Monday, 30 June 2014

IDS dragged to Commons in censorship fight

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"David Cameron's failure to get a grip of the chaos within the Department for Work and Pensions has led to huge distress and hardship for hundreds of thousands of people and threatens to land taxpayers with a huge bill"

IDS fights FoI

Labour enters IDS freedom of information battle

IDS: Lost appeal against FoI decision

Labour enters row about Iain Duncan Smith's refusal to publish information on his universal credit scheme, with demand that he abide by a tribunal ruling and release the documents

IDS loses legal appeal to keep universal credit problems secret

IDS: Legal fight to keep universal credit documents secret

Yet more taxpayer money wasted trying to prevent publication of the universal credit risk register

Iain Duncan Smith continues to hide reports showing failure of universal credit

Comment: The ruling which reveals IDS' campaign of secrecy over universal credit

In other news...

Sun trumps politics: Majority of Brits 'would leave UK'

It's unclear why Brits would want to move abroad

Over half of Brits would emigrate to another European Union country if they could guarantee their standard of living would not fall, a poll has found.

Scottish independence campaign accused of 'bullying' after protesters target BBC

BBC accused of bias in Scottish referendum campaign

Campaigners for Scottish independence were accused of trying to bully the BBC into delivering more favourable coverage after they targeted the corporation in a protest yesterday.

Legal ruling proves the Home Office broke its promise on torture victims

Trapped: Home Office admits it doesn't know if it is detaining torture victims

The Home Office has broken its own promise on torture victims and it's admitted it in court

Labour pangs

Labour backs bill to repeal NHS reforms

Andrew Lansley faces having his NHS reforms dismantled before his eyes

Labour backs private members bill intended to repeal the competition provisions in the coalition's NHS reforms

'Dead hand at the centre': Balls rules out rail nationalisation

Balls rules out rail nationalisation

Ed Balls effectively rules out rail nationalisation from the Labour manifesto, just hours after it emerged the party's policy supremo complained of the "profound dead hand at the centre" of the party

Disabled activists fight for protest camp in shadow of parliament

Police were accused of overkill for their response to the protest yesterday

Disability protesters tried to set set up a protest camp outside Westminster Abbey last night, in a move reminiscent of the Occupy camp outside St Pauls

Governors call for end to compulsory worship in state schools with no religious character

The National Governors’ Association (NGA) today announced new policy ‘that collective worship should be abolished in schools without a designated religious character.’

The Chemical Industry Awards 2014: Winners announced

The winners of the 2014 Chemical Industry have been announced at a celebration dinner held at The Point Old Trafford, the home of Lancashire County Cricket Club.

Illegal wildlife trade debated at highest levels

Security threats, organised crime and critical losses in biodiversity were the focus of a Ministerial Dialogue on Illegal Wildlife Trade at the inaugural meeting of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) in Nairobi.

Resilient chemical sector to be at the heart of UK growth

The UK’s £60 billion chemical sector is fundamental to the growth of manufacturing and other activities across a range of sectors.

The Longitude Prize 2014 goes to Antibiotics, and tackling the constantly evolving global problem

MRSA Action UK are delighted that the prize fund will go towards challenging antimicrobial resistance. The hard work now really begins.

Information Tribunal orders DfE to disclose documents that led to state funding of Steiner schools

The Information Tribunal has today ordered the Department for Education (DfE) to release two documents from 2010 that helped form the policy that led to the state funding of Steiner Free Schools to the British Humanist Association (BHA).

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