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Wind power: why the MPs have written to the Prime Minister
As more than 100 MPs have written to David Cameron to protest about subsidies paid to wind farm industry, we explain why wind energy has become so controversial.
Rubber-stamping Stephen Hester's RBS bonus is no one's idea of 'popular capitalism'
The fact that, even today, the government is supine in the face of huge rewards for the elite reveals the hollowness of the prime minister's recent rhetoric George Osborne "understands the frustration with banking pay" – or so he said on Friday – but the alternative to handing Stephen Hester his not-quite-£1m bonus would, he claimed, have been "worse for the taxpayer". It's an extraordinary ...
Gov. Corbett takes risks with Republican Party, pressures endorsement for his candidates
Risking precious political capital that political observers said was unnecessary, Gov. Tom Corbett spent the weekend cajoling, pleading with and strong-arming Pennsylvania Republican Party leaders into rubber-stamping his endorsements in four statewide races.
Board takes up regs for abortion facilities
RICHMOND — Abortion rights advocates, clinic workers and students who oppose tightening restrictions on abortion clinics urged the Virginia Board of Health Friday to resist rubber-stamping interim measures now in place as the board begins developing permanent state regulations governing the facilities.
Va Board of Health takes up abortion-clinic regs
Va Board of Health takes up abortion-clinic regs
Va Board of Health to take up abortion-clinic regs
ZINIE CHEN SAMPSON Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. The Virginia Board of Health is developing permanent state regulations governing clinics that perform abortion procedures. The board plans to hold a public hearing in Richmond on Friday. Last fall it approved "emergency" regulations after the General Assembly passed legislation to require that all clinics performing five or more first-trimester ...
Ex-Boks to consider return when Meyer takes over
TWO world-class Springboks, lock Victor Matfield and scrumhalf Fourie du Preez, could come out of retirement following the rubber-stamping of Heyneke Meyer as the national coach in Cape Town today.
Rubber-stamping visas: Another Obamanation
An inspector general's report reveals pressure on rank-and-file U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officers "to rubber-stamp ... visa applications, sometimes against the officers' will" -- and "sometimes while overlooking concerns about fraud, eligibility or security."
Executive pay crackdown: Cameron to give shareholders power to end inflated pay-deals
The Prime Minister said the Government would end the ‘merry-go-round’ of company executives sitting on each others’ boards and rubber-stamping unjustified rewards that ‘make people’s blood boil’.
Cameron goes to war with the City: PM to give shareholders power to end 'merry go round' of inflated pay-deals
The Prime Minister said the Government would end the ‘merry-go-round’ of company executives sitting on each others’ boards and rubber-stamping unjustified rewards that ‘make people’s blood boil’.
