NI tax hike: Government must scrap damaging jobs tax Trump tariff deal: Govt must come clean and publish impact assessment Lib Dem MP to take Thames Water to the Supreme Court Rennie responds to school leaver deprivation gap widening SNP miss key targets for drug treatment and care Rennie: Will another 77 pages of school violence guidance change anything? Cole-Hamilton: NHS, care and economy at the heart of liberal vision NI tax hike: Government must scrap damaging jobs tax Commenting as S&W's business owners sentiment survey revealed around a third of business owners have said they plan to cut more ...
London Bridge was first bridge over the Thames in London, but it's been rebuilt several times. The oldest surviving bridge on the Thames is now Richmond Bridge, which dates from 1777. But it's not the oldest bridge in London. To find one that's centuries older, head for Kingston and the Hogsmill River. You can support Jago's videos via his Patreon page and follow his YouTube account.
"Weaponising food deprivation has been Israeli policy for decades. As a senior adviser to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert put it in 2006, the government's aim, in strictly restricting the entrance of foodstuffs into Gaza, was to 'put the Palestinians on a diet, but not to make them die of hunger.' Now, Israel seems to have committed fully to the latter goal." Jennifer Zacharia details the sufferings of the Palestinians. Roland Smith weighs the objections to the European Convention on Human Rights and says we'll need good arguments against them if we're to resist the coming campaign for Britain to withdraw ...
Oil markets are on edge again. With the price of Brent crude fluctuating amid the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict, you'd think drilling more in the North Sea would be the obvious fix for UK households drowning in energy costs. You've probably heard the claim: if the UK just drilled more oil and gas from the North Sea, we could reduce our reliance on imports and bring down energy prices. It's a line repeated by politicians and industry figures alike. But even in a storm of geopolitical shocks, more domestic extraction won't shield us from global price swings or cut what we ...
Tue 17th
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High Court overturns approval of 200,000-bird intensive poultry unit in River Severn catchment area ...
[IMG: The River Severn at Shrewsbury] River Action is hailing a "turning point" for the movement against polluting factory farming. The High Court has overturned the planning permission Shropshire Council granted for a 200,000-bird intensive poultry unit near Shrewsbury in the River Severn catchment area, The campaign group says:The case was brought by local campaigner and River Action board member Dr Alison Caffyn, supported by River Action. The judgment quashes Shropshire Council's planning decision and marks a major turning point in the fight against the irresponsible and harmful spread of factory farms and the protection of the UK's iconic rivers. ...
Tue 17th
13:00
Diary of a Returning Officer: Week 1 - the Regional Candidates Chair has called, and I've said yes.....
There's been a lot of debate, dare I say controversy, over the recent proposal to Federal Conference regarding how Parliamentary candidate selections are managed. But perhaps it might be interesting to see how the process actually works... I've been a Returning Officer for the Party for a very long time, more than thirty years. My "patch" has generally been the South East of England, covering four of the Party's Regions – London, South East England, South Central and the East of England. There was a time when I "had ballot box, will travel" but, for a variety of reasons, I'm ...
In 2015, Nigel Farage visited Swansea, Wales, in the run-up to the referendum on European Union membership. He made several claims during his visit, stating that Wales was receiving a "rotten deal" from the EU, alleging its membership was causing severe damage to the Welsh steel industry and that small businesses were at risk of collapse. He claimed that the UK had ceded control of fishing, industry, farming, and business to the EU, but provided no evidence to support these claims. Fast forward four years. By this time, the UK had voted to leave the EU, and Mr Farage was ...
The Rockingbirds were that rare thing, a North London country rock band. They gained some success in the early Nineties, split in 1995, reformed more than a decade later and are still around today. Restless is a track from their first LP The Rockingbirds (1992), but I first heard it on a Q Magazine sampler CD.
Our West End surgeries take place later today. This week, they are as follows : Blackness Library (Tuesdays 5pm - every week during school term time) West End Campus (come to reception area of St Joseph's RC PS and Victoria Park PS) - (3rd Tuesday of each month at 5.45pm during school term time) All welcome - no appointment needed!
Nation Cymru reports that a major new funding row has erupted after the Welsh Government accepted a decision of its UK counterpart to allow an English ministry to administer the latest post-Brexit aid round for Wales. The site says that when the Conservatives were in power at Westminster, Welsh Labour Ministers were angry when they were excluded from the process of choosing projects and allocating funds to them, with local authorities receiving money directly from the UK Government's Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, initially headed by Michael Gove. This was directly contrary to the arrangements in place when ...
