The Privileges
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| Originally published | January 5, 2010 |
| Authors | Jonathan Dee |
| Genres | Novel |
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| ID | 2381097 |
About The Privileges
Smart and socially gifted, Adam and Cynthia Morey are perfect for each other. With Adam's rising career in the world of private equity, a beautiful home in Manhattan, gorgeous children, and plenty of money, they are, by any reasonable standard, successful. . . .
Watchdog criticises decision to pay Johnson's £265,000 Partygate bill
... The inquiry by The Privileges Committee was launched last April, after opposition parties accused Mr Johnson of misleading MPs about gatherings in government buildings during Covid-19 lockdowns...
Caroline Nokes tells of about 50 'creepy' incidents in her time as MP
... The prime minister, including The Privileges Committee report that found that Boris Johnson had deliberately misled Parliament...
Memo reveals pressure on climate finance pledge
... Mr Sunak insisted Lord Goldsmith had quit after being asked to apologise for comments he made about The Privileges Committee inquiry over the conduct of Boris Johnson and whether he had intentionally misled the House of Commons as PM...
Rishi Sunak silent over Tory MPs' Partygate report attacks
... The Privileges Committee said last week that the MPs, including Nadine Dorries and Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, had tried to " interfere" with the probe...
Zac Goldsmith resigns after criticism over Partygate probe
... He was among 10 Tories The Privileges Committee said was part of a campaign to interfere with their inquiry...
Johnson allies to be criticised over Partygate probe
... The former prime minister quit as an MP after The Privileges Committee found he misled Parliament over Covid breaches in No 10...
Why did Rishi Sunak miss Partygate vote on Boris Johnson?
... Cowardly cop-out If he had rejected the report, that would have angered other Conservatives who spoke passionately in defence of The Privileges committee in the Commons on Monday...
The vote on the Partygate report was about core principles - and blunt politics
... 118 Conservative MPs backed The Privileges Committee report...
Memo reveals pressure on climate finance pledge
By James Gregory & Justin Rowlatt , Climate EditorBBC News
The government looks set to break its flagship £11. 6bn climate and nature funding pledge for developing countries, an internal government document seen by The Bbc says.
The document details how the government has consistently underspent and would now struggle to meet its 2026 target.
Some 83% of the total overseas Aid budget would need to be reallocated to climate to catch up, it adds.
The government has said it remains committed to delivering on The Promise .
" The government remains committed to spending £11. 6bn on international climate finance and We Are delivering on that pledge, " a government spokesperson said.
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged in 2019 to double the amount spent on the UK's international climate finance (ICF) - Aid for vulnerable nations to deal with the causes of Climate Change - to at least £11. 6bn between 2021/22 and 2025/26.
But " subsequent turbulence" - referring to economic shocks such as the Covid pandemic - means the government is lagging behind, the internal briefing paper warns.
Overall international Aid spending has also since been cut to 0. 5% of GDP, down from 0. 7%.
Civil servants have calculated the government would have to spend 83% of the total foreign Aid budget on climate to meet the ICF target by 2026, requiring a " reorientation" of the budget on a scale which has " not previously been achieved".
Doing so would also mean that there would be no cash left for other priorities such as projects " specifically targeted at helping women and girls" civil servants write.
It Follows Tory peer Lord Zac Goldsmith 's resignation from Rishi Sunak 's government last week over what he described as the Prime Minister 's " apathy" towards Climate Change .
In his scathing resignation letter, the now former minister accused the government of abandoning key environmental commitments, including spending £11. 6bn of UK Aid on climate and environment, and withdrawing its leadership on The World stage.
" Indeed the only reason the government has not had to Come Clean on the Broken Promise is because The Final year of expenditure falls after The Next general election and will therefore be The Problem for The Next government, not this one, " he wrote in his letter.
Mr Sunak insisted Lord Goldsmith had quit after being asked to apologise for comments he made about The Privileges Committee inquiry over the conduct of Boris Johnson and whether he had intentionally misled The House of Commons as PM.
But Lord Goldsmith denied this, instead saying
The ICF refers to UK Aid given to support vulnerable countries to deal with the causes of Climate Change , including preventing deforestation and reducing carbon emissions, as well as preparing for its effects.
It forms a part of the global commitment to spend $100bn a year on climate finance for developing countries.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com