 252. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel – 14th June 2012 |
| Measures to give savers extra security if a bank fails will be announced by the Government today as part of major reforms for Britain’s banking system. Chancellor George Osborne will unveil his long-awaited banking White Paper, which follows last year’s recommendations by the Independent Commission on Banking (ICB), led by Sir John Vickers. Mr Osborne will say tonight: ‘We’ve got to stop problems here in the City of London spilling onto our high streets and putting taxpayers’ money at risk.’ | |
| Money | The Sentinel – 14th June 2012 |
| Chancellor George Osborn raised the question of whether the shock of Greek departure from the Euro may be needed in order to persuade Germany to sign up to the measures needed to secure the survival of the single currency. Mr Osborn said that he did not know whether the Greek exit from the currency was, in fact, necessary, to pave the way for the establishment of a eurozone banking union and Eurobonds to help solve the crisis. | |
| World Issues | The Sentinel – 13th June 2012 |
| Falkland Islanders are to vote in a referendum of the future sovereignty of their South Atlantic homeland. The Falklands Island Government said it hopes the vote – to be held early next year – will send a firm message to Argentina that Islanders want to remain British. Three decades after Margaret Thatcher sent 27000 troops and more than 100 ships to expel Argentinean invaders, Buenos Aires continues to set its sights on claiming the territory it calls Las Malvinas. | |
| World Issues | The Sentinel – 13th June 2012 |
| David Cameron is under renewed pressure over Government-plans to introduce same-sex marriage. The Church of England accused the Government of failing to think through its plans, adding that the legislation would undermine the Church’s relationship with the nation. Introducing gay marriage would lead to an unprecedented clash between its own cannon law – that marriage is between a man and a woman – and that of parliament, it warned. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel – 13th June 2012 |
| Stricter rules must be introduced to stop government credit cards being open to abuse by civil servants, MPs warned. A one-off cabinet office investigation found 99 cases of “inappropriate use” of the cards in Whitehall over the past three years, according to the Public Accounts Committee. MP’s found rules over use varied significantly between departments and highlighted the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), which “doesn’t even have receipts for a third of its transactions.” | |
| Politics | The Sentinel – 1st June 2012 |
| Chancellor George Osborne has made his third budget U-turn in less than a week, scrapping plans to cap tax relief on charitable donations. It came after earlier climb downs over VAT on hot pasties and caravans. Charities said they were delighted that the chancellor responded to their Give It Back, George campaign, supported by more than 1000 organisation. The cap was expected to save the Treasury £50 million - £80 million a year. | |
| Money | The Sentinel – 1st June 2012 |
| Britain yesterday ordered Syria’s charge d’affaires to leave the country within seven days as part of a co-ordinated global response to a massacre of 108 people in Houla. The United Nations said most of the victims last week were shot at close range. Foreign Secretary William Hague expressed horror at the events and alongside similar action from France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United States, Canada and Australia, ordered three diplomats, including the charge d’affaires out of the country. | |
| World Issues | The Sentinel – 30th May 2012 |
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