Concerns that the government's funding of Scotland's lifeline ferry services breached European competition law have been rejected by an official inquiry.Services in the Clyde, Hebridean and Northern Isles are provided mainly by state-owned Caledonia
The EU farm subsidies system is a masterclass of misadministration in most of the UK, the head of the Commons Public Accounts Committee has said.Edward Leigh MP was responding to a National Audit Office (NAO) report which criticised the high costs
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's parliament on Monday moved ahead with a bill to sharply slash energy and food subsidies, approving one article of a draft law that has the potential of stoking major unrest in a country struggling under international sanctions.
Lord Mandelson called on Brussels on Thursday night to ensure that Germany’s offer of multibillion-euro subsidies to smooth the sale of General Motors’ European arm does not begin a “subsidy war, with governments using state aid to protect jobs.The
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