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Bank of England flags concerns over longer mortgages and rise in credit card use

UK central bank’s financial policy committee says borrowing trends could lead to debt troubles in near future and longer term

The Guardian - UK

FIRE on the School Restricting "Dont Tread on Me" and Firearms Policy Coalition Patches

From FIRE's letter sent yesterday to the Superintendent of Harrison School District Two in Colorado; I generally trust FIRE's factual accounts in such matters, and I think its legal analysis here is spot on: The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), a nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to defending freedom of…

Reason

New Brexit checks will make food price inflation even worse, warns industry

Firms will have to pass on extra costs of red tape, warns Fresh Produce Consortium

The Independent UK

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Post-Brexit import checks risk further pushing up food prices – industry group

Traders will not be able to absorb estimated £10m extra cost on goods entering from EU, warns Fresh Produce Consortium

The Guardian - UK

Assam’s Kokrajhar district feasts on mushroom, for health and wealth

Assam gave fungi cultivation an investment boost in 2021, as it introduced mushrooms in the midday meal scheme.

The Hindu

UK judges to be given powers to dismiss oppressive Slapps lawsuits at early stage

Amendments to bill address concerns that strategic lawsuits against public participation stifle free speech

The Guardian - UK

Irish community group wins High Court fight over Aughinish Alumina expansion

Futureproof Clare took a judicial review against An Bord Pleanala's greenlight for the expansion

Irish Mirror

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'Assault Weapon' Bans Look More Legally Vulnerable Than Ever

A preliminary injunction in Illinois may signal the demise of a long-running public policy fraud.

Reason

Washington Is Now the 10th State With a Logically and Constitutionally Dubious 'Assault Weapon' Ban

A federal lawsuit notes that the new law draws arbitrary distinctions and targets guns in common use for legal purposes.

Reason

Bank of England calls for tougher pension scheme rules after crisis

Bank wants to avoid repeat of situation that followed Kwasi Kwarteng’s calamitous mini-budget

The Guardian - UK

Black Fern hero's comeback makes her a little Blue

The hat-trick hero of the Black Ferns’ 2017 World Cup win, Toka Natua is back in rugby – finding out the pros and cons of playing as a mum. And the double international is ready for her next chapter in France.

Newsroom.co.nz

Possum hunter leaves bush for Blues

From purging possums and saving kiwi, to leading the Tui and turning out for the Blues, rugby record breaker Krysten Cottrell has a fascinating combination of careers, Suzanne McFadden discovers.

Newsroom.co.nz

The Bank’s newfound appetite to tackle risk is welcome, if a little late

The financial policy committee has decided to take on ‘shadow banking’ which has been thriving since 2008

The Guardian - UK

Bank of England to run stress tests on pension funds, insurers, and other lenders

More needs to be done to ensure that the non-bank financial sector does not pose a threat to the UK’s financial stability, Bank says

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Millions of mortgage holders to see payments jump, Bank of England warns

AROUND four million mortgage borrowers are set to see their monthly payments jump ...

The Independent UK

About 4m mortgage borrowers to see repayments jump next year, Bank warns

People with a fixed-rate home loan due to expire at the end of 2023 are facing average monthly repayment increases of about £250.

Reason

A Federal Judge Suggests That Oregon's 10-Round Magazine Limit Does Not Implicate the Second Amendment

The new ban, which has been blocked by a state judge, so far has fared better in federal court.

Reason

N.Y. Law Banning Gun Carrying in Churches (Including by People Authorized by the Church) Struck Down

From Hardaway v. Nigrelli, decided yesterday by Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. (N.D.N.Y.): Eight days after the Supreme Court struck down New York's unconstitutional "proper cause" requirement for conceal-carry licenses, the State responded with even more restrictive legislation, barring all conceal-carry license holders from vast swaths of the State. The…

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Birmingham Post

Lloyds Bank, Irwin Mitchell and Hill Dickinson: The 29 latest North West hires and promotions

BusinessLive rounds up the latest appointments and promotions in the North West

Newsroom.co.nz

An Angel at the Black Ferns' doorstep

After a troubled childhood, promising young prop Angel Mulu charged her way into the Black Ferns this season, boosting her dream to play at the Rugby World Cup.

Reason

The 5th Circuit Considers Whether the Trump Administration Was Legally Authorized To Ban Bump Stocks

Regulators imposed the ban based on a highly implausible and counterintuitive reading of federal law.

Reason

This Lawsuit Says a Recent SCOTUS Decision Makes It Clear That 'Assault Weapon' Bans Are Unconstitutional

The Supreme Court unambiguously rejected the sort of reasoning that a federal appeals court used to uphold New York's ban.

Evening Standard

Mortgage affordabilty tests: Bank of England abandons ‘stress test’ recommendation for mortgage approvals

The change could help some borrowers get loans but strict loan-to-income limits remain in place

Tribune News Service

Lawsuit seeks to overturn Washington ban on sale, manufacture of large-capacity gun magazines

SEATTLE — A lawsuit backed by a California-based pro-gun group seeks to prevent Washington's impending ban on the sale and manufacture of large-capacity firearm magazines from taking effect this summer.

ABC News

Native logging ban leaves 'bitter taste' in mouth of forestry families, amid timber supply concerns

Forestry families fear "the end is near" for their businesses as WA's native logging ban looms, and they question where Australia's future timber supplies will come from.

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