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VIDEO: MPs criticise disability work tests
2013-02-08 08:20:14| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The government's workplace capability assessments, designed to get more disabled people back to work, have been heavily criticised by a committee of MPs.
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Fishing campaigners urge MPs to vote for discards reform
2013-02-05 17:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Fishing campaigners from across Europe gathered in Strasbourg on Tuesday in a last-ditch attempt to persuade MEPs to ban the wasteful practice of throwing away edible fish at sea. A crucial vote in the European parliament on Wednesday morning will determine the future of "discards", by which fishermen throw fish back dead if they catch more than their quota, or catch species for which they have no quota. The practice, a consequence of the current common fisheries policy, results in the waste...
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IDF: 25 Arrests in Judea and Samaria - Hamas: 3 MPs
2013-02-04 12:34:18| IT Services - Topix.net
The Israel Defense Forces said, Monday morning, that it arrested 25 wanted terrorists in Judea and Samaria , Sunday evening, according to Agence France Presse , which cited Hamas as saying 20 senior members of the terror organization were arrested, including three members of the Palestinian Authority parliament.
United Kingdom: MPs call for urgent action to reduce flooding
2013-02-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The government needs to take urgent action to reduce the impact of flooding, MPs have said. Ministers had been "too slow" in pushing through changes to improve protection, the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee said. But it welcomed government plans for more competition in the water sector, in its report on the draft Water Bill. The government said the proposed legislation would build resilience into the UK's water infrastructure. However, Labour said the plans were "ideologically...
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AUDIO: MPs grill accountancy firms over tax
2013-02-01 11:08:48| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The Today programme's chief political correspondent, Gary O'Donoghue, watched MPS grill the big accountancy firms who come up with tax-minimisation schemes.
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