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| The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales has urged parishioners to write to their MPs "as soon as possible" urging them to block the Government's same-sex marriage plans. The Most Rev Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of Westminster, said they should write "clearly, calmly and forcefully" outlining their concerns. Among his fears are that children will no longer be taught about what he called "the true nature of marriage" in schools if legislation is passed allowing marriage between homosexuals. With the Bill on same-sex marriage due to be tabled in mid-January, the clock is now ticking. At least 130 Conservative MPs could vote against the Government on the issue, but many more would be needed to stop it becoming law. | |
| Politics | The Daily Telegraph Dec 31 2012 |
| Ed Miliband has unveiled plans to deliver a ‘living wage’ of at least £7.45 per hour for millions of people, if Labour wins the next election. Whitehall contracts would only go to firms paying the living wage, while those who paid less could be ‘named and shamed’, said the Labour leader. His speech came at the start of a week of events promoting the idea. Downing Street backed firms paying a living wage but said restricting contracts in this way could be illegal. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel, November 6, 2012 |
| More than 50 MPs have been allowed to censor details of their taxpayer-funded expenses claims after insisting that information about their second homes could compromise their security. The official expenses regulator published details of MPs' landlords last night, exposing how several politicians are renting properties from one another or from other acquaintances. But 51 successfully argued that information regarding their claims should be redacted so that the public cannot establish the identities of those they rent from. MPs whose details will remain secret are known to include several who are renting properties from one another and a Labour shadow minister who rents a London home from an offshore trust. | |
| Politics | The Daily Telegraph November 23 2012 |
| David Cameron has set out plans to build ‘an aspiration nation’ as he closed the Conservative conference with a speech promising to get “Britain on the rise”. In a sometimes sombre address, the Prime Minister warned that the UK faces an “hour of reckoning” in which the decisions it makes will determine whether or not it will “sink or swim, do or decline”. But the PM said Britain can “rise to the challenge”. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel – 11th October 2012 |
| David Cameron has signed a deal with Scotland’s First Minister, giving him the power to hold a referendum on independence. The Prime Minister and Alex Salmond met at the Scottish Government’s headquarters. They signed what is being called the Edinburgh Agreement. This declares that the UK and Scottish governments will “work together to ensure that a referendum on Scottish independence can take place”. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel – 16th October 2012 |
| Britain should stage a referendum on the membership of the European Union once the crisis of the economy is over and the future shape of the Eurozone has become clear, a member of Ed Miliband’s shadow Cabinet has said. Shadow Defence Secretary Jim Murphy said that ‘almost everyone in the Labour Party will campaign for Britain to stay in the EU if a poll is called. His comments will fuel speculation that Ed Miliband is considering offering a referendum. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel – 2nd October 2012 |
| Labour leader Ed Miliband last night told union leaders that their members and the public did not want strikes, amid the growing prospect of industrial action against the Government’s austerity measures. Mr Miliband risked sparking an angry reaction from unions by speaking out against strikes just hours after teachers’ leaders announced a campaign of industrial action. The Labour leader attended a dinner with the TUC general Council in Brighton, where the annual TUC Congress is being held. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel, September 11, 2012 |
| Critics have hit out at a Government initiative which could see NHS hospital’s set up profit-making branches abroad. The Patients Association claimed the scheme could shift focus away from local services and Labour said that ministers should concentrate on patients not profits. Some of Britain’s best known hospitals, such as Great Ormond Street, and the Royal Marsden, could take part in the initiative to raise funds for patients at home and promote the international profile of the NHS. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel – 22nd August 2012 |
| Labour has agreed to take part in a parliamentary investigation into the banking scandal after it’s demands for a judge-led public inquiry was rejected last night. Shadow chancellor Ed Balls said the party would co-operate with plans for MP’s and peers to carry out the probe but insisted the case for an independent inquiry was stronger than ever. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel – 6th July 2012 |
| David Cameron yesterday failed to satisfy Conservative demands for a referendum on the European Union after, that declaring that he was prepared to consider the idea – but not yet. The Prime Minister said he would go to the people once Britain’s future relationship with Brussels, in the aftermath of the Eurozone crisis and further EU integration, becomes clear. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel – 2nd July 2012 |
| David Cameron told Conservative MP’s last night he would only make one more attempt at winning their support for the House of Lords reform before he would ‘draw a line’ and move on. At a meeting of his parliamentary party following the previous nights rebellion, the Prime Minister also raised the prospect of watering down the plans for a ‘smaller elected element’ for the second chamber. His comments risked inflaming the tensions with his Liberal Democrat Coalition partners – who are deeply wedded to the reform – and may embolden Tory backbench rebels scenting victory within a few months. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel – 12th July 2012 |
| David Cameron and Nick Clegg will stage a show of Coalition Unity today as they unveil plans for the biggest investment programme in the railways since the Victorian era. The Prime Minister and his deputy will announce a £9 billion injection into the network as they seek to draw a line under the latest bout of sniping between their two parties. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel – 16th July 2012 |
| Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has said the historic meeting between the Queen and Martin McGuinness should be about more than novelty and symbolism. Mr Adams, a politician in the Irish Republic after more than 20 years as West Belfast’s MP said its importance will be in how Anglo-Irish relations develop. He added: ‘What happened is a very good thing indeed.’ | |
| Politics | The Sentinel – 28th June 2012 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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