The health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, faces a growing backlash after quietly shelving a key Tory manifesto commitment to cap care costs for the elderly…
Source: Jeremy Hunt’s U-turn on social care ‘cost taxpayer £100m’ | Politics | The Guardian
Month: July 2015
Heathrow third runway opponents left out of Cabinet committee on airport expansion – Telegraph
“The fact that this same formula was not applied to HS2, which directly impacts numerous Ministers’ constituencies, will lead many to conclude that the decision is being rigged in favour of the Heathrow lobbyists.”
Source: Heathrow third runway opponents left out of Cabinet committee on airport expansion – Telegraph
Business leaders unite against Tories’ zero-carbon homes U-turn
“Scrapping the policy sends a terrible message to the industry and undermines all those who have put time and energy into making it work.”
Source: Business leaders unite against Tories’ zero-carbon homes U-turn
Fox-hunting: SNP forces Cameron to delay planned Commons vote – BBC News
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon tells David Cameron he is “not master of all he surveys” after her party forces a delay in a vote on fox-hunting in England and Wales.
Source: Fox-hunting: SNP forces Cameron to delay planned Commons vote – BBC News
1st Tory Govt U-turn of the Parliament confirmed
Michael Gove has scrapped plans for a giant £100m “secure college” for teenage prisoners
Source: Michael Gove scraps £100m ‘secure college’ plan in U-turn | Society | The Guardian
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