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7 hours ago

HMRC accused of being cavalier' with finances of child benefit claimants

said Dame Meg Hillier, the chair of the influential parliamentary committee. I'm afraid, though, that it appears they have been cavalier with people's finances, making the arbitrary decision to remove necessary checks and causing a mess they are now forced to clean up. She added that a decision by HMRC not to cross-check faulty travel data it had received from the Home Office against tax records was a costly error.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

It's not too late: the House of Lords can still protect disabled people from this dangerous assisted dying bill | Lucy Webster

The House of Lords should thoroughly scrutinize and amend the assisted dying bill, prioritizing disabled people's groups and expert input to produce a safer law.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Stella Creasy and Richard Tice call for scrutiny over which EU laws UK ditches

Labour and Reform MPs seek a parliamentary Brexit scrutiny committee to monitor environmental and regulatory divergence and address eroded protections.
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