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| "Ed Miliband's toes will be feeling sore after half an hour of Ed Balls treading on them this lunchtime." Ed Balls' conference speechSketch: Balls treads on Ed's toes Ed Miliband might want to take the opportunity of dipping his toes in the English Channel this week if he gets the chance. They will be feeling sore after half an hour of Ed Balls treading on them this lunchtime. Ed Balls' conference speech in full Ed Balls' full Labour party autumn conference speech from Brighton Reasons for Labour to be cheerfulFive reasons for Ed Miliband to be cheerful Ed Miliband enters his conference week in terrible shape, but there is still lots for him to be cheerful about. Labour pledges 25 hours free childcare Working parents would be entitled to an extra 10 hours of free childcare a week under proposals being announced by Labour today. Reasons for Labour to frownComment: Labour hasn't fixed its biggest 2010 problems After three years of Ed Miliband, Labour still hasn't fixed any of the big internal issues it must resolve by 2015. MMR jab or else: Cruddas alarms Labour with benefit claimant policy threat Labour is distancing itself from a proposal by the party's policy review chief Jon Cruddas that benefit claimants could be forced to give their children the MMR vaccination - or face losing their payouts. In other news...Lib Dem 'kicked in the nuts' by Labour councillors A Liberal Democrat councillor has claimed he is being bullied by Labour councillors on Leicester city council. | People like you lose their jobs, become disabled, get trapped in low wage jobs Benefits debate failing ordinary families: new polling and CPAG letter to party leadersThe current debate about social security is failing ordinary families, according to a new campaign. IET: High Speed 2 should be part of integrated transport policyEurope’s largest body of engineers is calling for the High Speed 2 (HS2) proposals to be reassessed to become part of an integrated transport programme of metro, rail, bus and road projects to revitalise the cities of the Midlands and North. NASUWT: Global attacks on trade unions are attacks on fairness, equality and social justiceTeacher trade unionists in Colombia, Iraq, Zimbabwe and Bahrain are being subjected to violence and oppression. CIOT: Institute and IFS take tax debate to party conferences – and you are invitedKey policy-makers and high profile journalists will be joining the CIOT and the Institute for Fiscal Studies at the main party conferences this autumn for a series of debates on the future of the tax system. RSPCA: Petition against badger cull reaches 300,000 signaturesA petition calling on the Government to put a stop to the pilot badger cull climbed to 300,000 in the two weeks since the first animal was shot. CAFH: Blue Fox, Blue Badger and Blue Hare Founder short listed for Inspiration Awards For Women 2013Founder of Conservatives Against Fox Hunting - Blue Fox, Blue Badger and Blue Hare campaigns is shortlisted for award. BSIA: Vacant property protection still paramount one year on from law changeLast Sunday (1st September) marked the one year anniversary of the anti-squatting law that made residential squatting a criminal offence. The milestone also saw squatters’ internet sites[1] encouraging action in order to mark the anniversary. As such, the Vacant Property Protection Group of the British Security Industry Association (BSIA) is reiterating to owners and landlords of vacant commercial properties the importance of securing and protecting their premises. BHA: Girl Guides, Rainbows, and Brownies promise to be inclusive of the non-religiousThe Girl Guides, Rainbows and Brownies are for the first time inclusive of atheists and agnostics after a new Promise comes into force today which is, for the first time, inclusive of atheists and agnostics. TACT welcomes continuing increase in adoption numbersTACT (The Adolescent and Children’s Trust) today welcomed the announcement from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), that the number of adoptions made in the UK in 2012 had risen by nearly ten per cent. This follows an increase in 2011 of six per cent. Rio Tinto loads first ship from its 290 Mt/a expansion programmeRio Tinto has achieved the significant milestone of loading the first shipment of iron ore from its expanded port, rail and mine operations in Australia. This marks the commencement of commissioning of the expansion programme, which will see overall capacity for Rio Tinto’s iron ore operations in Western Australia increase to 290 million tonnes a year. Boeing Forecasts Increased Global Demand for Airline PilotsBoeing projects the commercial aviation industry will need more than one million new pilots and technicians to support the expanding demand for new airplane deliveries over the next two decades. Voice: Speaking and listening in GCSE languages are essentialVoice: the union for education professionals has commented on the announcement by Ofqual to remove the assessment of speaking and listening from GCSE grades in English and English Language. IET: Engineering chief: more universities must share research with SMEsThe outgoing President of Europe’s largest engineering body is calling for more universities to give small and medium sized businesses open access to the intellectual property (IP) that they create. BFAWU: Strike action at Hovis (Premier Foods), WiganThe Hovis strikes are about the casualisation of the food industry and a race to the bottom. IFAW: Cameron's badger cull at odds with scienceCameron’s cull is going ahead at odds with science and common sense, says the International Fund for Animal Welfare. |
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