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...His public sector review would also look at earlier interventions in areas like support for children or in justice to reduce demand in the system....
...Budapest recently adopted a reform of its justice system intended to fulfil key preconditions for EU funding under the bloc’s so-called cohesion policy....
...Given government priorities including prioritising NHS spending, Hunt’s plans imply steep real-terms cuts for unprotected departments such as justice and home affairs....
...the government’s efforts to prioritise areas including the NHS, defence and education, that implies real per-capita spending cuts of about 17 per cent for unprotected departments such as the Home Office, justice...
...Separately on Thursday, US Senator Tammy Duckworth heaped further criticism on Boeing....
...This follows years of feuding between the previous administration of the Law and Justice (PiS) party and Brussels, mostly over Poland’s eroding rule of law....
...Once some departments, such as the NHS and education, are ringfenced, he said there could be cuts to other departments such as justice and transport of about 10 per cent over four years....
...It now expects spending in departments including the Home Office, Transport and Justice to fall by 16 per cent per person in real terms from 2022-23 and 2027-28....
...Spending per person in departments such as the Home Office; Transport; Justice; and Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is set to fall in real terms by 16 per cent, or £20bn a year, between 2022-23 and...
...the justice system bridle at the thought of more cuts....
...Paris chafed at the prospect of a former US Department of Justice economist who once worked as a consultant for tech giants such as Apple and Amazon taking up a sensitive post in one of the commission’s...
...The commission, whose creation was signed into law this week by Polish president Andrzej Duda ahead of general elections in autumn, was cast by the rightwing government led by the Law and Justice (PiS) party...
...Meetings in Brussels and Luxembourg today will show whether this can help overcome the difficulties of bringing the plans to fruition and funnelling the cash to Ukraine, writes Sam Fleming....
...One official said Marco Buschmann, Germany’s justice minister, had studied the EU proposals for harvesting the Russian central bank assets and concluded they were legally unworkable....
...“After ‘investment banker’, ‘independent director of a Delaware public company’ is the safest job in M&A,” Leo Strine, former chief justice of the Delaware Supreme Court, liked to quip....
...“Hungary has now fulfilled its obligations on the judicial system,” said justice minister Judit Varga. “We expect Brussels to pay out those EU funds that are due to Hungary.”...
...The state department said it had received “a $5.4mn transfer from the Department of Justice via the Kleptocapture Task Force”....
...Earlier this year, the justice minister received death threats and an attempt to kidnap him was foiled by police....
...Matthew Fleming, partner at Stonehage Fleming, a wealth manager based in London, says: “Financial capital is actually coming back to the top of primary concerns of [rich] families....
...These, he said, could then be earmarked for reconstruction efforts, calling the matter “a question of justice and fairness”....
...The deal is expected to reduce the influence of the European Court of Justice in Northern Ireland but keep it as the ultimate arbiter of disputes about EU law....
...But Berlin is not alone in asking for stricter minimum standards in the overhaul of the Stability and Growth Pact, writes Sam Fleming....
...But UK officials conceded Monday’s agreement would not remove EU law or European Court of Justice jurisdiction from Northern Ireland, as demanded by some Brexit hardliners....
...Successful justice reforms and anti-graft measures are among the most important membership criteria....
...Sunak and von der Leyen are discussing a political statement on the implementation of the protocol, which will cut border checks, increase democratic scrutiny and limit the role of the European Court of Justice...
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