Articles in the Politics Category
Posted in Politics on 11 August 2010
Analysts Discuss How to Respond to Different Economic Cycle and Optimize Multi-Sourced Environment at the Gartner Outsourcing & IT Services Summit 2010, September 20-21, London, U.K.
STAMFORD, Conn. —
Governments need to take radical steps to make further cost savings amid ongoing uncertain economic conditions, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner said that while the financial crisis and [...]
Posted in Politics on 22 June 2010
New Budget announcements of main changes to rates and allowances in the tax year 2010-11 and the tax year 2011-12.
Announced changes to 2010-11 and 2011-12 rates and allowances for Value Added Tax (VAT), Insurance Premium Tax, income tax, National Insurance Contributions (NICs), indexation of benefits and tax credits, State Pension, Child and Working Tax Credits, [...]
Posted in Politics on 22 June 2010
In his Budget statement today the Chancellor announced that payment to the Civil List for calendar year 2011 will be unchanged at £7.9m. Royal Household spending on support of The Queen in Her duties as Monarch in 2011 will fall from £15.1m to £14.9m. The £7m difference will be financed from the Civil List Reserve.
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Posted in Politics on 22 June 2010
Main Budget announcements
Today the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has set out his Budget with a comprehensive five-year plan to rebuild the British economy. The plan sets out tough but fair action to tackle the unprecedented budget deficit, introduce a fairer tax system, encourage enterprise and support long-term growth across the economy.
The Budget sets [...]
Posted in Business, Politics on 22 June 2010
These charts and graphs illustrate the UK’s current economic landscape.
This chart presents public spending by main function. Total Managed Expenditure (TME) in 2010-11 is expected to be around £697 billion. TME is divided into Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) and Annually Managed Expenditure (AME). The source for this graph is data from HM Treasury.
This chart shows [...]
Posted in Politics on 22 June 2010
Budget statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon George Osborne MP
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Mr Deputy Speaker,
This emergency Budget deals decisively with our country’s record debts.
It pays for the past.
And it plans for the future.
It supports a strong enterprise-led recovery.
It rewards work.
And it protects the most vulnerable in our society.
Yes it is tough; but [...]
Posted in Politics on 22 June 2010
George Osborne will deliver his first Budget to Parliament at 12.30pm today. We will have full coverage of this year’s Budget as soon as the Chancellor finishes his statement. The first Budget of the Coalition Government will reflect its stated values of:
Responsibility
Fairness
Freedom
Responsibilty
The Coaltion Government inherited a record deficit – the [...]
Posted in Politics on 3 June 2010
WASHINGTON — With a recorded vote of 410-8, the U.S. House of Representatives today adopted a bipartisan amendment offered by Reps. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.), Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.), Rick Larsen (D-Wash.), Michael Turner (R-Ohio), and Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.) to the fiscal year 2011 National Defense Authorization Act to ensure a level playing field [...]
Posted in Politics on 19 May 2010
The Queen has been pleased to approve the following Ministerial appointments:
Cabinet
Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service
The Rt Hon David Cameron MP
Deputy Prime Minister, Lord President of the Council (with special responsibility for political and constitutional reform)
The Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
First Secretary of State, Secretary [...]
Posted in Politics on 19 May 2010
Backtracking Tories have sold out on their promise to tear up the Human Rights Act, even while two suspected Al Qaeda terrorists who planned to murder innocent civilians use it to halt a deportation order.
Yesterday a tribunal allowed Abid Naseer and Ahmad Faraz Khan to remain in the UK despite a court accepting that they [...]
