Friday, 10 January 2014

Asylum, drugs and a very stormy Lords debate - politics.co.uk

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"It's become a pestilence; it's become a poison in our political system"

Asylum

G4S and Serco heavily criticised for asylum housing conditions

Refugees are often are forced to live in destitute housing, according to a Commons report

G4S and Serco have been heavily criticised by the National Audit Office for underperforming on a £620m deal to house asylum seekers.

Drugs

Comment: The Home Office admits it has no idea if the war on drugs is working

Ian Dunt: 'They're pouring money down the drain and they've got nothing to show for it'

They spend billions a year fighting drugs, but now even the Home Office admits it has no idea if it's made any difference.

A very stormy Lords debate

Lords prepare to kill off EU referendum bill

The throne in the Lords: Peers could kill off the EU referendum bill with multiple amendments

The EU referendum bill looks set to be killed off in the Lords, after over 70 peers signed up to speak in the debate.

Ukip

Is it fair to call Ukip a far-right party?

Ukip: Far-right? Hard right? Alright?

For some reason, I'm getting into a bit of trouble from some people who support the far-right party Ukip.

The coalition has trivialised the importance of health and safety

NASUWT comments on Triennial Review of the Health and Safety Executive.

Flooding presents critical long-term issues for our national infrastructure

Prof Will Stewart from the IET comments on what floods tell us about the national infrastructure.

BSIA members to fly the flag for the Best of British security solutions at Intersec 2014

BSIA members to demonstrate their latest state-of-the-art security innovations to visitors at the forthcoming Intersec 2014 show in Dubai.

Voice Scotland welcomes £3.5 million for childcare training after meeting minister

Voice welcomes £3.5milion funding package for childcare workforce development announced by the Scottish Government, after meeting Michael Russell.

Country Land Association backs Owen Paterson's pledges on red tape, biotech and BTB

The CLA today backed Environment Secretary Owen Paterson’s pledges to slash £1billion of the red tape suffered by farmers, eradicate bTB and support biotech crops.

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