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- Can Co-op Housing help solve local housing crisis?
Ruscombe Green (Today) - The title of this blog is the title of a workshop at The SPACE, Lansdown Hall on Thursday 30th May 7.30-9.30pm to "explore how co-op housing can offer affordable, convivial housing to both those on... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News› - Independence not just possible but necessary says Scottish government
NewsNetScotland (Today) - By Lynn Malone A lack of decision making power is holding back Scotland’s potential for growth, according to a paper to be published later today [Tuesday]. The Scottish government paper on independence will look at... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Devolution inquiry hits the road
BBC News - Politics (Today) - An inquiry into the future of devolution is inviting the public to have its say at the first of a series of drop-in sessions taking place across Wales.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Moronic Sheep? Albion Alliance (Today) - Janet Daley would like to slap David Cameron for being so relaxed – personally, I would just like to slap him for being David Cameron. Dan Hodges doesn’t think much of Ed MIliband – and... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Hansen at the LSE
Bishop Hill (Today) - Reader Danny Weston sends this report of James Hansen's lecture at the LSE last week.On Friday the 17th James Hansen came to speak at the London School of Economics (LSE), on “Itinerant farming to White... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Fears legal aid cuts will lead to innocent being wrongly convicted
Daily Telegraph - Politics (Today) - Seven in ten people fear innocent defendants will be wrongly convicted because of cuts to legal aid. ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- We're not sneering, says Cameron
- Andrew Haldenby: Michael Gove and the teaching unions – allies in preserving ring-fencing, which should go
Conservative Home - Comment (Today) - Andrew Haldenby is Director of the independent think tank Reform. Its new research “Must do better” is available at www.reform.co.uk. Follow Reform on Twitter. A couple of days ago, Michael Gove took a teaching union... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Mervyn King's housing warning is too little, too late | Polly Toynbee
The Guardian - Politics (Today) - In a British economy addicted to property inflation, the government's Help to Buy scheme threatens Fannie Mae-style disasterThe French call it l'esprit de l'escalier, that brilliant thought on the way out, too late for some... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Pauline Latham welcomes fall in number of people out of work
Pauline Latham MP (Today) - Pauline Latham welcomes the fall in the number of people claiming the main out-of-work benefits since the 2010 election. read more »... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Blackness Library refurbishment - an update
Fraser Macpherson (Today) - Further to my previous updates about the disabled access and other improvements at Blackness Library, I have received the following information from the council's Head of Library and Information Services :"We are now in a position... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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This is South Wales - Politics (Today) - COMPANY chiefs backing Britain in the EU have been supported by politicians and business leaders in South West Wales.A group of 19 key business leaders including Sir Richard Branson and the current CBI President have... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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British National Party (Today) - It has been revealed in the press that Peter Mandelson has finally admitted that the Labour party 'sent out search parties' in order to bring immigrants to Britain after losing the votes of the working... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Scottish Independence: UK ‘restricts Scotland’
Scotsman - Politics (Today) - The Scottish Government is launching an attack on Westminster-led economic policy in its latest attempt to promote independence.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Regulating utilities
John Redwood MP (Today) - Many people think their energy, water and other utility bills are too high. We have often examined the EU and UK policy background to some of the high prices, with many of you... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Andrew Bridgen welcomes extra funding for discretionary housing payments
Andrew Bridgen MP (Today) - Andrew Bridgen welcomes the availability of discretionary housing payments to ease the removal of the spare room subsidy for social tenants and asks the Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions how... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- MMD Fifth Anniversary
John Ward (Today) - The free MikuMikuDance (MMD) software that allows for such high quality animation of Vocaloid characters – and any other models made to the same format – is so significant that even it has just celebrated... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Mortgages more expensive in independent Scotland
- Why don't the mainstream media report on Bilderberg meetings? - Gerard Batten MEP
Regaining our Freedom - YouTube (Today) - Why don't the mainstream media report on Bilderberg meetings? - Gerard Batten MEPhttp://www.ukipmeps.org | Join UKIP: http://ukip.datawareonline.co.uk/JoinOnline.aspx?type=1 • European Parliament, Strasbourg, 20 May 2013 • Speaker: Gerard...From:europarlViews:30199ratingsTime:01:10More inNonprofits & Activism... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- New Assembly Community & Voluntary Forum Launched Judith Cochrane MLA (Today) - Judith will today attend the launch of new Stormont outreach initiative, Assembly Community Connect (ACC), an engagement forum designed to enhance connections between the Assembly and the Community and Voluntary sector through education and outreach.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Blimey: and people say British food is bad
Tim Worstall (Today) - One burger, two and a half sausages, two pints of lager and a sunny Bank Holiday Sunday afternoon makes the perfect barbecue, a survey has found. And they’re right of course. That’s no barbecue, that’s... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Deal heads off Tory revolt over same-sex marriage
Belfast Telegraph - Politics (Yesterday) - Plans to allow same-sex marriage in the UK have survived a Tory backlash after a fraught debate in the House of Commons.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Northern Ireland's past looms large again in five-hour debate