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The Queens speech 2014
Summary: The Queen's Speech at the State Opening of Parliament on June 4, 2014 announced the following proposed Bills for the 2014-15 session: Pensions Tax Bill; Private Pensions Bill; Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill; National Insurance Contributions Bill; Infrastructure Bill; Childcare Payments Bill; Slavery Bill; Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill; Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Bill; Serious Crime Bill; Recall of Members of Parliament Bill; Wales Bill; and a draft Governance of National Parks (England) and Broads Bill. (Westlaw)
Summary: These Regulations amend the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 which transpose into UK law Directive 2004/38 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States. The Regulations make a number of changes to the 2006 Regulations relating to the circumstances in which jobseekers and involuntarily unemployed workers are entitled to a right to reside in the UK. (Westlaw)
Summary: A Bill to enable competent adults who are terminally ill to be provided at their request with specified assistance to end their own life; and for connected purposes. (Westlaw)
Summary: Two men, known only as AB and CD, have been charged with terrorism; journalists were forbidden from disclosing even this simple fact until newspapers overturned a gagging order. But for the first time in centuries – and in a direct challenge to the Magna Carta of 1215 – the entire trial will be held in secrecy. (The guardian)
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