If the British Government wanted to strip £12bn off the benefits bill it could do so at the stroke of a pen. All it has to do is “make it a legal requirement for employers to pay a living wage”. At the moment firms routinely pay their workers less than is needed to live on, …
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(with apologies for mentioning the issue again, but it is rather important) There are millions of people whose lives will be directly affected by Britain’s EU referendum but who will have no say in it whatsoever. These include some 2.4 million European citizens living in the UK – 79% of them in work – whose …
Mike Sommers is the former Chief of Staff to former Speaker of the House John Boehner. Last year, and for more than two decades before that, Mike Sommers was the “go-to” guy for some of the most powerful people in Washington when it came to getting things done in the House of Representatives. He was …
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“There is only one life. No one will bring back the years; no one will restore you to yourself. Life will follow the path it began to take, and will neither reverse nor check its course. It will cause no commotion to remind you of its swiftness, but glide on quietly. It will not lengthen …
In the last British general election 1.1 million people voted for the Green Party, which produced for them one seat; 3.8 million people voted for UKIP, which produced one seat as well; 2.4 million people voted for the Liberal Democrats: 8 seats; 1.4 million people voted for the Scottish National Party: result 56 seats. Meanwhile, …
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