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Text of report by Saudi-owned leading pan-Arab daily Al-Sharq al-Awsat website on 17 November [Report by Nasir al-Ali in Baghdad: 'Parliamentarians: The Iraqi Budget for 2011 Is More Than 86bn [...]

BP's partners in its stricken Gulf of Mexico oil well were criticised by US lawmakers yesterday for not paying a share of clean-up costs. Senator John McCain was the first [...]

Iranian MP Mas'udi-Reyhan, who represents Ahar and Heris townships in parliament, has highlighted some economic problems in the East Azarbayjan Province. Speaking on the 'Kankash' ('Searches') programme on provincial Sahand [...]

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Legislative Yuan passed yesterday a special economic stimulus package covering expanded public construction projects with an outlay of NT$191 billion, only NT$1.141 billion short of the [...]

BANGALORE: All-India Forward Bloc general secretary and former MP Debabrata Biswas said the inflation rate is highest ever in the country and common man and farmers have fallen victims to [...]

The new watchdog on parliamentary expenses plans to launch a further root-and-branch review into Commons allowances, raising the prospect of a reprieve for those MPs braced for a clampdown. The [...]

The furore over MPs' expenses is proving a damaging distraction from the serious economic questions that need to be addressed by all the main political parties, business leaders have warned. [...]

Vote brings down rocky coalition Embarrassment for EU presidency The Czech government collapsed last night after losing a vote of confidence over its handling of the economic crisis. The 101-96 [...]

DAVANGERE: G.M. Siddeshwar, Davangere MP, has claimed that he had ensured the sanction of various projects worth Rs. 1,200 crore for the district during the last five years. He was [...]

Regulation The sector seems to be in line for the surgical table, finds Julie Goodman As lawmakers wade through the hedge fund fallout and heady proposals to merge government oversight [...]

Figures showing an increase in acquisitive crime prompted opposition parties yesterday to warn that the economic downturn could lead to a crime wave. The government's record on law and order [...]

For the legions of weary US air travellers who have ever wondered what rampant flight delays cost the nation's economy in wasted fuel, rescheduled business meetings and lost productivity, senator [...]

The House of Commons is considering whether to launch a last-ditch appeal after the High Court threw out its bid to keep secret details of how MPs spend their [pounds [...]

From Sir John Baker. Sir, John Ralfe (Letters, April 7) accuses the Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB) of grossly understating the real cost to taxpayers of MPs' pensions. However, the [...]

From Mr John Ralfe. Sir, You report (April 3) that the Pounds 23,000 accommodation allowance for members of parliament may be added to their Pounds 60,000 salaries, as part of [...]

One flows out of the mains for free. The other costs more than petrol. But the price of providing tap water around the House of Commons would be five times [...]

MPs could be asked to approve a 50 per cent pay rise this summer on their Pounds 62,000 salaries as the Commons struggles to put a lid on a growing [...]

MPs will continue to be able to spend up to Pounds 400 a month of public money on food and drink without producing a receipt despite a clampdown on other [...]

The political consensus in Washington that produced a Dollars 150bn US economic stimulus package last week appeared under strain last night after a senior Democrat unveiled a proposal to add [...]

The political consensus in Washington that produced a Dollars 150bn (Pounds 76bn) US economic stimulus package last week appeared under strain last night after a senior Democrat unveiled a proposal [...]

MPs face another potential battle to keep their expense details secret after the privacy watchdog ordered the disclosure of staff costs and other allowances claimed by Gordon Brown and five [...]

MPs' expense claims outpaced inflation for the third year running, according to parliamentary figures. MPs claimed a total of Pounds 87.6m last year to cover the costs of running offices, [...]

LONDON -- A European plan to slash the cost of international mobile phone use cannot come soon enough for Amelia Aptaker, a British teacher living in Madrid. Ms Aptaker is [...]

They are, in the words of Scottish Labour MP Jim Devine, the 'organised poor' - people on low incomes and state benefits who were trying to manage their budgets and [...]

(From McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - The Arizona Daily Star - Tucson, Arizona) Byline: U.Ismayilova The introduction of the Law on compulsory insurance on labor ability loss in production in Azerbaijan [...]

(From McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - The Arizona Daily Star - Tucson, Arizona) Byline: A.Akhundov Turkey's 2011 state budget will meet interests of all society, Hasan Ali Celik, the head of [...]

(From Carmarthen Journal) WEST Wales MPs have quizzed the Government over spending cuts that could mean fewer police officers. Dyfed-Powys Police Chief Constable Ian Arundale has written to Carmarthen East [...]

(From Czech News Agency) Bratislava, Dec 8 (CTK) - The Slovak parliament today passed the draft state budget for 2011 aimed to stabilise public finance and cut its deficit to [...]

(From Czech News Agency) adds comments from FinMin Miklos, opposition and analysts in last five paras -------------------- Bratislava, Dec 8 (CTK) - The Slovak parliament today passed the draft state [...]

(From Leicester Mercury) CITY and county MPs have claimed GBP32,094 on their expenses to cover the cost of second homes, travel and running constituency offices since the General Election in [...]

(From Grimsby Evening Telegraph) Byline: Caroline Wheeler Parliamentary correspondent newsdesk@gsmg.co.uk OUR region's MPs collectively claimed almost GBP20,000 in expenses in the three-and-a-half months following the election. As reported, full details [...]

(From Hull Daily Mail) Byline: Caroline Wheeler Parliamentary Correspondent news@mailnewsmedia.co.uk HULL East MP Karl Turner claims he runs his office 'like a charity' after the latest expense claims were published [...]

(From Nottingham Evening Post) CITY and county MPs have claimed around GBP55,000 for their second homes, travel and the cost of running their offices since the election. The figure emerged [...]

(From Derby Evening Telegraph) Byline: JOSEPH WATTS CITY and county MPs have been handed GBP77,642 to cover the costs of second homes, travel and running constituency offices since the election. [...]

By Melissa Jenkins MELBOURNE, Nov 28 AAP - The soaring cost of living played perhaps no greater role in the mood for change in Victoria than in Mount Waverley. Tax [...]

(From McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - The Buffalo News - New York) Byline: Matthew Spina A half-dozen Erie County Legislature Democrats today will file a lawsuit seeking to force County Executive [...]

Retiring NSW state MPs will end up costing taxpayers $40 million. The 18 MPs who are retiring at the next election in March will cost more than $1.7 million a [...]

SYDNEY, Oct 30 AAP - Retiring NSW state MPs will end up costing taxpayers $40 million. The 18 MPs who are retiring at the next election in March will cost [...]

(From Capitol Hill Press Releases) For Immediate Release Statement Of Congressman Kevin Brady House Economic Leader Weighs in Against New Fed Stimulus Contact: Tracee Evans (202) 347-9377 October 29, 2010 [...]

(From McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - The Charleston Gazette, W.Va) Byline: Phil Kabler CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Legislators may have a plan to pay down the massive, $8 billion unfunded liability for [...]

(From McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.) Byline: Kimberly Melton In their first face-to-face meeting of the fall campaign, Rep. David Wu, D-Ore and Republican challenger Rob Cornilles [...]

(From Athens News Agency) Main opposition New Democracy (ND) cadre Notis Mitarakis sharply criticised the governments economic policy on Friday, stressing that the collapse of the countrys competitiveness has assumed [...]

(From Polish News Bulletin) Just a couple of weeks after the Civic Platform (PO) announced its plan for a legislative offensive come autumn, Law and Justice (PiS) has now come [...]

(From Yorkshire Post) Byline: Mark Casci Agricultural Correspondent New figures from the Rural Payments Agency show it has spent AGBP505,782 since 2005 on entertainment, with the costs said to largely [...]

(From Western Morning News) Byline: GRAEME DEMIANYK An economic body serving the whole of the Westcountry risks leaving Cornwall 'strait jacketed', an MP has warned. Local authorities this week revealed [...]

(From McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - The Times News, Burlington) Byline: Robert Boyer Workers lacking in marketable skills, an ongoing continuing lending crunch and mortgage crisis and rising health care costs [...]

(From South Wales Evening Post) THE world famous Red Arrows aircraft display team should be scrapped because of the nation's poor finances, according to a Carmarthenshire MP. Plaid Cymru MP [...]

(From South Wales Evening Post) NEATH MP Peter Hain has spoken out about the spiralling cost of car insurance for youngsters. Mr Hain claims that the increasing cost is leading [...]

(From Hull Daily Mail) E YORKS: MPs have added to the pressure on the region's councils to form a new economic group. Following the coalition Government's decision to axe the [...]