Coalition appointment of Sir Philip Green looks more about PR than pragmatism

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Recruiting experienced businessmen to help the Government with the business of running the country is a great idea - in theory.

Spending cuts that put vulnerable children at risk

When the coalition Government went into "cuts" mode it was pretty clear pretty quickly that it planned to brook no argument about what had to go

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'For decades the EU has been dreaming of the ultimate power grab over all our lives — and a story in yesterday’s Daily Mail gave a very strong hint that Brussels is now planning to pull it off. Under the headline ‘EU bids to impose new tax on Britain’, the story explained that over the next few months, the EU budget commissioner Janusz Lewandowski will be lobbying hard round the capitals of Europe for the EU to be given the power to levy its own taxes — on such things as energy, airline flights and financial transactions.

It might seem surprising that this Polish Eurocrat believes the present economic downturn is an ideal time for the EU to impose such taxes across Europe, to fund its ever-rising budget and its ever-expanding empire.'

Read more: EU Tax and the Ultimate Surrender of Britain's Sovereignty

Ministry of Justice job cuts 'put the public at risk'

Unions fear £2bn cuts to the justice system will lead to 15,000 job losses, forcing prisons to close and paralysing the courts

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