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| MPs will be banned from claiming the cost of mortgage payments on their second homes under proposals being put forward, it is reported. It is understood the Kelly committee, which has been reviewing MPs’ expenses, will recommend MPs will only be able to rent second homes in the future. It is also expected to suggest MPs are barred from employing family members. It is understood the changes will be phased in over five years. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel-October 28th 2009 |
| Gordon Brown will today signal his readiness to scale back Britain’s Trident nuclear deterrent as part of an international deal to cut the world’s nuclear arsenal. The Prime Minister is expected to tell world leaders that he is prepared to consider cutting the UK’s fleet of Trident missile-carrying submarines from four to three. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel - 23 September 2009 |
| Children’s Secretary Ed Balls ordered a review of the Government’s scheme to vet around 11 million adults who work with adults or vulnerable children. Mr Balls said he wanted to look again at the scope of the Vetting and Barring scheme to make sure the “right balance” had been struck. There was outrage when it emerged parents who regularly give lifts to children on behalf of groups would have to undergo criminal records checks. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel - 5 September 2009 |
| Union leaders have warned they will fight and attempt to cut public services. As Gordon Brown prepared to address delegates at the TUC Congress in Liverpool today, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: “It is only when unemployment starts coming down, only when we create decent jobs that pay decent wages and only when vital public services are safe from cuts that we will be able to talk about a real recovery.” | |
| Politics | The Sentinel - 15 September 2009 |
| The British Humanist Association wants the Equality Bill changed so that churches and Christian groups who are contracted to provide public services will be forced to employ atheists. Under the current law, religious organisations can, where there is a genuine occupational requirement, select employees on the basis of their religion. The Government says it does not intend to alter the ‘religion or belief’ exemptions afforded to faith based employers. But it is coming under pressure from the British Humanist Association and others to narrow the protection. | |
| Politics | Institute Update - Summer 2009 |
| Terry Waite, a former secretary for Anglican Communion Affairs to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and a Beirut hostage 20 years ago, may stand as an independent parliamentary candidate at the next election. A spokesman for Mr Waite confirmed that he was considering the move along with the former BBC journalist and independent MP Martin Bell. | |
| Politics | Salvationist- August 2009 |
| The official who ran the House of Commons fee office which administered the discredited MPs’ expenses system was awarded a pay rise worth around 7% during last year, it emerged. Official House of Commons accounts revealed director general of resources Andrew Walker’s pay rose from between £115,000 and £120,000 in 2007-8 to a range from £125,000 to £130,000 in 2008-9. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel- 4 August 2009 |
| A Catholic Labour MP has announced he will be standing down at the next election due to a combination of exhaustion and disillusionment and Parliament. Staunch Parliamentarian Andrew MacKinlay, 60, has represented the constituency of Thurrock for 17 years and admits he is now exhausted. Appalled and frustrated buy the expenses scandal, Mr. MacKinlay said he believed it masked just now exhausting the life of a conscientious MP could be. The work is unrelenting, seven days a week 52 weeks of the year. Said Mr. MacKinlay “If I won at the next election, I wouldn’t be able to cope”. “In other jobs you can have a sabbatical but not as an MP”. | |
| Politics | The Universe- August 2009 |
| President Barack Obama’s push for health care reform could be disastrous for the pro-life cause, campaigners in America have said. The three health care reforms currently in the US Congress do not specifically mention abortion but legal precedents proves abortions could be covered by tax payers money unless excluded in legislation. Pro-life members of Congress said legislation also could allow abortion coverage for most insurance plans. The Obama administration has not ruled out the possibility of publicly funded abortions, according to White House budget director Peter Orszag. | |
| Politics | The Universe- August 2009 |
| Immigrants could be denied UK citizenship of they get involved in anti-social behaviour, including unpatriotic activities such as demonstrating against troops it as emerged. Home Secretary Alan Johnson is launching a consultation on a points based system which will take into account applicants’ behaviour record, as well as skills, jobs and qualifications. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel- 3 August 2009 |
| For the first time, candidates on an overtly Christian ticket were fielded in every region of the UK – attracting 1.6 % of the votes cast in the recent European elections. Two parties that had formerly fielded their own candidates worked together in an attempt to increase the Christian vote and present a united Christian witness. The Christian Peoples Alliance (CPA) working with the Christian Party Proclaiming Christ’s Lordship (CP) attracted 249,493 votes. Their biggest campaign push was in London where CPA has fielded candidates in various elections, including the London mayoral contests. | |
| Politics | Christianity- July 2009 |
| A controversial move to relax the law on assisted dying was thrown out by the Lords on Tuesday night. Peers voted by 194 to 141, a majority of 53, to reject Labour ex-Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer of Thoroton’s proposal to allow people to help someone with a terminal illness travel to a country where assisted suicide is legal. All three major parties allowed peers a free vote on the amendment to the Coroners and Justice Bill. The amendment, which was co-sponsored by Labour former health minister Baroness Jay of Paddington, had attracted wide-spread debate in the media and criticism from Church leaders. | |
| Politics | The Universe- July 2009 |
| A Labour MP has said he is relieved that the Government has backed down on plans to make national identity cards compulsory. Ministers had claimed the cards would counter the threat of international terrorism and other serious crime. However, Stoke-on-Trent Central MP Mark Fisher said he felt the Government’s argument never made sense. He said “This was a draft and unpopular policy which has cost the best part of £1 billion and would have cost many times that – to no good end. I’m pleased common sense has prevailed”. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel- 8 July 2009 |
| The BNP is facing the threat of a legal injunction which could lead to fines or even imprisonment over a potential breach of race discrimination law relating to its membership policies. The Equality and Human Rights Commission gave the party until 20th July to amend its constitution to make sure it did not discriminate against members on grounds of race. Earlier the party said the move was politically motivated. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel- 24 June 2009 |
| A Dutch MP, banned from the UK because of his views on Islamic extremism, saw his party gain 17% of the vote and come second in the European elections at the beginning of June. Geert Wilders was sent home from Heathrow in February over his views on Islamic extremism. The international headlines about his ban from Britain reportedly contributed to his party’s surge in popularity. Dutch officials were furious that a member of their parliament had been refused entry into Britain. | |
| Politics | Evangelicals Now- July 2009 |
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