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Quotes from politicians across 50+ legislatures worldwide
Scotland urgently needs a transparent national strategy, mandatory environmental impact assessments and a planning process in which local people have confidence, not a corporate free-for-all in which dukes are ushered to the front of the…
No developer should be given privileged access to decision-makers because they are a duke, or because of their wealth and landholdings, particularly when thousands of local people, like the ones I have met, have raised serious objections…
We cannot afford to let the war drag on. The world needs peace, not conflict escalation.
An immediate ceasefire is essential to curb casualties.
To prioritize diplomacy for the sake of stability and the safety of civilians.
Indonesia must consistently call for an end to attacks and encourage all parties to exercise restraint.
What we can do is be an active, hands-on Government that puts British interests first – giving breathing space to those feeling financial strain and making our country more resilient so we can better weather these shocks in the future.
Being frank, we can’t completely stop the squeeze that families and businesses will feel with a global shock of this scale.
This report is a wake-up call, but also an opportunity. Westminster is changing for the better, and this is our chance to make sure our own workplace lives up to the standards we ask of everyone else.
We’ll be watching closely for any suggestions that customers are being taken for a ride at the pump or the till.
I’m not guaranteeing that it’s going to go the right way, but what I am guaranteeing is that I’m going to work every hour, every day to try to make sure it goes right.
The words ‘just transition’ will be thrown around a lot in response to this news, but to my constituents they are meaningless.
Andy Burnham must urgently set out how he can justify this at a time of increased spending on defence - or better yet, scrap this cut all together.
Successive Tory and Labour government’s have slashed investment in the conventional armed forces, particularly in Scotland, and chosen instead to spend billions on increasingly expensive nuclear weapons - cases like this show exactly why…
The loss of not only their jobs, but their homes too will put many of those affected by this cut into a particularly vulnerable situation through no fault of their own - it is simply unfair.
Andy Burnham must urgently explain how he can justify this cut.
