John Hutton
John Hutton
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In households where nobody goes to work, both money and self-esteem can be in short supply. This can mean a lack of positive role models and result in generation after generation getting stuck in the benefits trap.
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The internet has become an essential tool for businesses and consumers, and has brought enormous benefits to our everyday lives, but we all know there are risks too,
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The best thing for the individuals concerned, and for society as a whole, is to actively encourage those on incapacity benefit who are able to work to get back into work, while providing security and a decent standard of living to those who cannot.
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We would greet him every day as he got off the elevator.
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Yet in order to make sure the European social model keeps up with the pace of economic change that is now necessary, the EU must embrace a new approach to lawmaking.
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As Tony Blair has made clear, our fundamental challenge is how to make Europe work better.
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But let no one be under any doubt that the scale of the challenge that Europe faces in this emerging global economy is immense and the practical pace of our collective action to meet these challenge to date has just been too slow.
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We will not put the long-term stability of the public finances at risk,
There is no such thing as free regulation.
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I don't expect by the (parliamentary) recess that he'll have redesigned the IT systems. David Henshaw is not looking at operational issues today. He is not going to recommend that we break away from the contract with our suppliers.
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But we need to show that the EU can modernise itself, can adapt to the needs of its citizens, can take their views into account. That will be our ambition for the UK Presidency.
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But we can turn challenges into opportunities if we look outwards to the realities of the global economy and modernise our internal institutions in ways that will equip Europe to meet that challenge and create confidence amongst the public.
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But effective regulation at the European Union level can make a massive contribution to achieving our shared goals of improving competitiveness, jobs and growth.
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More than 50% of significant new regulations that impact on business in the UK now emanate from the EU.