System of own resources of the European Union [EU Legislation in Progress]
On 22 December 2021, the European Commission adopted a proposal for the introduction of new own resources.
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House GOP’s CR Deal With Defense Cut Exemption, No Ukraine Aid Receiving Pushback
House Republicans have offered a deal for a one-month stopgap funding bill to avoid a government shutdown which would exempt defense from a spending cut and has an anomaly for […]
Liz Truss to claim her economic plan would have saved government £35bn
Former PM set to give speech defending her time in charge and explaining spending decisionsLiz Truss will claim that Rishi Sunak’s government has spent £35bn more than she would have as prime minister, in a speech on Monday.The short-lived prime minist…
Navy Comptroller: Sequester Would Cut Navy Budget By $15 Billion
The Department of the Navy’s comptroller this week warned if the government faces a sequester starting in 2024 the Navy would face a $15 billion budget cut and if there […]
SECNAV Directs ‘Running Fix’ Effort To Find High-Level Savings And Efficiencies
The Navy comptroller this week said the Secretary of the Navy directed a new initiative, dubbed Running Fix, to find more ways to increase efficiencies and save money in the […]
Energy Appropriator Hopes to Avoid Government Shutdown
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) Tuesday prodded hundreds of people here for the National Cleanup Workshop to urge their congressional representatives to avoid a federal government shutdown but stopped short of […]
Transparency in the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility
The Next Generation EU (NGEU) recovery instrument and its main expenditure tool, the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), were adopted to support the EU Member States’ recovery from the coronavirus pandemic while also fostering the green and digital transitions.
White House Opposes House Defense Spending Bill For Multi-Year Munitions Cut, Divisive GOP Policies
The Biden administration has said it “strongly opposes” the House’s fiscal year 2024 defense spending bill for not fully supporting multi-year munitions procurement requests and its inclusion of divisive GOP-led […]
Liz Truss to ‘share lessons’ of her time in government in new book
The former PM blames lack of support for Conservative ideas as part of her downfall during her 49-day premiershipLiz Truss is writing a book about her 49 days as prime minister, which will argue the main cause of her downfall was a lack of “support for…
Jeremy Hunt warned against real-terms benefits cut in autumn statement
Labour MP says cut would be ‘catastrophic for families’ amid reports chancellor mulling move to make space for tax reductionsThe prospect of real-terms cuts to benefits in the government’s autumn statement has been described as “catastrophic” for famil…