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THE NUMBER OF TRIBUNAL CLAIMS CONTINUES TO FALL
11 July 2012
The annual 2011/12 employment tribunal statistics report shows that the total number of claims during 2011/12 was 186,300, a reduction of 15% in comparison to 2010/11 and 26% lower than 2009/10.
Unfair dismissal claims have also fallen in the last year from 47,900 to 46,300.
Follow this link to read the full report , which presents information on Tribunals activity for the period 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012.
AUDIT ON EU LAW CALLED FOR BY BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY
11 July 2012
William Hague wants to launch a comprehensive audit of the impact of European Union law on Britain this summer.
The Financial Times reports:
William Hague, the British foreign secretary, wants to launch a comprehensive audit of the impact of European Union law on Britain this summer, an exercise that could fuel a Conservative drive to repatriate powers from Brussels. The huge Whitehall study comes at a time when David Cameron is trying to devise a new relationship between Britain and the rest of Europe , starting on Thursday at a European summit in Brussels . Mr Cameron will tell European colleagues he wants to “safeguard” Britain’s position in the single market as eurozone leaders discuss much closer fiscal and political union based on the 17-member single currency area. But many Conservatives want to go further and hope that a future Tory government will renegotiate a new membership deal with the EU – including the repatriation of powers from Brussels – and put the package to a referendum. Pressure is building from Conservative activists and Tory MPs for Britain to use the turmoil in the eurozone to detach Britain from the rest of the EU, reclaiming powers in areas such as employment law, police co-operation and regional policy. In that context, Mr Hague’s enthusiasm for a Whitehall audit of the application of EU law in Britain is politically extremely sensitive. Nick Clegg, Liberal Democrat deputy prime minister, fears the exercise might be a distraction from the crisis facing Europe and wants to keep it low key. Some Lib Dems fear it might also be seen in other European capitals and Washington as a sign that Britain wants to move further from the EU mainstream. The proposed study of the “balance of the EU’s existing competences” is contained in the coalition agreement, and Mr Hague wants to get on with it this summer. But Mr Clegg has yet to sign off on the scope and timing of the exercise. Government officials said they hoped to announce “further details soon”. It is expected that civil servants will be asked to do analytical
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