Pledge, promise, and vow. Three words freighted with probity and trust. But, after anything but an explosive budget, a firecracker blew up in the chancellors face today over the issue of a promise. The question being, why does the government deny breaking a manifesto pledge on National Insurance when the 2015 Election Manifesto clearly said there would be no increase in National Insurance for the five years of an incoming conservative government . Is it ever right to to promise one thing and do another . The chancellor has raised the hackles of the right wing press, Tory Backbenchers of many stripes, and the opposition alike. Theresa may is in brussels tonight where, at a press conference, probably for the first time in her life, she was hoping for questions about brexit, but was pressed on this instead. Im joined by our political editor, nick watt. What did she had to say about National Insurance . She is standing by the fundamental principle of this Budget Change which is that the Se
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Thursday, 27 May, 2021 - 17:30 to 19:00
The Australian National University (ANU) College of Asia and the Pacific is proud to present the Anthony Low Commonwealth Lecture 2021: How to eliminate human trafficking and modern slavery from our 21st century world.
ANU Chancellor and former Foreign Minister of Australia, the Hon Julie Bishop will deliver the annual lecture, named in honour of former ANU Vice-Chancellor and Commonwealth of Nations scholar, the late Professor Anthony Low AO.
Ms Bishop will focus on ways and mechanisms available to the international community, and in particular the Commonwealth, to effectively address the elimination of modern slavery in our contemporary world.
The Australian National University (ANU) College of Asia and the Pacific is proud to present the Anthony Low Commonwealth Lecture 2021: How to eliminate human trafficking and modern slavery from our 21st century world. ANU Chancellor and former Foreign Minister of Australia, the Hon Julie Bishop will deliver the annual lecture, named in honour of former ANU Vice-Chancellor and
ANU Chancellor the Hon Julie Bishop has been named the 2021 Kissinger Fellow by the McCain Institute for International Leadership. Based at Arizona State University, the McCain Institute Kissinger Fellowship develops future foreign policy and national security leaders.