• They are one step ahead of the government, which has reacted with fumbling confusion, abruptly launching an austerity plan and a vague scheme for labour-market reform, only to withdraw bits of both at the first cheep of protest.

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  • Yossi Beilin, a prominent dove and one of the original architects of the Oslo peace plan, disclosed the scheme on Wednesday November 18th and Mr Netanyahu's people did not deny it.

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  • However a number of high-profile initiatives, including a London-wide public cycle hire scheme and a plan for a new railway link across the city, soon won him praise.

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  • Opposition and civil society activists say the impeachment is just the latest scheme in a government plan to bully the judiciary and lawyers.

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  • But by blaming the privatisation of the overground railways for last year's train crash in Paddington, and by wilfully misinterpreting Mr Blair's scheme as a plan to privatise the Tube, Mr Livingstone has shown a cynical (and politically brilliant) willingness to pander to popular prejudices, while keeping the left on his side.

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  • Finance Minister Jane Hutt said the scheme was part of a plan for growth and jobs announced in May.

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  • Part of the problem is that each health plan covers prescriptions using a different formulary and cost-sharing scheme, so consumers often only see what the co-pay is.

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  • But in his world, which is not the world occupied by most people, it is the trimmings around the basic pay - the bonus scheme and the long-term incentive plan - that are the real and substantial remuneration meal.

    BBC: RBS chairman gives up ?1.4m shares reward

  • Mr Obama, of course, had called for such an overarching plan, in the form of a cap-and-trade scheme for all big sources of emissions, only to be rebuffed by the Senate, thanks not just to Republicans but to a number of conservative Democrats too.

    ECONOMIST: New rules look set to speed the move from coal to natural gas

  • The homes plan is part of a scheme to find locations for new housing and businesses over the next 15 to 20 years.

    BBC: Fareham planning row homes approved

  • Mr Obama disappointed liberals by ruling out a single-payer system and dropping the public option (a plan for a government-run scheme to compete with the insurance companies).

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  • They have done so at a time when Texas's redistricting plan has stirred controversy and when the Colorado courts have just struck down a local gerrymandering scheme.

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  • Several hundred American troops have been operating at Colombian bases for almost a decade under Plan Colombia, a fairly successful aid scheme under which the United States has provided training and intelligence help against Colombia's drugs and guerrillas.

    ECONOMIST: Hoist on the petard of a dissuasive defence agreement

  • The latest bank recapitalisation plan has revived such concerns, with officials saying they had no forewarning about the scheme and that it undermined Spanish claims that they would be able to finance their banking sector on their own, either through the private market or Spanish government money.

    CNN: ECB rejects Madrid plan to boost Bankia

  • The government's capitulation has implications for other large-scale infrastructure plans, such as the Plan Puebla-Panama in the south, and the Escalera Nautica (nautical ladder), a tourist scheme in Baja California.

    ECONOMIST: Planning in Mexico: Grounded | The

  • Their plan was to discomfit the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, and form a new coalition a scheme abetted by their host, Lord Beaverbrook, the owner of the Daily Express, then a newspaper of great potency and reach.

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  • Ms Jones outlined the department's key priorities which will include the delivery of the Rural Development Plan, the effective administration of the Single Payment Scheme from the European Union (EU), and the programme to eradicate bovine TB.

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  • The Greens said their "radical", but "realistic" plan for "cross-London road pricing scheme" would generate funding for step-free access, extending Tramlink and promoting cycling like in Amsterdam.

    BBC: Mayoral hopefuls 'lack vision' on London transport

  • The New York Times predictably mocked the scheme (because, obviously, Hong Kong and Singapore are doing so badly) but what other plan could make Detroit safe for capitalism again?

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