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September 20 2011, 9.35AM Blog Preston
Public sector cuts hit the North hardest
Government cuts in the public sector are hitting parts of the North hardest, according to a new study by a research group. Centre for Cities said t...
May 19 2011, 9.58PM Pits n Pots
Staffs Uni Hope To Avoid £9k Fees
Staffordshire University is the latest university to announce its plans for tuition fee rises from September 2012 onwards but is planning to avoid ...
February 24 2011, 11.47AM Blog Preston
LIVE: Preston City Council’s budget
Join us live from City Hall as council chiefs make decision on the budget and council tax.…
February 23 2011, 4.28PM News From Brighton
Craig Charles to bring his Funk & Soul Club night to Brighton
Next month Craig Charles, of Red Dwarf and Robot Wars fame, is bringing his Funk & Soul Club to Brighton for the first of what promises to be ...
February 5 2011, 10.15AM Blog Preston
Councillors: Youth cuts are ‘disgusting’
Plans to cut the funding of a youth crime prevention programme have been met with anger by…
January 20 2011, 2.51AM Ipswich Spy
Could Labour be scuppered by another soft Lib Dem campaign in Ipswich?
In an offhand comment during the Opposition Day Debate yesterday in Parliament, Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove was a great deal more...
January 18 2011, 2.52PM EastLondonLines
ELL presents both sides of the great EMA debate
The government goes to vote over whether or not to scrap the education maintenance allowance on Wednesday. Two of our reporters argue for and again...
January 2 2011, 7.18PM Pits n Pots
Old Bill's Almanack 2011
My “Baker’s dozen predictions for 2011. I thought that I would stick my neck out and predict 13 events to occur in the area and looking a littl...
December 23 2010, 3.31PM Hackney Citizen
Hackney MP praises government action to end detention of children in asylum centres
Diane Abbott welcomes a possible 'culture shift' within the immigration system as a key Liberal Democrat manifesto commitment is honoured
December 17 2010, 12.00PM EastLondonLines
A radical approach to Christmas shopping
East London Lines looks at the big-name businesses to avoid this Christmas if you don’t want to line the coffers of those who avoid UK taxes.
December 16 2010, 12.35PM EastLondonLines
Goldsmith’s professor intent on rocking coalition boat
A week after the biggest test so far for Liberal Democrats in the Coalition Government, one man at least is clear on his position. “The Coalition...
November 30 2010, 3.29PM EastLondonLines
Police play “cat and mouse†with kettle savvy protesters in central London
Undeterred by the snow, students have gathered in central London for the fourth protest since the education cuts were announced. ”The fact t...
November 30 2010, 3.07AM EastLondonLines
‘The end of local government as we know it’ says Mayor, as Lewisham cuts package approved
As riot police held back a crowd of over 100 protesters outside Lewisham Town Hall last night, the Council pushed through the cuts package of £16m...
November 19 2010, 1.42PM Hackney Citizen
Hackney MP Diane Abbott slams proposed NHS changes
The coalition government's plans to shake up health services could be "potentially disastrous"
November 10 2010, 5.10PM Pits n Pots
Tony Walley - On My Stoke-on-Trent Soapbox
More On The Cuts and The Apparent Insensitivity of The Council. On Saturday, I was invited to hitch a ride aboard the Council’s Cuts Bus. We met ...
October 21 2010, 9.30PM Weston Echo
Government is right to make cuts, but…
The coalition government is making some of the biggest cuts to public services in recent living memory and has been heavily criticised by groups th...
October 20 2010, 5.43PM MyPreston
Twitter views on the spending review #prestoncuts #csr
We asked you on twitter what your thoughts were on today’s spending review. Here’s the best of them. .bbpBox27945476910 {background:url...
October 12 2010, 11.56PM Eastleigh News
Huhne to Renege on Fees Pledge?
Eastleigh’s Liberal Democrat MP Chris Huhne looks poised to rip up another election pledge after Business Secretary Vince Cable  showed the gove...
October 10 2010, 11.06PM Eastleigh News
Huhne: Coalition Could Cut Cuts
Chris Huhne has said that the coalition may be forced to cut cuts if the cuts they have approved prove too cutting. The Liberal  Democrat MP for E...
October 5 2010, 4.19PM Pits n Pots
Cameron’s Calamitous Coalition Cock Up Over Child Benefit
So, I guess I’m kind of lucky in so much that both of my kids are over 18. They’re still as messy as hell, but at least we have benefited from ...
August 26 2010, 7.24AM Pits n Pots
The Incredible Machine
Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell explains how the civil service is coping with the coalition challenge, the government's pace of change and redu...
August 10 2010, 2.14PM Deadline News
Group merger is monkey business at Edinburgh Zoo
By Martin Graham TWO parties of chimps at Edinburgh Zoo have merged in a bid to discover who is the top banana in a new enclosure. Edinburgh’...
July 28 2010, 1.10PM Pits n Pots
Stoke-n-Trent’s Newest Political Party ‘Community Voice’ Launch
Stoke-on-Trent has a new political party – Community Voice. Oh no! Not another one, some may say. Well this is an amalgamation of 2 existing grou...
July 27 2010, 11.22AM Pits n Pots
Community Voice - A New Political Party For The Electorate In Stoke-on-Trent
At last Community Voice launches as a new political force –both in Stoke-on-Trent City Council and in communities all around Stoke-on-Trent. Our ...
July 20 2010, 10.47AM Pits n Pots
Intervention Ends For Children’s Services In Stoke-on-Trent
Central government has officially confirmed the end of intervention for children and young people’s services in Stoke-on-Trent. In a letter to th...
July 15 2010, 7.59PM Pits n Pots
It's About Trusting The Folks
By Public Servant Magazine Communities Secretary Eric Pickles explains how the coalition government is setting out to rebalance power and make loca...
July 14 2010, 4.37PM Pits n Pots
Stoke-on-Trent's Political Landscape Has A Change On The Horizon
Stoke-on-Trent is often described as 'politically fragmented'. In fact certain academic political commentators practically drool at the prospect th...
June 16 2010, 2.37PM Pits n Pots
Stoke-on-Trent City Council – Now There's A Real Coalition
Mohammed Pervez, leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Council, explains how four political groups are working together to deliver 'a well-run and responsi...
June 9 2010, 5.02PM Pits n Pots
Where Has The Trust Gone in Stoke-on-Trent?
OK, let's get to it, I'm about to make myself mightily unpopular once again! You see the thing is, I trust the the Chief Executive of Stoke-on-Tren...
June 1 2010, 8.06PM Ipswich Spy
What news of our MP?
So we’re now three weeks in to the new Parliament, the coalition agreement has been aired, the Queen has done her bit and opened Parliament, ...
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