· By MONITOR MR Tony Blair told the European Parliament, “I am a passionate pro-European. I always have been”, and warned that unless the EU reformed itself it faced “Failure on a grand, strategic, scale”. The rough reception forecast for Mr Blair from MEPs did not take place and there was agreement that his speech had been forceful and effective. Mr Gordon Brown, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, borrowed 8'735 billion pounds in May, the highest amount since 1993. Mr Brown's flagship tax credit scheme for low income groups was severely criticised by the Parliamentary Ombudsman and Citizens Advice for administrative failures which had caused thousands of families “worry and distress”. Opening the National School of Government, a study centre for civil servants, Mr Blair announced a new quango called Better Regulation Executive for “reducing the burden of paperwork for business”.
THE WEEK THAT WAS
30/06/2013 00:00
Also in Holiday
- Emergency declared on Ryanair flight bound for Palma from Dublin
- Mallorca ambassador Sir Bradley Wiggins has “lost” his Mallorca home
- Mallorca restaurants losing clients, tourists tighten their belts
- Mallorca hotelier - "I wouldn't go to a place where I perceived there to be animosity towards tourists"
- Mallorca needs to remember price is king
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