- The number of overseas offenders in the UK’s prison system at 11,000
- Keeping the prisoners locked up in Britain costs £308million every year
- Watchdog found instances where the Home Office wasted time and money
Abandon the euro, says Nobel winner: Economist warns of ‘lost generation’ on dole
- Sir Christopher Pissarides once passionately believed in single currency
- But he’s had a change of heart and is now warning it’s ‘dividing Europe’
- Cypriot-British economist calls for action to ‘restore euro’s credibility’
Expenses watchdog must think again on 11% MPs’ pay rise or I rule nothing out, Cameron warns
- IPSA suggests increasing salary to £74,000, almost triple the average wage
- Labour leader Ed Miliband calls for cross-party talks to block the increase
- Prime Minister says his ‘door is always open’ to his opponent
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Express
Tories must find a way to increase living standards
LIVING standards are still falling for most families and there is no point Government ministers seeking to pretend that it isn’t happening.
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Telegraph
Increase MPs’ pay or risk another expenses scandal, Ipsa chairman says
Parliament’s spending watchdog defiant over MPs’ pay rise despite warnings from David Cameron that he could be prepared to scrap the body
Public is ‘losing faith’ in benefits system, think tank warns
IPPR says that people who work hard and spend years paying their taxes should get higher levels of benefits if they lose their jobs
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Conservative Home
Interview by Andrew Gimson: David Jones explains why there is a Tory revival in Wales
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Mirror
War on women: Maternity pay could be slashed under Coalition cuts, David Cameron admits
David Cameron was forced to admit that maternity and paternity would be included in the new cap on overall welfare spending
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/maternity-pay-could-slashed-under-2916451#ixzz2nFxFvNoG
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City AM
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