· By MONITOR MR Tony Blair told the European Parliament, “I am a passionate pro-European. I always have been”, and warned that unless the EU reformed itself it faced “Failure on a grand, strategic, scale”. The rough reception forecast for Mr Blair from MEPs did not take place and there was agreement that his speech had been forceful and effective. Mr Gordon Brown, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, borrowed 8'735 billion pounds in May, the highest amount since 1993. Mr Brown's flagship tax credit scheme for low income groups was severely criticised by the Parliamentary Ombudsman and Citizens Advice for administrative failures which had caused thousands of families “worry and distress”. Opening the National School of Government, a study centre for civil servants, Mr Blair announced a new quango called Better Regulation Executive for “reducing the burden of paperwork for business”.
THE WEEK THAT WAS
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Also in Holiday
- Spain wants Britons to show they have 113.40 euros, £97, per day for their holidays
- Big changes on the horizon when Britons travel to Mallorca
- Over two hours for Britons to get through Palma airport queues
- Palma Airport passport control "collapse" put down to unscheduled flights
- Living in a motorhome in Palma: "It'll only get worse"
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