Treasury must act on rural ATM charges UK facing worst slowdown since aftermath of financial crisis Treasury must act on rural ATM charges Jane Dodds has joined Kirsty Williams AM and Cllr James Gibson-Watt in calling for the UK Treasury to take action to abolish transaction charges at rural ATMs. Transactional charges are becoming increasingly common across Wales as more and more banks cut back on support to ATM providers, meaning the running costs are being passed onto the customers. The ATM at Hay Post Office is the most recent local example of this, with customers now being charged 99p ...
Yesterday I came across an article by Lenore Skenazy: [Peter] Gray is a professor of psychology at Boston College and a co-founder, along with me, of Let Grow, a nonprofit promoting childhood independence. He writes often about how kids need to play; this is how they learn how to get along, be creative, make things happen and grow up. Playtime isn't wasted time; it's intensely educational, just not in a standardized test kind of way. When administrators replace play with academics, the gains are short-lived, but the damage is not.But as her article says: Increased academic pressure and testing in ...
And she doesn't mean in each other's heads either. A pact with Labour is unlikely to work - parties cannot deliver their supporters en bloc to another party in the way activists fantasise - but we should remember the success of 1997 when the two parties concentrated on fighting the Conservatives.
I'm well aware that, as a died-in-the-wool Liberal by all logic I ought to be a republican. However, I take the view that, in the unlikely event of my doing something brave and being awarded a medal, I should prefer to receive it from one of the Windsors than from a fromer politician, and certainly not from Mrs Thatcher, Tony Blair or Theresa May (nor, for that matter Charles Kennedy, though maybe from Jo Grimond). However, I'd like to see a "slimmed down" monarchy, possibly on the Scandinavian bicycle model. It seems to me that the best way to slim ...
Second paragraph of third chapter:Amsel came out of the house, carrying a barrelful of scraps to be buried in his garden patch for mulch. He sat down on a weathered wooden bench and took a deep breath, watching it frost in the early-spring air. It was his habit to listen to the flowing water and the singing birds for a short time in the morning. Amsel was a small man, small and wiry, with a great explosion of white hair under a floppy hat, and a face that could claim any age from thirty to fifty. He was dressed in ...
Responding to GDP figures which show the UK has had the lowest 12 month growth for 7 years, Acting Leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey said:"The UK's economy is suffering from the worst slowdown since the aftermath of the financial crisis, yet Boris Johnson has no plan to turn this around."Businesses looking for certainty about the Conservatives' economic policies won't find any with Boris Johnson who seems to make it up as he goes along."Johnson's insistence on a hard Brexit and his willingness to keep a no-deal Brexit is a major cause of this shockingly poor economic performance."Liberal Democrats ...
Our MP's work on behalf of their constituents - or at least they are supposed to. That's supposed to be an important principle of our democracy. But in recent days Cheltenham's MP, Alex Chalk has voted and supported the government in NOT providing help to unaccompanied refugee children. I'm saddened, disappointed and upset, let me explain why. Cheltenham has bucket-loads of kindness, empathy and compassion. This I'm sure is replicated across the country, and throughout our history this has been highlighted time and again in how we all have responded to natural disasters or humanitarian crisis. Whenever and wherever a ...
Sun, 12:54: Map of Glasgow docks, 1901. Blue dot shows the location in the SEC Centre where I am currently sitting. https://t.co/Dw2L5zYE55 Sun, 12:56: RT @ScottHech: I represented the man who this ex-NYPD detective lied into a violent felony indictment. Michael Bergman completely fabricate... Sun, 14:48: All about the Hugo Awards https://t.co/nHuL2cL3LG Nice video from@CoNZealand. Sun, 15:42: Doctor Who: The Target Storybook, ed. Steve Cole https://t.co/OJDDzMkwDc Sun, 16:05: Operation Backfire https://t.co/GrFiLUzfU8 Great LRB article by Francis Spufford - from 1999! - about the rise and... https://t.co/PVCWLaNxZ3 Sun, 17:08: Sad to reflect that this is probably my last hour in the ...
A lot of journalists who were never particularly predisposed to Jeremy Corbyn and his strange cult of personality are dancing on his leadership's grave, even while he is still technically in situ. Many of them are pronouncing Corbyn Labour's worst ever leader, almost as if this were so obvious it needn't be explained. Now, many long time readers will know that I am hardly what you could call a Corbyn fan myself. Yet I don't think he was Labour's worst ever leader. He's only the second worst ever. The worst Labour leader, in the 120-year history of their party, is ...
[IMG: Apple-LISA-Macintosh-XL] The Apple Lisa – a famous failure I've worked in the computer industry for almost the whole of my adult life. My first experience fixing one was at 11, maybe 12 years old. My childminder's husband had a computer I was allowed to play on so long as I asked whenever I wanted to change the program (so I didn't break it) but, of course, I did. And then, it stopped working. At that moment I knew I either had to fix it, or tell her husband what I did. I fixed that computer bloody quickly. In hindsight, ...
Our balance of payments has for a long time depended on the financial markets and in particular, on the City of London. Already, a number of companies are relocated out of the country, losing us jobs and much needed revenue. When I was in Mannheim I was told that property prices in Frankfurt were soaring as a result of financial companies moving their headquarters there from London. The latest threat to the City therefore, must be a matter of concern. The Guardian reports that the EU will be unashamedly "political" and block the City of London's access to European markets ...
Welsh Lib Dems reducing infant class sizes The Welsh Liberal Democrats' Infant Class Sizes Fund has been found to be 'making a real difference' a new report published today has shown. The £36m Infant Class Sizes Fund is a Welsh Lib Dem policy that was implemented as part of the Progressive Agreement between Kirsty Williams and the First Minister. The policy targets schools that would most benefit from smaller classes, such as those with high levels of deprivation. The report shows that the percentage of all infant classes and learners in classes over 30 has reduced since the introduction of ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 13 JANUARY 2020 Nethergate (West Marketgait to Park Place) - closed westbound from Monday 20 January for 5 days for Virgin Media work. A90 at Swallow roundabout - overnight (7.30pm - 6.30am) eastbound lane closure on Friday 17 January for carriageway patching works. Marketgait - various off peak lane closures from Monday 13 January for one week for street lighting lantern replacement works. Forthcoming Roadworks Perth Road (at River Crescent) - temporary traffic lights for one week from Monday 20 January for Scottish Water ...
