Thursday 31 July 2014

Harper gets his way: Minister's cleaner deported - Politics.co.uk

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"We told you we would get you" 

End of the Harper saga

Harper gets his way: Minister's cleaner is deported

Booked: Deportees typically are taken to short-term accommodation before the flight

Isabella Acevedo taken from her room just after midnight and flown out the country

Comment: If Mark Harper wants us all to go home, he should do his own cleaning

SOAS cleaners on strike.Justice 4 Cleaners are one of the signatories to the Isabella Acevedo letter.

Britain's Latin American community speaks out about the treatment of Isabella Acevedo

Protests force new deportation black-out system

Immigrant stories: The minister's cleaner

In other news...

Pro-Gaza demo on Westminster Bridge as outrage grows over school bombing

A 75-foot banner is unfurled along Westminster Bridge

75-foot banner unfurled along Westminster Bridge, as outrage grew over the Israeli bombing of a UN school in Gaza

A solitary political life: What it's like to be the sole Green on a Labour council

A solitary political life: Caroline Russell on the Green fight in Islington

Can one person really hold a council to account?

IET Skills Survey

Demand for engineers remains high but employers struggle to find staff.

Debt collection safeguards and rule of law vital, say tax professionals

Tax professionals are calling on the Government to provide additional safeguards around their proposals for direct recovery of tax debt.

Debt recovery proposals will hit the vulnerable, say campaigners

Government’s proposal to allow HMRC to bypass the courts in order to collect tax and tax credit debt it assesses to be due would be contrary to the rule of law and would inflict disproportionate financial and human cost on vulnerable taxpayers.

RAeS responds to Davies Commission

The Royal Aeronautical Society has responded to Consultation 6 of the Davies Airports Commission on UK existing airport capacity.

CML revises market forecasts

Strong economic fundamentals have continued to underpin housing market sentiment and activity, since CML published market forecasts in late 2013.

English Housing Survey shows overview of the housing market

The Government has released the full findings of this year’s English Housing Survey which shows housing market characteristics in 2012-13.

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Wednesday 30 July 2014

Opinion hardening against Israel - politics.co.uk

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"Israelis have to understand that while they are defending their security they're also undermining the support for Israel that exists in the West."

Gaza

Western opinion 'rapidly turning against Israel' foreign secretary admits

Palestinians look through the doors at Kamal Adwan hospital, where victims were brought following an Israeli strike on a UN school in Jabalia refugee camp

Admission comes as news emerges of the bombing of another UN school, leading to at least 15 deaths

Govt blockaded as protestors take Gaza fight to Whitehall

How Britain profits from the attack on Gaza

Prison book ban

Prison book ban: Grayling faces flood of books as campaigners step up protest

Grayling: Tidal wave of books expected after Howard League asks supporters to mail them to justice secretary

Chris Grayling faces prospect of being flooded with books, after the Howard League asks its supporters to mail them to the justice secretary

Prison book ban: Protestors hold up Crime and Punishment as Grayling gives evidence

Grayling gives evidence as protestors hold up Crime and Punishment behind him

Chris Grayling's session in front of the justice committee is framed by protestors holding up copies of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment

Debt recovery proposals will hit the vulnerable, say campaigners

Government’s proposal to allow HMRC to bypass the courts in order to collect tax and tax credit debt it assesses to be due would be contrary to the rule of law and would inflict disproportionate financial and human cost on vulnerable taxpayers.

RAeS responds to Davies Commission

The Royal Aeronautical Society has responded to Consultation 6 of the Davies Airports Commission on UK existing airport capacity.

CML revises market forecasts

Strong economic fundamentals have continued to underpin housing market sentiment and activity, since CML published market forecasts in late 2013.

English Housing Survey shows overview of the housing market

The Government has released the full findings of this year’s English Housing Survey which shows housing market characteristics in 2012-13.

Northern Ireland will need leadership in its recovery

The Northern Ireland Repossessions Taskforce, a group of housing organisations and government departments including the CML, recently published its overview of the Northern Ireland housing market.

UK’s biggest manufacturing exporter says fracking will support the environment and jobs

Following the announcement of the opening of the bidding process for companies seeking licenses to explore for onshore oil and gas, the chemical Industry urged all interested organisations to join the debate.

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Tuesday 29 July 2014

New deportation system - Politics.co.uk

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"Removal directions cancelled due to potential for disruption by third parties"

New deportation system

Protests force new deportation black-out system

Deported: Dates swapped for window as protests increase

Deportation date swapped for deportation window as protest movement forces Home Office to change tactics

Immigrant stories: The minister's cleaner

When the Home Office comes for you at your daughter's wedding

Blog: How you can help Mark Harper's cleaner

Comment: Harper's resignation puts us in dangerous moral territory

The teen arrest loophole

Comment: The loophole which allows police to treat 17-year-olds as adults

Kesia Leatherbarrow. The 17-year-old was held for three days and two nights by police before her death.

How many more have to die before Theresa May turns her condolences into action?

Revenge porn

No need for revenge porn law, peers say

Revenge porn can be clamped down on using existing laws, peers say

Current laws will do - but director of public prosecutions needs to offer new guidance

UK’s biggest manufacturing exporter says fracking will support the environment and jobs

Following the announcement of the opening of the bidding process for companies seeking licenses to explore for onshore oil and gas, the chemical Industry urged all interested organisations to join the debate.

Empathy and trust in communicating online

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has announced the successful proposals to be funded under the Empathy and Trust In Communicating ONline (EMoTICON) call.

Winners of international student construction contest revealed

Australia-based RMIT University has been awarded first place in the Chartered Institute of Building’s Global Student Challenge competition, fending off opposition from five other teams from leading international universities.

Breast Cancer Care comments on NICE recommendation of new breast cancer radiotherapy treatment

“Intrabeam radiotherapy is another exciting development and could dramatically improve the quality of life of some women diagnosed with breast cancer, but there is not yet evidence of its long term benefits".

Help keep animals safe in the heat, urges RSPCA after spate of horrifying calls

Pets, wildlife and farm animals are all falling victim to the heatwave, warns the charity, as calls pour in about animals affected by the scorching temperatures.

More people following celebrity trend to rehome RSPCA rescue animals

RSPCA encourages people to adopt rather than buying over the summer holidays.

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Monday 28 July 2014

The Slow death of Freedom of Information - Politics.co.uk

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"You naive, foolish, irresponsible nincompoop" 

FoI no more

How Whitehall neutered the Freedom of Information Act

Confidential: Civil servants have found many ways to avoid the FoI Act

FoI was genuinely radical and open. That's why they conspired to close it down

Exodus?

Exodus: One in six Scots would leave country under independence

Departures: One in six Scots would consider leaving under independence

Seventeen per cent of Scottish adults would consider leaving the country if it becomes independent after the referendum in September

Let Ed be Ed

The Labour party should let Miliband be Miliband

Ed Miliband today sought to tackle his image problem.

The Labour leader's speech today revealed the real source of Ed Miliband's image problem.

Breast Cancer Care comments on NICE recommendation of new breast cancer radiotherapy treatment

“Intrabeam radiotherapy is another exciting development and could dramatically improve the quality of life of some women diagnosed with breast cancer, but there is not yet evidence of its long term benefits".

Help keep animals safe in the heat, urges RSPCA after spate of horrifying calls

Pets, wildlife and farm animals are all falling victim to the heatwave, warns the charity, as calls pour in about animals affected by the scorching temperatures.

More people following celebrity trend to rehome RSPCA rescue animals

RSPCA encourages people to adopt rather than buying over the summer holidays.

Travel insurance helps over 4,300 people every week who need medical treatment abroad, yet many holidaymakers still risk travelling without it

New data from the ABI shows that in 2013 over 4,300 holiday makers every week depend on the safety net travel insurance provides in paying for emergency medical treatment.

International collaboration to help develop diverse skilled leaders in aviation

A Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Royal Aeronautical Society and the International Aviation Women Association will help retain and up-skill talent within the aviation industry.

Cross-party report represents ‘yet another blow’ to controversial welfare reforms, says charity

The charity Rethink Mental Illness is calling on the Government to take action to improve fit-for-work tests, as a new Work and Pensions Committee report published today says the system must be completely redesigned.

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Friday 25 July 2014

The best of this week's news and comment - Politics.co.uk

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Best of news

Brave New World: Even the UN is open to drug decriminalisation

The UN: The bastion of drug criminalisation is starting to change its approach

The body set up to enforce the world's drugs laws admits decriminalisation is an "alternative" to prohibition

Privatisation admission shows Grayling misled the Commons

Grayling misled the Commons when he denied a lottery system was in place for probation services

New evidence emerges that Chris Grayling misled the Commons when he denied that a lottery system was used to move probation staff to private firms

Almost all universities now charge £9,000 tuition fees

Students protesting against higher fees

Ministers promised maximum fees would be the 'exception not the rule'

Govt blockaded as protestors take Gaza fight to Whitehall

Protestors got inside the building and put up sheets of papers with the names of the Gaza dead

Department for Business blockaded over its continued military contracts with Israel, as UK abstains from UN war crimes vote

UK government approved supply of lethal chemicals to Syria

UN inspector tests the site of a suspected Syrian chemical attack.

Government attacked for 'irresponsible' decision to approve licences.

Boris Johnson's estuary airport unlikely to be shortlisted by Airports Commission

It could take decades to relocate birds from the estuary and thousands would die out, new report finds.

European environmental directives set to scupper Johnson's scheme.

Tory support plunges following reshuffle

No reshuffle bounce for Cameron

Series of polls fail to detect any post-reshuffle bounce.

Nick Griffin ousted as BNP leader

Nick Griffin: Going back where he came from.

Griffin replaced by disgraced former teacher Adam Walker.

Best of Comment and Analysis

The Labour party should let Miliband be Miliband

Ed Miliband today sought to tackle his image problem.

The Labour leader's speech today revealed the real source of Ed Miliband's image problem.

Raising speed limits for lorries is evidence-free policy at its worst

Thirty people injured and one person died at this crash on the M5 in 2012

Government experts say it will make roads more dangerous.

Why the Tories are not benefiting from the economic recovery

George Osborne: Not feeling the benefit of the recovery.

Conservatives still seen as the party for the rich.

Immigrant stories: The minister's cleaner

Mark Harper: Brought back into government as Isabella Acevedo is put in a detention centre

The story of Mark Harper's cleaner, in her own words

Comment: Where have all the political giants gone?

Churchill by his vintage Land Rover

Our political class runs away from the tough decisions and hides problems under the carpet

How Britain profits from the attack on Gaza

 Palestinian boy sits on the rubble of a destroyed building following an Israeli air strike earlier today. Air strikes killed at least seven people in Gaza, including five members of the same family, an emergency services spokesman said.

The complex web of Israeli-British military contracts which silences our criticism of the attack on Gaza

Comment: Cameron's weakness led to the shooting down of MH17

Putin has out-played Cameron from the beginning

Putin has outplayed Cameron from the beginning. This is what happens when a Russian gangster confronts a spoiled Etonian.

Major report outlines plan to defuse ‘ticking time bomb of myopic management’

Commission on Management and Leadership issues rallying call for a Better Managed Britain.

Prime Minister challenged on ballot announcement

NASUWT comments on reports today that the Conservative Party will include in its manifesto a threshold of 50% member turnout in trade union ballots before they will be considered lawful.

Sustained law enforcement investigations rather than internet blocks are the best way to tackle internet sex offenders

“The arrest of 660 suspected paedophiles by the National Crime Agency (NCA) and the safeguarding of hundreds of vulnerable children is welcome news”.

Jail for Birmingham man who kept starving dogs in squalid kennels

Bull breed dog and puppies left starving and dehydrated finally find their happy ending thanks to RSPCA.

Twelve weeks on from MMR: what happens next?

Subtle, but not dramatic – that was our verdict on the impact of the mortgage market review (MMR) when we published our lending data for May.

Gymnasts under pressure at higher risk of eating disorders

Many elite gymnasts are preoccupied with weight and body shape, with some scoring well above average for eating disorder symptoms, say researchers from Swansea University.

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