George Osborne
Mike Freer, the Minister for Equalities, has confirmed that the Government’s proposed ban on so-called ‘conversion therapy’ will cover both practices that take place in religious settings and those that are carried out by ministers of religion. LGBT Humanists has previously called on the Government to close loopholes in its proposals on religious conversion therapy. Today it has welcomed… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) is fully supportive of the Home Office’s response to a private member’s bill wishing to restrict the use of firearms. Luke Pollard, MP for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport, is introducing a bill that aims to ban the keeping of pump-action shotguns in homes. The bill wishes to tackle the horrific… Read more »
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Bank lending could be increased by as much as £80 billion under a bold new ‘funding for lending’ scheme unveiled by George Osborne and Mervyn King last night.
Here’s the chancellor’s Mansion House address, in which he announces details of new measures to boost the liquidity of Britain’s banks and inject money into the ‘real economy, in full:
