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Europe: EBA consults on proposed guidelines on limited network exclusion under PSD2 On 15 July 2021, the EBA published a consultation paper (EBA/CP/2021/28) proposing guidelines on the limited network exclusion (LNE) under PSD2. The EBA explains that Article 3(k) of PSD2 introduced an exclusion for services based on specific payment instruments that can be used only in a limited way. It believes that the implementation and application of the LNE requirements diverges significantly between membe...

BORIS Johnson’s claim to want to “level up” the country “rings hollow” while he plans to end the £20-a-week uplift to Universal Credit, poverty campaigners say. The decision to phase out the benefits boost, which was introduced last year to help deal with the impact of the pandemic, has been widely criticised, with warnings it will push thousands more into poverty. Last week the Prime Minister delivered a speech on his “levelling up” agenda in which he claimed the Governmen...

Health Bill ‘is a Privateers Charter’ says Shadow Health Secretary Ashworth 19 A section of the rally outside Parliament yesterday afternoon to oppose the Tories Health and Social Care Bill LABOUR said yesterday that it will oppose the government’s Health and Social Care Bill. ‘With more than one-in-10 people on waiting lists for treatment in some areas, now is not the time to reorganise the NHS,’ it said. Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Health, Jonathan Ashworth MP, said: ...

Оксана Соломатина, Анастасия Румянцева В исследовательской службе британского парламента заявили, что значительные вложения России и Китая в противокосмические разработки представляют «потенциальную угрозу» для использования э�...

  [This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press.] TIGA, the trade association representing the video games industry, said today that the Government should increase the rate of Research and Development (R&D) tax reliefs. TIGA recommended that the rate of R&D tax reliefs should be increased for both large and small businesses to support innovation and growth in the UK. TIGA made the comments, among other...

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According to analysis by the end Child Poverty Coalition, the figure risen over the last five years. A report said that 29 per cent of children in the borough were living in poverty, equating to around 3,500 children. The figure has rise by 0.5 per cent over the last five years, according to data. Barrows MP Simon Fell said he was working to improve the fortunes of children in the area. The estimations are based on the percentage of children living in households with below 60 per cent...

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AROUND one in eight people across Winchester suffers from depression – and figures reveal how rates vary across the area.

The leader of Wokingham Borough Council has traded barbs with a prominent Labour activist over mandatory voter ID proposals. The clash came when Labour activist Andy Croy urged Councillor John Halsall (Conservative), the leader of the council, to write to MPs to oppose the proposals at the full council meeting yesterday (Thursday, May 20). Mr Croy said: “The Government’s plan to introduce a requirement for photographic identification before allowing people to exercise their right to vot...