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Planes at their Stands
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Airports expansion short-list revealed

The Airports Commission isn’t due to make its final report until 2015, but in a week where the future of Heathrow has already been in the news, it has produced a short-list of options for expanding the UK’s airport capacity. Set up in 2012 and headed up by Sir Howard Davies, the...
Posted On 17 Dec 2013
, By Tim Maidment
Heathrow UK Border Control sign
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Home Office Migrant Cap Plans Are Illegal

In a sign of discord between elements in the Conservative and Liberal Democrat alliance, Nick Clegg has slammed the leaked Home Office proposals that were published in the Sunday Times this weekend. Talking about a proposal to cap the number of immigrants from the European Union...
Posted On 16 Dec 2013
, By Tim Maidment
CO2 escaping from a chimney
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CCC Confirm CO2 Targets

George Osborne is likely to be fuming over a report by the Committee on Climate Change this week that not only supports the existing carbon budget set in 2011, but says that it should be tightened. Even more irritatingly for the Chancellor, who seems to have a warm working...
Posted On 12 Dec 2013
, By Tim Maidment
Heathrow UK Border Control sign
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Border Control Woes

The Commons public accounts committee has announced that the Border Force – which oversees the security of British rail, sea and airports – has failed to meet eight of its nineteen key performance targets this year. While the ministers on the committee acknowledged that great...
Posted On 11 Dec 2013
, By Tim Maidment
Nelson Mandela
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So Long Mandela

From the outburst in the media, you might have been excused for thinking that Nelson Mandela’s death was sudden and unexpected. On the other hand, when he was allowed to return home three months ago to continue his fight against a lung infection, it was against a background of...
Posted On 08 Dec 2013
, By Tim Maidment
Retirement Nest Egg
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I’ll be Working Until When?

So, the Autumn Statement has begun, but I have to admit I’m furious about the statements surrounding the decision to increase the pension age at an even faster rate than before. Some incredibly broad brush justifications were rolled out for this that seem to suggest that a cookie...
Posted On 05 Dec 2013
, By Tim Maidment
Its Budget Time
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What Families Can Expect From The Autumn Statement

By comparison with the 2012 Autumn Statement, Thursday is expected to be a lot less like a mini-Budget. Last year saw huge interventions in people’s personal financial situations, so what are we expecting to see affect people’s wallets this time around? The hope of course is that...
Posted On 04 Dec 2013
, By Tim Maidment
Checking the Details
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Business Rate Rises To Be Capped

On Thursday George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, will be giving his Autumn Statement. As is generally traditional these days, the headline elements of that speech are already being shared around to raise interest and political capital. On Monday we had confirmation of...
Posted On 04 Dec 2013
, By Tim Maidment
UK Newspapers
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Headline Angst

I found myself in something of a dilemma while looking at the papers this week. I have this cherished mental image – perhaps foolishly – of being a generally reasonable and moderately self-aware individual. Moreover, I generally tend to have a default position of repugnance...
Posted On 29 Nov 2013
, By Tim Maidment
Burning Money
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Energy Firms Allege They Have Been Asked To Freeze Prices By The Government

Months after howls of derision met the Labour Party’s pledge to set a hold on energy bills for twenty months if they win the next election, the Conservative-led coalition has been embarrassed by suggestions that they have asked the main six energy providers to not put up their...
Posted On 29 Nov 2013
, By Tim Maidment
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