Well not quite. And surely the woman behind the campaign - Lynne Gladstone-Millar - has to be related to the great man?

Posted by Dan Falchikov on Living on words alone

The Town Council Planning and Licensing Committee tonight made comments on the soundness of the overview plans for HRN1, the major site north of Houghton Regis which is expected to deliver up to 5150 homes of the 7000 total new homes Central Bedfordshire want to build around the north of the town. I made several comments around the need to encourage less dependency on the motor car. In the many documents for review several mentions are made of walking routes and cycling routes, which is all well and good, but if we are to seriously encourage less use of the ...

Posted by A D Winter on Alan D Winter

The plot thickens for Sefton's libraries. My last posting was about a sudden new development proposed for Bikdale library. Southport Visitor's website now carries the following story about Crosby Library and Civic Hall: POPULAR Merseyside arts venue Crosby Civic Hall could be demolished and rebuilt as headquarters for an unnamed UK company.Blueprint proposals received by Sefton council would see Crosby's Civic Hall and its adjoining library torn down.In its place, developers want to construct a "UK headquarters and resource centre" and a "small mixed-use housing development" with car parking spaces.A replacement community library would also be built within the complex ...

Posted by Mike Booth on kew focus

It's been an eventful week - Chris Huhne resigned, MPs debated and passed the Marriage (Same Sex Couples Act)' the writ for the Eastleigh by-election was moved, Lib Dems launched a new Party Political Broadcast and there was a National Action Day which coincided with the first weekend of the Eastleigh Campaign... ...somehow in all that I've not quite managed to marshal my thoughts and compose a proper blogpost on any of the above subjects. And this one isn't either - instead it is some thoughts on the Papal Vacancy. Don't worry, I'm not throwing my galero in the ring... ...

Posted by Andrew Brown on the widow's world

It's been over two years since the Angel pub was shut and now finally it looks like Tesco's are getting ready to build an Express store. As I've previously written, I had concerns that Tesco ...

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When the first episode of BBC1′s Call The Midwife was broadcast in January 2012, I wasn't a fan. I snarkily tweeted as much: Watching 'Call the Midwife'. I don't advise watching it. But if you're going to watch it, watch it when yr too tired to watch anything good. — Stephen Tall (@stephentall) January 20, 2012

Posted by Stephen Tall on Stephen Tall
Mon 11th
21:39

Monday meetings

Earlier today, along with a number of fellow councillors, parliamentarians and others, I attended a briefing on welfare reform, followed by a further meeting of the Remploy Action Group. Tonight, during City Council meetings, at the Environment Committee, I highlighted concerns about air quality in the two streets in Dundee that Friends of the Earth recently highlighted as being the most polluted in Scotland - details below: Top 10 most polluted streets for nitrogen dioxide in 2012 (figures in microgrammes per cubic meter, European standard 40): Glasgow Kerbside - 72.5 South Lanarkshire Raith Interchange - 62.9 Aberdeen Wellington Road - ...

There is still time for local residents to comment on plans to build new housing on the former Burger King site on Sutton High Street. Last November I reported on this blog that the planning application ...

Posted by Lester Holloway on

Where is David Laws when you need him? That's David Laws the education minister, as distinct from the various other hats he wears. It turns out that the Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) curriculum is used in more than 50 UK schools. This curriculum includes a science text book that cites the existence of the Loch Ness monster as evidence against evolution. It gets worse. ACE also asserts that God is right-wing and that Liberals are the root of all evil. It denies that transitional fossils exist, despite copious evidence to the contrary. It claims that solar fusion is a myth. ...

Posted by Simon Titley on Liberator's blog

Cambridge is about to get a new University Technical College (UTC) which will open in 2014. The details (from their brochure) are below; "The UTC Cambridge will be a new centre of excellence for Biomedical and Environmental Science and Technology (BEST). It will: create the next generation of scientists and technologists who will work on industry-relevant projects to develop innovative new ways of thinking that could change the way we liveoffer young people a unique opportunity to get a head start in developing the skills required for exciting and rewarding careers in the fast-moving biomedical and environmental industries. Many of ...

Posted by Andy Pellew on Focus on Bar Hill
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Posted by Jonathan Calder on Liberal England

From the BBC News Shropshire pages: A Shropshire road which was closed in November by rockfalls is expected to remain shut for three more months. An emergency closure of Jiggers Bank in Ironbridge took place after rocks fell onto the road following heavy rain. It was followed by further rock falls. Telford and Wrekin Council said the "scale of works" needed to stabilise the area meant Jiggers Bank would be closed until June.It will be little comfort to those affected, but Jiggers Bank has won this blog's prestigious Road of the Day award. Now read and watch more about subsidence ...

Posted by Jonathan Calder on Liberal England

Flood defence plans costing more than £1 million to safeguard almost 1,000 Cambridge homes have been welcomed by the city's MP Julian Huppert. The government money will be spent in Kings Hedges, Arbury and Cherry Hinton to prevent surface water flooding in 2013/14. In Kings Hedges and Arbury 1,155 homes will be protected at a cost of £.43 million while in Cherry Hinton £.63 million will be invested to safeguard 788 homes. The money is part of a £294 million investment in 93 flood defence schemes across the country. Julian said: "This is extremely good news for Cambridge. People should ...

Posted by Andy Pellew on Focus on Bar Hill

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism is seeking to identify as many as possible of those killed in US covert drone strikes in Pakistan, whether civilian or militant. Chris Woods, the leader of the Bureau's team for this project, says: "At the moment we know the names of fewer than 20 per cent of those killed in Pakistan's tribal areas. At least 2,000 deaths still remain publicly anonymous.""Our aim will be to identify by name many hundreds more of those killed. A significant number of those identities will be known by local communities, by US and Pakistani officials, and by militant ...

Posted by Jonathan Calder on Liberal England

Three interesting and important poll findings to report today... Big lead for Labour according to ICM [IMG: polling station - Some rights reserved by Simon Clayson ] First, the Guardian's monthly ICM poll is out, showing the biggest Labour lead in almost a decade: Labour 41% (+3%) Conservatives 29% (-4%) Lib Dems 13% (-2%) Ukip 9% (+3%) Others 8% (+1%) The movements are more or less within the margin of error. Still, the Tories will be pretty disappointed to see the party get no bounce at all from David Cameron's promise of a post-2015 EU referendum. Perhaps unsurprisingly it looks ...

Posted by Stephen Tall on Liberal Democrat Voice

Three local councils have joined forces to launch a feasibility study on ways to ease traffic congestion in and around Whittlesey which is blamed on the King's Dyke railway crossing. Cambridgeshire County Council, Fenland District Council and Whittlesey Town Council are working together and funding the study at a cost of £10,000. The study will report back by the end of March. The level crossing on the A605 in Whittlesey has long been an issue in the town due to the amount of time the crossing is closed to vehicles and the subsequent delay caused to traffic travelling to and ...

Posted by Andy Pellew on Focus on Bar Hill

Cambridge MP Julian Huppert has welcomed a move to cap the cost of care, protecting city residents from crippling bills and the threat of having to sell their homes to pay the bills. The care reforms have been introduced by Liberal Democrat Care and Support Minister, Norman Lamb and will mean no-one will pay more than £75,000 for care; once an individual reaches the cap the state will step in to cover their costs. At the same time, the means test threshold will be increased from its current level of £23,250 to £123,000 giving thousands more people financial help. Other ...

Posted by Andy Pellew on Focus on Bar Hill

A Conservative-run transport project billed as "innovative", which was launched after all bus subsidies across the county were cut to save money, has failed to get off the ground. The Cambridgeshire County Council-run scheme has cost taxpayers £470,000 so far but, two years on, no new transport services have been established. Only one new service is out to tender and the whole project is behind schedule, just 18 months before it is set for completion. Cambridgeshire Future Transport was tasked with finding "new transport solutions" in light of the draconian cost-saving bus subsidy cuts and given £1.5 million of hard-fought ...

Posted by Andy Pellew on Focus on Bar Hill

Cllr Susan van de Ven Cambridgeshire Future Transport: FailingOver the next 18 months, Cambridgeshire County Council's administration is planning to complete the process of replacing every single bus subsidy in Cambridgeshire with a 'Cambridgeshire Future Transport' solution. The CFT project has now been running for two years and a number of bus services have been cut, but not a single transport solution is yet up and running. Only one new service is out to tender and the whole project is behind schedule, just 18 months before it is due for completion county-wide. CFT has so far cost the tax payer ...

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Posted by Jonathan Calder on Liberal England
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Many people save all their life, put money into their house, partly to live in it and partly for financial security, and when they die they hope that their savings are passed on to their children. Well that's how it often works. There are others who rent rather than buy their house but even if you own your house there are many pitfalls in life which stop you working hard and passing on your savings to next of kin. One of the pitfalls is that ill health may result in the need for a place in an expensive care home, ...

Posted by Michael Gradwell on Politics for Novices

Housing in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) are a problematic issue in Bangor as I'm sure they are across the country. There is a total of around 10,000 students in Bangor University, all of which are either accommodated in private University accommodation, or private HMOs in the community. Some areas in Bangor have more HMOs than privately ... Keep reading →

Posted by Rhys Taylor on Ramblings of a Liberal Democrat.

This is the latest in my series of Random Thoughts posts with links, things found on the web and other stuff that has occurred to me between 4th February 2013 and 11th February 2013: Rare tiger unveiled at Whipsnade Zoo The latest arrival at Whipsnade is a incredibly handsome Russian tiger named Botzman. The Bailey Hill Water Tower, Luton Hoo Memorial Park, Luton LU1, 4 bedroom property for sale One of Luton's more unusual landmarks is up for sale. If you fancy living in a converted water tower you will need a spare £1.5m. I worked for Adam Afriyie's Adfero ...

Posted by Andy Strange on Strange Thoughts

Welfare reform will always be painful. With the current generally harsher economic circumstances our societies tolerance for others on benefits has reduced. One of the proposals is that no family claiming benefits will be able to claim more than the average family income for the country – £25,000 pa. In East Dulwich this will impact 11 families claiming benefits. Each of these families are predicted to lose on average £3,887. If you're one of those families please do get in touch if you need extra help or support. Another aspect of welfare reform is around council houses where the occupants ...

Posted by James Barber on James Barber

This Coalition is at its best when it is tackling the country's long-term structural problems. That, after all, is why we came together with the Conservatives to form a Coalition Government and deal with the record deficit that we inherited from the last Labour government. Nowhere is this more evident than in today's historic announcement to protect people, for the first time ever, from the threat of unlimited care costs. That is why I have been pushing relentlessly for this reform since my first day in the job in September. For anyone doubting whether this is a truly "historic" announcement, ...

Posted by Norman Lamb MP on Liberal Democrat Voice

The Lib Dem councillors for Clarence ward have called for the district council administration to go back to the drawing board over their plans to change the legal basis of Clarence Park's trust deed. Clarence member Chris White said: 'We sat through the special meeting on Thursday night open-mouthed at the inability of the administration to justify why they were tinkering with provisions of the deed. 'It was clear that many of the changes were simply legally unnecessary. Others were quite clearly geared into opening up the whole park to commercial exploitation.' He added: 'It is no good Cllr Chichester-Miles ...

Posted by chriswhite on Chris White

Jeremey Hunt has just announced the heavily pre-trailed social care reforms in the Commons. Here is Andrew Sparrow's digest of his speech from the Guardian's Live Blog: Jeremy Hunt, the health secretary, says none of us know what care needs we will face when we get older. Many older people face paying "limitless, often ruinous" care costs. The current system is "desperately unfair". More than 30,000 people a year have their savings wiped out. This discourages people from saving, he says. Today he is announcing the government's proposals. A cap will be introduced for the maximum amount that an individual ...

Posted by NewsHound on Liberal Democrat Voice

View as slideshow [IMG: markpack] Mark Pack@markpack I see the Daily Mail's @jameschappers has dubbed Maria Hutchings in #Eastleigh as the 'Tory Sarah Palin' bit.ly/155F0dC Mon, Feb 11 2013 03:33:59 · Original link ReplyRetweetFavorite [IMG: robindbrant] Robin Brant@robindbrant eastleigh by elex news junkies: the count will be overnight, immediately after polls close. none of this corby-like wait 'til the next morn. Mon, Feb 11 2013 01:32:20 · Original link ReplyRetweetFavorite No new constituency polls today. However some new national polling is rather relevant: The evidence that Lib Dems can still squeeze Labour in Parliamentary by-elections An ability to massively squeeze ...

Posted by Mark Pack on Mark Pack
Mon 11th
16:53

Andover Farmers market

[IMG: Farmers Market Web] The Hampshire farmers market will be in Andover High Street on the third Sunday of each month from February to December. There were fears that the market would not continue after a fall in numbers of visitors during 2011. A "New Look" market started in January 2012 and wil continue this year. Working as I do in the local farming industry I know how improtant the market is for showcasing local produce. The quality matches anything on offer in supermarkets. And it is produced locally. To keep the market and support local farmers we all need ...

Posted by lengates on Len Gates
Mon 11th
16:42

Year End

Things I have done this year: - graduated from both a masters in education and a PhD in paleontology. - been a lead classroom teacher for week-long summer camps, and at afterschool. - taught classes on paleontology, structures, biodiversity, bioluminescence and butterflies. - found myself jobs, albeit not full time permanent things. - started dating again, quit dating again, and slowly started thinking about dating again. - wrote long form fanfiction, and actually started work on the structure of a novel. - more physical fitness than I've ever managed before. Been enthusiastic about a sport! Things I hope to do ...

Posted by Debi on Thagomizer.net

Pope Benedict's time as the Pope is coming to a, rather surprising, end. I won't pretend I've ever been a fan. From his linking of my lack of belief with Nazism to how down he was on my relationship with Jim I don't think we would ever have gotten along. And it wasn't just me who didn't appreciate his rather unkind words, I'd wager that most secular people weren't really that into him. Perhaps that is a failure of his Papacy, the failure to reach out and embrace others. But perhaps that is also a failure on the part of ...

Mon 11th
15:01

How to become Pope

(This entry wa originally posted in April 2005. I encourage readers to track down the books on eBay or elsewhere; would be interested to hear what others make of them) Since it's that time of century, I thought I would dig out of my memory four books I remember having read where the protagonist becomes Pope. I've lost my copies of them, if I ever had them, long ago. Peter de Rosa, Pope Patrick. Written in 1995, set in 2009 after the death of John Paul II. This has got some quite good reviews, but I don't know why; I ...

Writing on Huffington Post, George Lyon, MEP for Scotland, outlines concerns that the forthcoming round of EU budget reviews does not risk future growth prospects: The EU Parliament will be scrutinising the proposals closely in the coming weeks before deciding whether to accept or reject the deal in the beginning of March. We must be clear – there are areas of spending that help us generate growth and these need to be our priority going forwards. One major concern is the proposed funding for the Connecting Europe Facility. This new instrument is set to invest in modern infrastructure such as ...

Posted by Paul Walter on Liberal Democrat Voice

[IMG: Polling station sign. Photo courtesy of nilexuk on Flickr. Some rights reserved] An ability to massively squeeze third-placed Labour voters has been hugely beneficial to the Liberal Democrats in the past in Lib Dem versus Conservative contests. Are things different now there is a Conservative-Lib Dem coalition government? Evidence from council elections and council by-elections suggests it very much is still possible and in a few weeks Eastleigh will give us the first good Parliamentary by-election evidence. In the meantime, we have some striking polling results from YouGov which are good news for both the Liberal Democrats and also ...

Posted by Mark Pack on Mark Pack

Here's today's hand-picked selection that caught my interest... Bristol University | Graduate School of Education | Research Briefing 3: School league tables: Are they any good for choosing schools? Choosing where to live based on school league tables years before kids at school-age? Forget it. Just guess. http://buff.ly/WZo4SN Bristol University | Graduate School of Education | Research Briefing 4: School, family, neighbourhood: which is most important to a child's education? Family, school, pupil: which is most important to a child's education? The split is c.40% / 20% / 40% says Bristol Uni http://buff.ly/WdupIS The Eastleigh conundrum Peter Kellner on why ...

Posted by Stephen Tall on Stephen Tall

Writing for PinkNews, as Chair of LGBT+ Liberal Democrats and Vice-Chair of the Liberal Democrats European Group, Adrian Trett says there are political similarities when it comes to arguing the case for equality and the European Union: If you have the fundamental freedom to travel and work, live and reside in the place of your choice, then so does everyone else whatever nationality. Just because we may have an influx of Romanians and Bulgarians next January, no Europhobe can turn round and say, sorry you can't come here, because we belong to a market with free movement of people. Without ...

Posted by Paul Walter on Liberal Democrat Voice

[IMG: Lynne Featherstone MP, Cllr Richard Wilson and Cllr David Schmitz outside Hornsey Sorting Office with petition slips.] Lynne Featherstone MP, Cllr Richard Wilson and Cllr David Schmitz outside Hornsey Sorting Office with petition slips. Liberal Democrat MP Lynne Featherstone today welcomed Royal Mail's decision to continue to allow Highgate residents to pick up their parcels for free at the Archway Road Post Office, in response to months of campaigning by the local Liberal Democrats. The Royal Mail representatives, who met with the MP this morning, also confirmed that the Hornsey sorting office has been reprieved. Whilst Royal Mail still ...

Posted by Haringey Lib Dems on Working for Hornsey

I was delighted by the vote last week to give initial approval to same sex marriage. The Commons gave the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill a Second Reading by a massive majority, of 400 MPs against 175. This means that the Bill now proceeds to its detailed line by line consideration in a Bill Committee. ...

Posted by stephenwilliamsmp on Stephen Williams' Blog

In what is almost definitely an historical first, the Pope has taken an idea from a monarch of the Netherlands and announced that he'll be resigning. Not because of any scandals, but because he believes that his age and health "are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry." A thought that came to mind after Queen Beatrix had announced her abdication was that the Dutch appear to be very sensible on this issues. Both her mother and grandmother had abdicated when they felt they were too old to continue doing the role properly, and there doesn't ...

Posted by Nick on What You Can Get Away With
Mon 11th
11:56

Advice on urban foxes

Urban foxes are increasingly a part of our lives. Cycling through the centre of Edgeley at 6am last week (not by choice!) a fox padded up behind me and kept up with my bike for well over 100m. In Gatley I've had foxes playing in the back garden. Foxes can be more of a problem, though – residents have reported pets and other animals being killed by them. This document gives advice on what you can do if urban foxes are a problem for you.

Posted by Iain Roberts on Keith Holloway, Iain Roberts & Pam King

[IMG: Diversion sign - photo courtesy of Michael Casey on Flickr. Some rights reserved, see http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelcasey/2959557643/] Skim the political news - or brace yourself and watch some of festival of braying adults that is PMQs - and you could easily think that British politics is primarily a contest between Cameron and Miliband, Conservative and Labour, to be top dog. You could - and you would be wrong. It's a diversion from where the real action is. The real political contest is both elsewhere and not one single contest. It is not about Conservative versus Labour, except by incidental outcome. One ...

Posted by Mark Pack on Liberal Democrat Voice

Recently, I received an e-mail from a company called Rosenberg and Cooper, inviting me to invest in coloured diamonds. Naturally, being a cautious soul, I've learned not to get too excited about such invitations, knowing that if someone is sending spam e-mail like that, they probably aren't likely to be reputable. So, I deleted the e-mail and thought nothing more of it. At least, I hadn't, until my BlackBerry rang on Friday evening. I picked it up and found that not only do they send spam e-mail, but they do cold calling too. And high quality cold calling it is, ...

Posted by Mark Valladares on The view from Creeting St Peter

[IMG: Liberal Democrats Logo] The agenda for this year's Liberal Democrat Federal Spring Conference is now available online. I won't be going to Brighton in March for the conference, so this is largely of academic interest, but a brief glance at the agenda suggests I won't be missing too much. I would highlight three things: The, rather silly, constitutional amendment that would make it easier for the party to chuck out its leader. I'd be very surprised if this was passed. One of the reasons why I am certain that Clegg will lead the Liberal Democrats into the next General ...

Posted by Andy Strange on Strange Thoughts
Mon 11th
11:09

Is it really 50 years?

The Independent on Sunday reports on a significant milestone in rock history, with an event being staged today. They say that 50 years to the minute, within the same four walls where Please Please Me was committed to tape, scores of artists will attempt to recreate the famous session: Musicians including Joss Stone, Graham Coxon, Beverley Knight and Glenn Tilbrook will gather in Abbey Road's Studio 2 to reinterpret the tracks recorded on 11 February 1963. Also tomorrow, BBC Radio 2 will be dominated by 12 Hours to Please Me, starting at 10am and finishing - just as the original ...

Posted by Peter Black on Peter Black

Jeremy Hunt is due to confirm the pre-announced details of Social Care reform later today. The BBC summarises what's known about the proposals here: The government is due to announce its "fully-funded solution" to the problem of elderly people in England who cannot afford social care. It is expected to include a £75,000 cap on the costs people pay for care and a rise in the threshold for means-tested support from £23,250 to £123,000. Health secretary Jeremy Hunt said the "scandal" of many people selling homes to pay care bills must be tackled. Do these proposals go far enough? Does ...

Posted by The Voice on Liberal Democrat Voice

You have to listen through three hours if you missed it on the Today programme this morning, but Christopher Haskins hit the nail on the head about the growing horsemeat scandal. I sat up on my seat when I heard him talk about regulation, because I think this gets to the core of it. We have to fill in all this paperwork, he said. "Everyone fills in forms to say they are doing the right thing but they don't actually look at the factory to see whats going in on the factory." So this is my excuse for writing about ...

Posted by David Boyle on The Real Blog

The Western Mail reports that urgent calls have today been made for the NHS to improve frontline staffing levels after more than half of dignity spot-checks in Wales' hospitals raised concerns about patient safety. The paper says that opposition parties, patient safety groups and leading medical organisations have all said that low staffing levels on hospital wards, particularly at night, is putting patients at risk: Their comments follow a revelation from Health Minister Lesley Griffiths that seven out of 12 dignity spot-checks by watchdog Healthcare Inspectorate Wales highlighted concerns about staffing levels and the impact on patient safety. In response ...

Posted by Freedom Central on Freedom Central

[IMG: Eastleigh HQ] My photo above shows a small part of the Eastleigh Lib Dem campaign HQ yesterday afternoon. You can see The Blessed Saint Vincent of Cable (for it is, indeed, he) dialing Eastleigh voters and, with his back to the camera, party treasurer Sir Ian Wrigglesworth. It was very heartening to see our well-oiled by-election machinery in top gear making a quiet Rolls Royce-like whirr beneath the bonnet. The many volunteers from across the country who braved the rain this weekend were sustained by an impressive piece of secret weaponry supplied by the skilled hand of one of ...

Posted by Paul Walter on Liberal Democrat Voice

A quick round-up of all things Eastleigh — especially for the benefit of those who've been in Eastleigh this weekend and as a result have missed out... Lib Dem candidate selected: congrats Mike Thornton! First, and most important, the Lib Dems have a candidate: Mike Thornton was selected by the Eastleigh local party on Saturday evening. I am absolutely delighted to have been chosen as the Liberal Democrat candidate for Eastleigh. I have lived here... fb.me/1vSwHY7ed — Mike Thornton (@Mike4Eastleigh) February 9, 2013 You can read about him and his policy priorities here. The Tories also have a candidate, Maria ...

Posted by Stephen Tall on Liberal Democrat Voice

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[IMG: Norman Lamont] One of my favourite moments from the 1997 general election campaign came when I was stood on a street corner in Harrogate, talking to a report about the challenge from Lib Dem candidate Phil Willis, who was trying to take the seat from the Conservatives. Suddenly, the journalist looked over my shoulder, muttered 'excuse me' and ran off down the street, partially dignified, chasing a van that had driven past behind me. The reason? The van was that of the Conservative candidate, Norman Lamont, who had been spending the whole campaign trying to avoid talking to the ...

Posted by Mark Pack on Liberal Democrat Voice

With the Eastleigh by-election to replace Chris Huhne in full flow, it seemed a good opportunity to start to look at some of the top digital tools available to campaigners. Hootsuite A brilliant social dashboard that allows you to push content to multiple accounts, pre-programme content you want to send, and get good analytics data ...

Posted by Charlotte Henry on Digital Politico

Thorbjørn Jagland concerned by the recent events in Azerbaijan Council of Europe Secretary-General speaks on arrests of Ilgar Mammadov and Tofig Yagublu. (tags: azerbaijan ) Statement by Ashton and Füle on Azerbaijan EU concerned by arrests of Ilgar Mammedov and Tofig Yagublu. (tags: eu azerbaijan ) PACE Monitoring Committee co-rapporteurs express deep concern at worrying developments in Azerbaijan Agramunt and Debono Grech speak out too. (tags: azerbaijan ) Azerbaijan: Government Detains Outspoken Critics Human Rights Watch reports in detail on Ilgar Mammadov and Tofig Yagublu. (tags: azerbaijan ) Azerbaijan responds to the EU It is an earthly paradise, and only ...

I have called on Scottish Government and Transport Scotland to investigate the viability of allowing local authorities to issue time limited temporary passes when elderly citizens who lose their concessionary bus pass. This followed my assisting a local man in his nineties who had to wait around 10 days for a new bus pass when his original concession pass was lost. The City Council does as an efficient job as possible in terms of getting elderly people replacement cards as quickly as possible but it nonetheless takes around 10 days for a new card to be in the elderly person's ...

Victims of the district council's planning system may be relieved to read that it is now to be reviewed by external people. Statement from District Council Representatives from the Local Government Association will undertake an independent review to help St Albans City and District Council improve its planning service. Our planning service is the busiest of all District Councils in England, dealing with around 3,000 applications per year. Over the last few years, the service's performance has improved significantly and it now exceeds government time targets for determining all types of planning applications. A challenge for the Council is to ...

Posted by chriswhite on Chris White