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Ministers this afternoon issued a last ditch plea to peers not to overstep their authority by blocking the government's controversial tax credit cuts. In angry exchanges in Parliament, the Conservative leader in the Lords, Baroness Stowell, promised that George Osborne would 'listen very carefully'.... |
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Some of the most important real estate in presidential politics is actually right in front of your nose. Or under your thumbs — it really depends on how you log onto Facebook. The social network is now a key place for campaigns to advertise. One reason for that: it's getting easier and easier for.... |
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Labour and the Lib Dems have defended their challenge to tax credit cuts as a crucial debate in the House of Lords gets under way. The House of Lords will vote on motions that could delay the controversial cuts or scupper them altogether. Ministers say peers do not have the right to block financial measures approved by the House of Commons. |
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by Lauren Fedor Members of the House of Lords (Source: Getty)
The government's plans to cut tax credits will face their fiercest opposition yet today as peers consider killing the reforms. The House of Lords is set to debate and vote on four amendments this afternoon to the proposed cuts to in-work.... |
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support for the voice EPA’s climate change rules for power plants on Sunday night, according to local radio station WMUR: "New Hampshire is well on its way through positive steps that we have already taken to meeting these goals, but I am going to carefully monitor the implementation of this plan to.... |
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The Prawo I Sprawiedliwość (PiJ: Law and Justice Party) were widely tipped to win yesterday’s (25 October) national election. If this morning’s polls are correct, the extent of last night’s victory exceeded their predicted share of the vote by somewhere between six and ten percentage points. United we fall. |
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House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, abruptly announced Friday he will resign from Congress at the end of October, according to aides in his office, the New York Times reported. Boehner was under extreme pressure from the right wing of his conference over several issues, including defunding Planned Parenthood. |
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The maker of the children's toy sparked a social media uproar when Ai said it had refused to supply him directly as it "cannot approve the use of Legos for political works". Ai is China's most prominent contemporary artist. He helped design the Bird's Nest stadium for the Beijing Olympics and his.... |
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The maker of the children's toy sparked a social media uproar when Ai said it had refused to supply him directly as it "cannot approve the use of Legos for political works". Ai is China's most prominent contemporary artist. He helped design the Bird's Nest stadium for the Beijing Olympics and his.... |
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If you want an in-depth analysis of where we are in the 2016 race for the GOP nomination, I suggest you download the 1972 film “The Thing With Two Heads.” This high-camp cult classic stars veteran actor Ray Milland (in what was the indisputable low point of his career) as a dying brain surgeon who.... |
