Tory MP accuses the Government of looking like ‘libertarian jihadists’

Conservative MP Robert Halfon has launched an outspoken attack on Liz Truss's leadership and called for a "dramatic reset".

Mr Halfon accused the Prime Minister of trashing the party's record over the past ten years and said she had abandoned "workers' Conservatism".
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Speaking on Sky News, Mr Halfon said: "I worry that over the past few weeks, the Government has looked like libertarian jihadists and treated the whole country as kind of laboratory mice on which to carry out ultra, ultra free market experiments.

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Netherlands: King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima, and Princess Beatrix will have 646,000 euros more to spend this coming year than last year. The royal family has “no influence” on the increase in its allowance, King Willem-Alexander said to the Dutch press. He would not comment on the indignation surrounding the increase.

The 2023 Budget presented in September states that the government budgeted 50.2 million euros for the royal family. Part of this is salary, and part is expense allowance. The government information service RVD explained that part of the increase is because the constitutional benefit for members of the royal family is a “trend follower,” which means that the royal family’s income increases in line with that of civil servants.

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11 октября новый премьер-министр канадской провинции Альберта выступила на первой пресс-конференции.

Новый премьер-министр Альберты Даниэль Смит считает, что люди, которые приняли решение не прививаться от COVID-19, стали «самой дискриминируемой группой», которую она видела в своей жизни.

«Я не думаю, что когда-либо в своей жизни сталкивалась с ситуацией, когда человека увольняли с работы, или ему не разрешали смотреть, как его дети играют в хоккей, или ему не разрешали навещать любимого человека, находящегося в доме престарелых, или  больнице, или не разрешали садиться в самолет, чтобы пересечь страну, увидеть семью, или просто пересечь границу».

German annual inflation accelerated in September to 10%, hitting the highest level in more than 70 years, according to final unrevised data from Germany's official statistics agency Destatis.

Annual inflation accelerated sharply in September to 10% from 7.9% in August. This is the biggest increase in German inflation since as far back as 1951, when it rose by nearly 11 percent.

In September, annual energy price growth deepened to 43.9% from 35.6% in August, with a particularly strong growth of 51.8% in household energy bills: fuel oil prices increased more than two times in one year (with 108.4%), and those of natural gas - with 95.1 percent. Consumer electricity prices rose in September by 30.5% after a 16.5% increase in August.

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Shoplifting rates have been soaring of late, concur police and Dansk Erhverv

The number of shop thefts has increased by 23 percent over the last six months, according to national police figures.

It is the highest rate of shoplifting for five years, confirms Rigspolitiet.

And with prices continuing to ride amid high inflation due to the War in Ukraine, there is no sign it will stop anytime soon.

Prices today are 10 percent higher than they were last year, according to Danmarks Statistik.

European Union officials, including the European Commission president, commissioners, and MEPs, can now look forward to significantly higher salaries.

The EU claims that the wage hikes are justified due to rising inflation in Belgium and Brussels. The inflation rate is automatically included into the salaries of EU officials. For Brussels, it currently stands at just over 7 percent.

According to the European Commission’s plans, EU officials will receive almost 7 percent more pay. The salary increase is to apply retroactively to July 1, reports Germany’s Bild newspaper.

В каких городах сегодня происходит больше всего антисемитских актов?

Не смотрите в сторону традиционно антисемитской Европы или США, где эти нападения стали все более частыми, ибо ответ не там.

Именно в так называемых «смешанных городах» Израиля, где арабское меньшинство живет рядом с еврейским большинством, где арабы живут жизнью, которой завидуют арабы всего Ближнего Востока. Это города, где живут израильские арабы, в Лоде, Рамле, Яффо, Акко и Иерусалим, там число антисемитских нападений самое высокое.

12 retired Turkish admirals face up to 12 years in jail after prosecutors in Ankara claimed they broke the law for declaring their support for the Montreux Convention.

The 12 defendants were involved in the preparation of the declaration in question, signed it and agreed to release it.

In April 2021, 103 retired admirals issued a statement emphasising the importance of the Montreux Convention for Turkish security.

The statement has drawn a strong backlash from ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) officials who saw it as a direct challenge from the military to the civilian government. The government went as far as to accuse the former soldiers of suggesting a coup.

Польша: Работодатели получат финансовое вознаграждение за прием на работу пенсионеров

В соответствии с новым государственным планом, работодатели, нанимающие сотрудников пенсионного возраста, смогут получить бонус в размере 1800 злотых (370 евро) на каждого сотрудника в течение 24 месяцев.

Бонус, предназначенный для поощрения трудоустройства пожилых сотрудников, является частью более широкого законодательства, направленного на расширение профессионального участия пожилых людей в рынке рабочей силы.

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Home sales prices in the Netherlands showed the fifth highest increase among the 27 European Union countries during the second quarter. The prices on the Dutch market rose by about 18.2 person compared to the same quarter a year earlier.

Sales prices showed the highest increase in Estonia, where year-to-year prices jumped by 27.4 percent. The Czech Republic (23.1 percent), Hungary (22.8 percent) and Lithuania (22.1 percent) also posted price hikes above the Netherlands.

The countries showing the lowest increase were Cyprus (2.0 percent), Finland (2.2 percent), Denmark (2.8 percent), and Italy (5.2 percent). Just south of the Dutch border, Belgium had the fifth-lowest increase at 5.9 percent.

Шведская экономика сталкивается с проблемами из-за стремительного роста цен на электроэнергию, продукты питания и топливо. Уровень инфляции является самым высоким за 30 лет, и впервые с 2011 года Госбанк повысил ключевую процентную ставку до 1,75 процента, в результате чего повысились ставки по ипотечным кредитам.

В понедельник цена на дизельное топливо достигла нового рекорда с целевой ценой 28,52 шведских крон за литр на обслуживаемых станциях, что означает увеличение на 95 оре за литр.

Предыдущий рекорд был установлен 9 марта, когда дизельное топливо стоило 28,22 шведских крон за литр.

Цена на бензин также будет повышена в понедельник на 60 оре до 22,19 крон за литр.

After years of false starts and failed attempts, the long-dilapidated 19th-century synagogue in Kőszeg in western Hungary has been reopened to the public after an extensive two-year renovation.

After a complete renovation, the building will offer cultural and scientific programs, and thanks to its excellent acoustics, will also be used for musical events.

In western Hungary Jewish cultural life flourished during the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to which the synagogue in Kőszeg bears impressive witness.