St Vincent PM rules out second referendum to abolish monarchy amid Charles visit BelfastTelegraph.co.uk The prime minister of the only Caribbean nation to hold a referendum on abolishing the monarchy has said he will not put the issue to a second vote after hosting the Prince of Wales. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/st-vincent-pm-rules-out-second-referendum-to-abolish-monarchy-amid-charles-visit-37936520.html Email The prime minister of the only Caribbean nation to hold a referendum on abolishing the monarchy has said he will not put the issue to a second vote after hosting the Prince of Wales. Ralph Gonsalves, prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, campaigned in the 2009 referendum to have the Queen, his nation’s head of state, replaced with an elected president but lost. Known as Comrade Ralph to many in his country, he warmly welcomed Charles and Camilla to St Vincent on Wednesday and at the end of their day-long visit, his official residence was … [Read more...] about St Vincent PM rules out second referendum to abolish monarchy amid Charles visit
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Finance says govt should abolish holiday bonus taxes ASAP
Ljubljana, 21 March - The newspaper Finance says in its commentary on Thursday that the government should speed up the abolishment of taxes and contributions paid from the holiday allowance, so as to allow higher holiday bonuses already this year. The rest of this news item is available to subscribers.Buy the news item. Price: 2 tokens; on account: 0 tokens. … [Read more...] about Finance says govt should abolish holiday bonus taxes ASAP
UKIP wants Assembly abolished and calls for referendum in 2024
UKIP is to campaign for a referendum on whether to abolish the Welsh Assembly and Welsh Government and says it would urge voters to scrap them both. The party's National Executive decided to abandon its previous support for devolution, a policy introduced by UKIP's former leader Nigel Farage, who is no longer a member of the party. He'd argued that a party campaigning for a referendum on EU membership couldn't ignore the results of the referendums which led to the establishment of the Assembly and then to it getting additional powers. It was also consistent with his support for an English Parliament, which he expected would provide UKIP with a platform. In 2016, it was the Assembly election that gave UKIP a platform, when it secured seven seats in the Senedd, since reduced to to three by defections. Gareth Bennett, who became group leader in August, has adopted an anti-devolution stance. UKIP's overall leader in Wales, Neil Hamilton, said that the Assembly's 25th anniversary, in … [Read more...] about UKIP wants Assembly abolished and calls for referendum in 2024
Initiative launched to abolish ministers’ lifetime pensions in Geneva
14/03/2019 By Le News Leave a Comment Currently, anyone serving as at least eight years as a state minister for the canton receives a pension for life. © Eugenesergeev | Dreamstime.com The Liberal Green party recently launched an initiative to have this system abolished, something that has already happened in other Swiss cantons. Initiative organizers have until 8 July 2019 to collect the 5,227 signatures required for the referendum to proceed. The organizers say they want ministers to treated in the same way as the rest of the population. They describe it as a matter of values and credibility. If successful, the rules would change to a pension equal to 70% of the last salary paid for 24 months, an arrangement similar to regular employees. Other cantons, such as Basel-City, Bern and Valais have abolished such schemes. Vaud still has one. More on this:Liberal Greens initiative (in French) – Take a 5 minute French test now For more stories like this on … [Read more...] about Initiative launched to abolish ministers’ lifetime pensions in Geneva
Call to abolish Scotland Office after costs rocket
0 Have your say The SNP has called for the Scotland Office to be abolished after it emerged the cost of communications staff has risen more than sixfold in a decade. The cost of the Scotland Office communications staff now stands at around £710,000, despite the department’s reduced role since devolution. A rebranding exercise recently did away with the title of the Scotland Office, which now presents itself as the “UK Government in Scotland”.Figures revealed following a parliamentary question from the SNP MP Deidre Brock show that communications staffing costs have risen steadily from £113,236 in 2007-08 to £710,337 in 2017-18.Costs grew significantly in the years before and after the Scottish independence referendum, but the biggest jump has come since 2015, when David Mundell became the first Conservative Scottish Secretary in nearly 20 years.Brock claimed the Scotland Office was a “fossil from another time” and a … [Read more...] about Call to abolish Scotland Office after costs rocket