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| European Commission takes the lead on food safety | European Commission takes the lead on food safety |
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| Will Hutton and Jay Rayner were spot on with regards to the food industry ("The meat scandal shows all that is rotten about our free marketeers", Comment), but there is a bigger story. | Will Hutton and Jay Rayner were spot on with regards to the food industry ("The meat scandal shows all that is rotten about our free marketeers", Comment), but there is a bigger story. |
| The proponents of "light touch" regulation and "leaving it to the market" are up the creek, with the fate of our banks and hospitals only deepening their distress, but the bigger story is that the best efforts being made to bring proportionality to these issues are in the European Commission. | The proponents of "light touch" regulation and "leaving it to the market" are up the creek, with the fate of our banks and hospitals only deepening their distress, but the bigger story is that the best efforts being made to bring proportionality to these issues are in the European Commission. |
| Determined not to have bleach in its chicken, hormones in its beef or GM in the food chain, it is standing up to the zealots in the US who promote industrialised and uncontrolled food production. In the same way, it is taking the lead to promote the Tobin tax, designed to prevent costless speculation and to yield taxes for the benefit of the public good. | Determined not to have bleach in its chicken, hormones in its beef or GM in the food chain, it is standing up to the zealots in the US who promote industrialised and uncontrolled food production. In the same way, it is taking the lead to promote the Tobin tax, designed to prevent costless speculation and to yield taxes for the benefit of the public good. |
| Britain should be seeking a win-win strategy whereby it supports the EU in bringing better food regulation to the US in return for persuading the EU to adopt more expansionary fiscal policies to increase effective demand and thus benefit world trade. Our government is doing the opposite. It needs to change its tune or we need to change the orchestra. | Britain should be seeking a win-win strategy whereby it supports the EU in bringing better food regulation to the US in return for persuading the EU to adopt more expansionary fiscal policies to increase effective demand and thus benefit world trade. Our government is doing the opposite. It needs to change its tune or we need to change the orchestra. |
| Brigitte Voland-Steer | Brigitte Voland-Steer |
| Gravesend | Gravesend |
| Kent | Kent |
| Osborne's expensive dithering | Osborne's expensive dithering |
| George Osborne's piece on tax avoidance illustrates that this Tory-led government has been very slow to catch up to where Gordon Brown and Douglas Alexander left off in 2009 ("Why I am committed to global tax reform", Comment). | George Osborne's piece on tax avoidance illustrates that this Tory-led government has been very slow to catch up to where Gordon Brown and Douglas Alexander left off in 2009 ("Why I am committed to global tax reform", Comment). |
| Osborne's comments focused narrowly on the extractive industries. But as Ed Miliband said: "We cannot use that international action as an excuse for going at the pace of the slowest country." The UK should be a global leader. | Osborne's comments focused narrowly on the extractive industries. But as Ed Miliband said: "We cannot use that international action as an excuse for going at the pace of the slowest country." The UK should be a global leader. |
| Osborne introduced changes to the controlled foreign companies rules last year, which the evidence shows will have a detrimental effect on developing countries. Contrary to the spirit of his article and in defiance of the all-party international development select committee he has refused even to review the impact of these rules. | Osborne introduced changes to the controlled foreign companies rules last year, which the evidence shows will have a detrimental effect on developing countries. Contrary to the spirit of his article and in defiance of the all-party international development select committee he has refused even to review the impact of these rules. |
| Action to support his rhetoric on tax avoidance must now come in the budget to end tax secrecy. David Cameron and Osborne must also use the UK's chair of the G8 to make serious proposals that will make a substantial difference to the revenues of the poorest countries in the world. | Action to support his rhetoric on tax avoidance must now come in the budget to end tax secrecy. David Cameron and Osborne must also use the UK's chair of the G8 to make serious proposals that will make a substantial difference to the revenues of the poorest countries in the world. |
| To achieve Labour's aspiration to eliminate absolute poverty, reduce inequality and end aid dependency by 2030, we can no longer tolerate a system where some multinational companies avoid paying their fair share. | To achieve Labour's aspiration to eliminate absolute poverty, reduce inequality and end aid dependency by 2030, we can no longer tolerate a system where some multinational companies avoid paying their fair share. |
| Ivan Lewis | Ivan Lewis |
| Shadow secretary for international development | Shadow secretary for international development |
| London SW1 | London SW1 |
| Police face unique pressures | Police face unique pressures |
| We ask police officers to make split-second judgments on the huge variety of situations they face in protecting the public. In fact, we rely on them making those decisions in the knowledge they will be held to account for them when things go wrong. That is why it is so important we give them the right tools, which include training. | We ask police officers to make split-second judgments on the huge variety of situations they face in protecting the public. In fact, we rely on them making those decisions in the knowledge they will be held to account for them when things go wrong. That is why it is so important we give them the right tools, which include training. |
| It is not correct to say that "the Association of Chief Police Officers has categorically refused" to provide training on dealing with people with disabilities ("Father slams autistic son's trauma in police custody", News). Dealing with vulnerable people and those with disabilities is embedded in officer training across the service. | It is not correct to say that "the Association of Chief Police Officers has categorically refused" to provide training on dealing with people with disabilities ("Father slams autistic son's trauma in police custody", News). Dealing with vulnerable people and those with disabilities is embedded in officer training across the service. |
| However, equipping nurses and professional carers with skills in dealing with vulnerable people takes years and even then mistakes are made. Police officers are not health professionals but the service of last resort. They may do their best but they will never be as well trained as a specialist. | However, equipping nurses and professional carers with skills in dealing with vulnerable people takes years and even then mistakes are made. Police officers are not health professionals but the service of last resort. They may do their best but they will never be as well trained as a specialist. |
| Chief Constable Simon Cole | Chief Constable Simon Cole |
| Association of Chief Police Officers | Association of Chief Police Officers |
| London SW1 | London SW1 |
| Why should we help Martine? | Why should we help Martine? |
| I am not targeting Martine McCutcheon personally, but I must disagree with Victoria Coren's sentiment that the bankruptcy could have a silver lining ("Martine's still just loverly", Comment). This article was placed opposite a column showing nurses protesting about the closure of Lewisham hospital. I'm sure these same nurses won't be so delighted to hear that Ms McCutcheon has been unable to pay her tax bill. Ultimately, it's the lower income tax-payers who pay the price by having to put more back into the system and compensate for over-spenders who know there is a safety net for them. | I am not targeting Martine McCutcheon personally, but I must disagree with Victoria Coren's sentiment that the bankruptcy could have a silver lining ("Martine's still just loverly", Comment). This article was placed opposite a column showing nurses protesting about the closure of Lewisham hospital. I'm sure these same nurses won't be so delighted to hear that Ms McCutcheon has been unable to pay her tax bill. Ultimately, it's the lower income tax-payers who pay the price by having to put more back into the system and compensate for over-spenders who know there is a safety net for them. |
| P Kayley | P Kayley |
| Hertfordshire | Hertfordshire |
| Not all Catholics are the same | Not all Catholics are the same |
| I challenge the assumption by John Hooper ("A black pope would raise mixed positions over priestly celibacy", News) that "those who remain [in the Catholic church] are proud to belong to a conservative institution". I cling on despite the social doctrine in the hope that change might come, God willing. | I challenge the assumption by John Hooper ("A black pope would raise mixed positions over priestly celibacy", News) that "those who remain [in the Catholic church] are proud to belong to a conservative institution". I cling on despite the social doctrine in the hope that change might come, God willing. |
| Margaret Gooch | Margaret Gooch |
| Portsmouth | Portsmouth |
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