Tag: proposals

Violent criminals could be let out early for good behaviour under new proposals
PA MediaThe Independent Sentencing Review warns that "we cannot build our way out of" prison overcrowdingViolent prisoners, including those convicted [...]

MPs call for year-long delay to proposals
Malcolm Prior/BBCThe policy to tax inherited agricultural assets worth more than £1m from April 2026 saw farmers hold tractor protests across the UKFa [...]

States Are Tightening Rules for Getting Citizen-Led Proposals on the Ballot
Florida and Arkansas both recently added restrictions to the citizen amendment process, after ballot measures to expand abortion rights were successfu [...]

Biden to Withdraw Unfinished Student Debt Proposals for 38 Million Borrowers
The decision to withdraw the regulations was a tacit acknowledgment that they would go nowhere under the Trump administration.
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New Mauritian PM sends fresh proposals to UK
Mauritius says it has submitted changes to a proposed deal over the future of the Chagos Islands, with the country's new PM saying the original agreem [...]

MPs back proposals to legalise assisted dying
ReutersLabour MP Kim Leadbeater, who put forward the bill, joined supporters outside Parliament after the voteMPs have backed proposals to legalise as [...]

Magistrates could give longer sentences under new proposals
Magistrates in England and Wales could be given powers to hand down longer custodial sentences under proposals to help reduce the backlog in crown cou [...]

Biden Campaign Takes Aim at Project 2025, a Set of Conservative Proposals
The plan to dramatically reshape the federal government differs from Trump’s official platform, and has drawn attention on social media.
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Farage wants ‘freeze’ on immigration as Reform unveils proposals
Nigel Farage has said the 2024 general election "should be the immigration election", as he launched his party's proposals in south Wales.The Reform P [...]

SEC to Reject Spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETF Proposals in January
"An ETF would certainly enable crypto overall to take off, and based on Gensler’s comments in December 2023, he still sees this industry in need of mo [...]

Global securities body IOSCO unveils crypto regulatory framework proposals
IOSCO, the international regulatory body overseeing securities markets, has released its conclusive report containing policy suggestions for crypto an [...]

UK Publishes Final Proposals for Crypto, Stablecoin Regulation
The U.K. government published its final proposed rules for crypto and stablecoins on Monday.
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Bitcoin Amsterdam highlights hurdles for consensus over improvement proposals
Bitcoin (BTC) core developers have long been at odds over improvement proposals (BIPs) to address pain-points of the protocol, as was evident in a hea [...]

Trump and DeSantis Push for Mass Deportations, Escalating Hard-Right Immigration Proposals
In dueling speeches in California, the two Republican candidates pushed for mass deportations, a position that is as extreme as it may be unfeasible.
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Polygon 2.0 – MATIC conversion to POL outlined in preliminary improvement proposals
Polygon Labs’ vision of an interconnected layer 2 Ethereum ecosystem powered by zero-knowledge cryptography begins in earnest following three inaugura [...]