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Could Budget 2015 lead to our very own version of the Washington Shut Down?

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Westminster Watch, Whitehall Watch Posted: October 25, 2013

“The last government defeat over estimates was in 1921 … nowadays any amendment would be tantamount to a vote of no confidence.” (Whener, 2010: p8). Could we see, in March 2015, the first example of a real conflict within Parliament on the Government’s Budget proposals, leading to a Washington-style impasse? There are several reasons to […]

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