“The Child Support Agency will be replaced by the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission. The Government says it will have tougher powers to force absent parents to pay for their children.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Gordon Brown used his first Queen’s speech yesterday to set out a potentially costly and controversial work-life balance agenda that could give flexible working rights to as many as 4.5 million extra parents. Employees with children as old as 17 could be extended rights that have proved incredibly popular to parents with much younger families.”
The Guardian, 7th November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The length of time terror suspects can be detained without charge is to be debated by MPs as they continue their discussion of the Queen’s Speech.”
BBC News, 7th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A farmer who toiled on his cousin’s land unpaid for more than two decades has won a two-year legal battle to inherit the £2.3 million estate.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A teenager has been temporarily excluded from her school for refusing to remove a symbol of her faith.”
The Guardian, 7th November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Prince’s devotees are in danger of being formerly known as fans after the American pop star threatened to sue them for breach of copyright for using his image.”
The Times, 7th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Inciting hatred against disabled people is to be outlawed under government plans outlined in the Queen’s Speech.”
BBC News, 6th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Half of the non-executive directors of UK businesses have deliberately limited their involvement in a major transaction because they fear being sued, a study has shown.”
The Times, 6th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Government today confirmed its commitment to pressing ahead with reforms to the planning system which have attracted criticism from green groups.”
The Independent, 6th November 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A ban on people dying in the Houses of Parliament has been named the most absurd legislation in Britain.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Parents will have a new legal duty to help make sure their children stay in education until the age of 18 under plans unveiled today.”
The Independent, 6th November 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“New laws set up an additional state pension system, known as ‘personal accounts’, run by an independent body.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Queen’s Speech includes a Climate Change Bill which would make the UK the first country in the world to introduce legally-binding targets for emissions cuts.”
The Independent, 6th November 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Government has almost doubled to £1,500 the ‘bribe’ offered to foreign national prisoners to persuade them to return home and ease prison overcrowding, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 6th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Details of anti-terror proposals revealed by the Government in today’s Queen’s Speech did not reveal what is sure to be the most controversial aspect of the new security Bill.”
The Independent, 6th November 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“European Union countries would hold sensitive information about all passengers entering and leaving the EU on flights under proposals unveiled on Tuesday to toughen terror legislation across the 27-member bloc.”
Financial Times, 6th November 2007
Source: www.ft.com
“A father and son have been convicted of killing a 21-year-old man in a McDonald’s restaurant.”
BBC News, 6th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Government has set out its programme for reform in the first Queen’s Speech of Gordon Brown’s premiership.”
Source: www.number10.gov.uk
“Gordon Brown is set to make concessions on Tuesday in a bid to avert a parliamentary revolt over his terrorism strategy while giving police and the security services the tools they are demanding to fight radical Islam.”
Financial Times, 5th November 2007
Source: www.ft.com
“Britain’s biggest investors have written to the Government to demand changes to the new Companies Act, which they say prevents them from taking action over unsatisfactory behaviour by businesses.”
The Times, 6th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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