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Europe
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CAP reform: how will it affect you?
A consultation is launching today on how the Common Agricultural Policy should shape the future of farming and the... -
Minister for Europe welcomes EU enlargement package
Mr Lidington says enlargement is an EU success story. A credible conditions-based approach ensures... -
Multi-million beef and lamb trade deal opened with Russia
A £100 million deal has been struck between the UK and Russia for the trade of beef and... -
Owen Paterson heads to Russia to help boost British exports
Owen Paterson is leading a UK delegation of food and drink companies to Russia to fly the...
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Devolved
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Can an ageing Scotland afford independence?
Population ageing over the next 50 years will be a significant challenge for Scotland and the rest of the... -
Scottish government publishes independence 'mission statement'
The Scottish government has launched a 670-page blueprint outlining its vision for... -
Scotland awaits detailed independence blueprint
Scotland will become an independent country on Thursday 24th March 2016 in the event of a vote for... -
£4.1bn funding disparity across devolved nations
English communities are being short-changed by as much as £4.1 billion a year because of an...
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Growth & Reform
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Pay rise for MPs confirmed by IPSA
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority today published its decisions on reforming MPs' pay and... -
Pickles champions new wave of town hall transparency
As part of the drive to help cut council waste and increase local accountability, new provisions... -
Universal Credit 'lies in tatters', claims Labour
Figures from the small print of OBR Autumn Statement show the government's flagship benefit reform,... -
Government must 'refocus efforts to reduce deficit'
Commenting on Chancellor George Osborne's Autumn Statement, Mark Littlewood, Director General at...
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Unions
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Fight for future of UK shipbuilding
Unite, the country's largest union, will fight to retain as many of the 1,775 jobs under threat, following today's... -
Push for greater town hall transparency on trade union interests
New guidance published requiring councillors to register trade union... -
Cleaners step up fight for living wage with strike on East Coast
Cleaners working for cheapskate contractors ISS on the prestige East Coast Mainline... -
NASUWT comments on CBI report
Commenting on the publication of the Tomorrow's Growth report by the CBI, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT,...
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Re: Fuel poverty =24,000 deaths last year. Are you an observer or part of the solution this year?
In Leicestershire, we are currently running the 4 Ways to Warmth campaign. One aspect of this campaign is for Warm Homes Officers in each district in...
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Re: Fuel poverty =24,000 deaths last year. Are you an observer or part of the solution this year?
The Office for National Statistics recently published the figures for excess winter deaths (EWD)for 2012-13 which have now jumped up drastically to...
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The Moray Council has a statutory to ensure "so far as reasonably practicable that persons do not live in fuel poverty". The Council’s actions to...
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Re: Fuel poverty =24,000 deaths last year. Are you an observer or part of the solution this year?
At SYEC we are aware every day that more and more people are struggling to pay their fuel bills and keep their homes warm in Winter, from September...
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Re: Fuel poverty =24,000 deaths last year. Are you an observer or part of the solution this year?
24k winter deaths is still a figure too high. And with cuts in services this winter I am sure that we will be having an even higher figure this...
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Interview: Jane Forshaw, director of environment, Cardiff City Council
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Helen Milner Chief ExecutiveTinder Foundation

Digital nation: get the picture
Now we're getting pretty much stuck into the 21st century, how do we make sure we're really embracing this very digital world we live...
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