Government Must Act to Ensure Level Playing Field for Glass

Last week, I led a Westminster Hall debate on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and its impact upon glass packaging manufacturers. EPR is intended to hold packaging manufacturers responsible for the costs of managing their products throughout their lifecycle, rendering them cost neutral to local authorities, and to improve recycling rates as part of a move to a circular economy. This

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Cutting aid is a gift to our adversaries

Last week, two former military chiefs, Lord Richards and Lord Dannatt, both condemned the Government’s decision to boost defence spending by slashing the aid budget. They made their point clear. National security is not simply about military power. It is about all

Government told to fix “calamitous” marriage gap between rich and poor

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• Newborn children in the poorest households, 9 times less likely to have a dad living there • Politicians criticised for “deafening silence” on marriage• Chancellor urged to scrap “paltry” married couples’ allowance The Government is being urged to fix a “calamitous” marriage gap between rich and poor couples that has reached a staggering 51 per cent if it wants

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