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H MT: Autumn Statement 2014: 16 things you should know – (Ambitious plans for housing, flood defence & roads set out in National Infrastructure Plan 2014 ~ £15bn ‘Road investment strategy’ will increase the capacity & improve the condition of England’s roads ~ Pickles cuts stealth taxes on new homes and boosts small builders ~ £2.3bn to be spent on new flood defences over 6 years ~ Norwich in Ninety is backed by government for next Anglia rail franchise ~ BoE and HM Treasury announce an extension to the Funding for Lending Scheme that focuses incentives towards supporting SME lending ~ New measures will provide thousands of new homes ~ Chancellor to repay the nation’s First World War debt with new bonds at very low interest rate ~ High street small businesses set for £1,500 boost ~ The rights to naturally occurring oysters & mussels is transferring to Scotland from the Crown Estate)
Commentary on AS: IFS Autumn Statement analysis ~ Scotland’s economic priorities – (First Minister makes major economic speech ~ ScotGov: Swinney wants early action on more powers ~ Scotland ‘pays the price’ for UK austerity ~ ScotGov: FM statement on stamp duty ~ EH: Autumn Statement regarding Stonehenge & A303 tunnel ~ UK Government must commit to 3% GDP target for R&D by 2020 ~ Secretary of State for Wales welcomes talks on Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon ~ HEFCE: Ten thousand post-graduate bursaries for 10,000 students in 2015 ~ Innovate UK: £89m new investment in UK Catapult network ~ Stephen Crabb: “The Autumn Statement delivers for Wales” ~ Jane Hutt responds to the UK Government’s Autumn Statement ~ CBI: Northern Ireland Corporation Tax ~ LGA response to Autumn Statement ~ TUC Autumn Statement reaction ~ FDA: Autumn Statement ‘excludes public servants from benefits of their own success’ ~ CBI reaction to the Autumn Statement ~ CBI response to the Swansea Tidal Lagoon ~ ACE’s response to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement ~ Small gains but big household costs not addressed’ says Citizens Advice ~ IPPR North calls for more devolution & help on housing ~ CIPD warns that increases in productivity required to drive real wage growth will take longer to arrive than expected ~ JRF: We risk an economic recovery built on rising poverty ~ IEA: Not much to cheer in the Autumn Statement ~ TWF: Deadweight measures fail to improve apprenticeships ~ Nef: Failing on his own terms ~ IfG response to Autumn Statement 2014)
Strategic Project Funding 2014 - HMS Protector, the Royal Navy ice patrol vessel provides important logistical & scientific support for UK research in the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) – (Minister for Africa condemns bomb attack on mosque in Nigeria ~ UK welcomes ICC judgment in Lubanga case ~ FCO condemns attacks in Kenya which killed 36 people ~ FS welcomes Baghdad-Erbil agreement between Iraqi and Kurdistan Regional governments on oil exports & revenue sharing ~ Joint Statement on Libya after meeting in Brussels ~ FCO Minister condemns bomb attack at the residence of the Iranian Ambassador to Yemen ~ FCO's Prosperity Fund 2015/ 16 ~ FCO Minister concerned by Egypt death sentences)
DFID: UK steps up support for Iraqis facing freezing winter – (New framework puts disability at heart of UK’s international development)
Support for Scotland’s friends in Malawi ~ £1m for business tourism to help attract major international conferences to Scotland ~ ScotGov: Up to 450 more affordable homes planned ~ Schools across Scotland have secured funds of £1.5m to help reduce barriers to learning experienced by pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds ~ ScotGov: A new strategy to improve early detection & treatment for diabetes has been launched ~ The Scottish Approach to human rights ~ Rural Payments & Services - Final preparations for launch of new online system ~ Free school meals - 135,000 P1-3 pupils across Scotland to benefit ~ Libraries at heart of digital inclusion in Scotland)
WAG: Deputy Minister brings ‘positive’ supply chain together to secure sustainable future for Welsh beef – (Deputy Minister announces next steps for Farming Connect ~ WAG: £88m adult mental health unit shows commitment to top quality health service ~ Over £250,000 to help parents develop their children’s language skills ~ Ten years of free breakfasts set Welsh learners off on the right start)
Government plans to raise the national speed limit to 60 mph for lorries travelling on dual carriageways
Funding awarded to improve local services and save over £900m
Minister warns of the danger of pay day loans this Christmas
Making it easier for carers to get government help with new digital application system
True scale of modern slavery in UK revealed as strategy to tackle it published
Deputy PM announces £150m investment to transform treatment for eating disorders and pave the way for new waiting time standards
Double inflation boost for State Pension with additional help to the poorest

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