Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category

Lockerbie Bomber: Call To Reveal Docs’ Advice

The Scottish Government faced calls to name the doctors whose advice resulted in the assessment that the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing had three months to live. Go to Source
August 10th, 2010 | Politics | Read More

Councils To Get Cash For Building New Homes

Councils will be given cash bonuses for every new home they build as part of a Government drive to ease housing shortages. Go to Source
August 10th, 2010 | Politics | Read More

MP Defends Bid For ‘Unlisted’ Email Address

A Tory MP has defended trying to have his parliamentary email address removed from a campaigning website, saying he needs to prioritise his time for constituents “in the greatest need”. Go to Source
August 10th, 2010 | Politics | Read More

Bid To Release Details Of Govt’s £864k Wines

Details of the Government’s £864,000 wine cellar could be made public if an MP’s appeal to David Cameron is successful. Go to Source
August 10th, 2010 | Politics | Read More

Jobs Gloom As Bosses ‘Plan Redundancies’

A third of bosses plan to make redundancies in the next three months, especially in the public sector, according to a new survey. Go to Source
August 10th, 2010 | Politics | Read More

Grayling defends plan to use credit rating agencies to help catch benefit cheats

Government should be free to use information that is publicly available and already used by commercial organisations, says welfare minister Chris Grayling, the welfare minister, today defended plans to use credit ratings agencies to help the government catch people cheating the benefit system. He said...
August 10th, 2010 | Politics | Read More

Lib Dems call for boycott of free schools risks coalition split

Coalition heading for a potentially damaging split on education as Lib Dems describe Gove’s free schools as ’socially divisive’ The coalition is heading for a potentially damaging split on education as Liberal Democrats prepare at their conference next month to urge parents not to...
August 10th, 2010 | Politics | Read More

Treasury states its opposition to EU direct taxation proposal

• Plan on table next month, German paper reports• Minister says UK would use veto to block move The government today moved to make clear it would not support a new European attempt to introduce a system of direct taxation of member states by Brussels, after the issue resurfaced with a German newspaper...
August 10th, 2010 | Politics | Read More

Cyclists and drivers: often the same people | Bike Blog

Research claims a boom in cycling, particularly among affluent ‘mid-life crisis’ men – and car owners Much has been written about a war between cyclists and drivers, as if the two groups were such polar opposites that they could never cross in a venn diagram. But according to new research,...
August 10th, 2010 | Politics | Read More

Prison population predicted to hit record 88,500 by 2016

Rise tempered by figures showing underlying slowdown in growth which questions plan for massive prison building plan The prison population in England and Wales is predicted to rise by a further 3,500 to a record 88,500 by 2016 unless there are major changes in sentencing policy, according to new Ministry...
August 10th, 2010 | Politics | Read More