Thursday, 6 February 2014

Chaos: Police staff join Tube strike - politics.co.uk

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"It ought to bring shame on the Met police that staff who help to keep London safe are being driven into the arms of loan sharks because of low pay"

Police strike

Chaos in London: Met police staff to join Tube union on strike next week

London could face days of chaos next week

The capital faces the possibility of chaos next week, after thousands of Metropolitan Police civilian staff announce a two-day strike to coincide with industrial action by Tube workers

A declaration of war? Tories threaten to raise bar for union strikes

London Underground services face severe disruption all day today

Conservative party is considering plans to introduce a threshold which could prevent many strike ballots from resulting in legal industrial action

Lib Dem manouvres

Lib Dems 'preparing spring offensive' against Tory coalition colleagues

Michael Gove and David Laws: A prime example of coalition disunity

Liberal Democrats will call time on coalition unity this spring, David Laws has revealed, with a 'differentiation' offensive set to make internal strains greater than ever before

Farron: We must damage ecosystems to save the planet

The Severn estuary was to have been the site of a barrage - but it was blocked by opponents

Opponents of fracking will not be credible unless they are prepared to build large-scale renewables projects and damage the environment, Tim Farron tells Politics.co.uk

In other news

Ukip revolutionary ready for 'blood-letting'

Another Ukip candidate forced out

Ukip politician declares Britain has the "right to rise" against the three main parties

Trains are coming home: Derby handed lifeline with vital Crossrail contract

Transport minister Stephen Hammond visits Crossrail’s Whitechapel station

Derby's train-building industry given the kiss of life, after it's confirmed local firm Bombardier is being given the Crossrail contract

38 Degrees

38 Degrees interview: Meet British politics' spammer-in-chief

David Babbs: "It's not often you can say 'I took the government to court and won', but that's what thousands of 38 Degrees members could say last year."

MPs have come to despise 38 Degrees for clogging up their inboxes with emails from constituents. They need to get used to it - because this model of campaigning-by-email-bombardment isn't going away.

Simplicity knocks! Government should jump at chance to cut admin around employee benefits

CIOT backs report from Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) that could drastically cut administrative burdens for employers.

BHA welcomes collaboration in Scotland over inclusive school assemblies

Humanist Society Scotland and Church of Scotland working together for inclusive schools.

CPA: Construction products sales grow in Q4

Construction products sales grow in Q4 but cost rises are key constraint.

Voice welcomes report’s call for new approach to curriculum development

Voice welcomes report.

BSIA survey offers British perspective on Middle East security technology and business trends

BSIA survey offers British perspective on Middle East security technology and business trends.

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Wednesday, 5 February 2014

PMQs special - politics.co.uk

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Cameron: "This party is proud of the fact that we had a woman prime minister!" Miliband: "Unlike her, she was a Tory leader who won general elections!"

PMQs special

PMQs verdict: Miliband gets personal with Cameron's women problem

Ed Miliband turned his back on a poor run of PMQs performances in 2013 with another strong effort this week

What got Cameron on the ropes was Miliband pointing out that the government frontbench was entirely ovary-free. It was all downhill from there

PMQs as-it-happened

PMQs as-it-happens

Follow all the twists and turns from this week's session as Miliband and Cameron clash on flooding and women in parliament.

Tube strike gets serious

A declaration of war? Tories threaten to raise bar for union strikes

London Underground services face severe disruption all day today

Conservative party is considering plans to introduce a threshold which could prevent many strike ballots from resulting in legal industrial action

Coalition troubles

Boris: We could get rid of Danny Alexander

Boris: Taking aim at Danny Alexander

Boris Johnson openly contemplated a forced removal of Danny Alexander from the Treasury today, as he pressed Downing Street into dropping the top rate of tax to 40p.

Comment: There's a change in the 'certain to vote' demographic – and it favours Labour

Roger Mortimore: The thing that determines election outcomes is not how many people support a party but how many vote for it

Once upon a time Tory voters were the most likely to vote, but that's all changing...

Clegg breaks ranks with call for drug law reform

Clegg makes the case for drug law reform

Nick Clegg goes further than ever before in calling for a liberalisation of Britain's drug laws, saying that "if you are anti-drugs you should be pro-reform"

Immigrant misery

Immigrant Stories: The nurse, the detention centre & the women with bruises

Independent assessment: Susan checks on standards in immigration detention centres

An occasional series of Immigrant Stories, shining a light on the people trapped in Britain's immigration system.

Shambles: The Home Office numbers which don't add up

Chaos behind the scenes: The Home Office struggles to answer questions about recent visa applications

The Home Office has no record of many of the immigration decisions it makes and is unable to answer rudimentary questions about the number of visas it has handed out, a Freedom of Information (FoI) request reveals

Amritsar update

Amritsar massacre: Sikh dismay as Hague brushes off SAS involvement

A boy gazes at the Golden Temple at Amritsar

SAS officer's military advice had only "limited" impact on Amritsar massacre, Hague says

Simplicity knocks! Government should jump at chance to cut admin around employee benefits

CIOT backs report from Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) that could drastically cut administrative burdens for employers.

BHA welcomes collaboration in Scotland over inclusive school assemblies

Humanist Society Scotland and Church of Scotland working together for inclusive schools.

CPA: Construction products sales grow in Q4

Construction products sales grow in Q4 but cost rises are key constraint.

Voice welcomes report’s call for new approach to curriculum development

Voice welcomes report.

BSIA survey offers British perspective on Middle East security technology and business trends

BSIA survey offers British perspective on Middle East security technology and business trends.

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Tuesday, 4 February 2014

Amrtisar massacre: truth at last? - politics.co.uk

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"From the outset you have emphasised the need for transparency, but the significant delay in sharing the terms and that they appear to have been changed for political reasons does not bode well with such assertions"

Amritsar massacre

Amritsar massacre: Sikh dismay as Hague updates MPs

A boy gazes at the Golden Temple at Amritsar

William Hague will reveal the findings of the government's review of British involvement in the 1984 Amritsar massacre later

The truth behind the Amritsar massacre

A Sikh takes a dip in the holy sarover at the Golden Temple in Amritsar last Tuesday. The massacre was a defining moment for many Sikhs around the world.

As reports emerge that the UK may have colluded in a merciless 1984 raid on the Golden Temple in Amritsar, we look back at one of the most painful and important moments in Sikh history.

Analysis: Amritsar massacre festering sore will not heal easily

David Hardiman: 'Cameron held that we must try to put the massacre in perspective, and see it as an aberration in what was otherwise a generally positive history.'

The context of the Amrtisar massacre is vital when discussing Cameron's decision not to apologise for it.

In other news...

Clegg breaks ranks with call for drug law reform

Clegg makes the case for drug law reform

Nick Clegg goes further than ever before in calling for a liberalisation of Britain's drug laws, saying that "if you are anti-drugs you should be pro-reform"

The curse of universal credit: Bronchitis adds to IDS' woes

The curse of universal credit? IDS tries to steer a sinking ship.

The curse of Iain Duncan Smith's universal credit system continued yesterday after it was revealed that the man brought in to stabilise the project had got bronchitis.

Dyson: Immigration clampdown is killing British engineering

Hot: Dyson's Airblade is another ubiquitous product from the British inventor

Britain was suffering a "crisis in engineering" due to the government's clamp down on visas for foreign students, according to James Dyson.

Time for school, toddlers: Teachers told to take on two-year-olds

Childcare headaches could be alleviated by the change in rules

Children as young as two years old should be given the chance to go to school, government suggests

Fired: Tim Yeo deselected by ruthless local Tories

After three decades in parliament, Tim Yeo has been sacked by his local party

Tim Yeo becomes the second Conservative MP in a week to be deselected by his local association

Politician intervenes to save fake Chagall painting from the flames

The painting, judged a fake by BBC research, could now be headed for a French furnace

A Yorkshire MEP is attempting to prevent a fake Marc Chagall painting owned by one of his constituents being burned in front of a French magistrate.

Comment and Analysis

Comment: There's a change in the 'certain to vote' demographic – and it favours Labour

Roger Mortimore: The thing that determines election outcomes is not how many people support a party but how many vote for it

Once upon a time Tory voters were the most likely to vote, but that's all changing...

Analysis: Does being religious make you right- or left-wing?

Nick Spencer: How seriously you take something should in theory matter less than whatever that something actually is

Religion does count when it comes to making up people's political minds - but maybe not in the way you'd expect

Simplicity knocks! Government should jump at chance to cut admin around employee benefits

CIOT backs report from Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) that could drastically cut administrative burdens for employers.

BHA welcomes collaboration in Scotland over inclusive school assemblies

Humanist Society Scotland and Church of Scotland working together for inclusive schools.

CPA: Construction products sales grow in Q4

Construction products sales grow in Q4 but cost rises are key constraint.

Voice welcomes report’s call for new approach to curriculum development

Voice welcomes report.

BSIA survey offers British perspective on Middle East security technology and business trends

BSIA survey offers British perspective on Middle East security technology and business trends.

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Monday, 3 February 2014

Journalists' notebooks under threat - politics.co.uk

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"Reporters are put at risk, whether reporting riots or investigating wrongdoing, if perceived to be ready sources of information for the police."

Journalists' notebooks under threat

MPs vote on plans to allow secret courts to confiscate journalists' files

Justice? Demands for journalists' materials could come in secret courts

Legislation which would allow authorities to demand journalists hand over their notebooks, digital files and photographs in secret courts will be debated by MPs today.

Tory troubles

'So what?' Tory disdain for Gove cronyism row hits new heights

Is he bovvered? Clearly not

Conservative politicians are adopting an attitude of complete indifference as Michael Gove faces a barrage of cronyism claims.

Conservative activists 'want pact with Ukip'

Nigel Farage greeted as he arrives at the Conservative party conference

Four out of ten Conservative activists want an election pact with Ukip, as party heads for humiliating defeat at the European elections.

'Silly girl': Tories in sexism row over ousted MP

Anne McIntosh with William Hague in 2010

The Conservative party are embroiled in a sexism row after one of David Cameron's senior female MPs was deselected.

Michael Gove to force children to pick up litter

Michael Gove denies trying to "politicise" the classroom

School children to be forced to pick up litter, mop floors and even remove graffiti under plans by Michael Gove to get tough on disruptive pupils.

Bright ideas

Locked out: Non-residents 'should face major restrictions on buying British property'

Locked out: Non-resident property purchases are driving up prices, analysts have warned.

Any non-residents who want to buy property in Britain should be forced to prove they are increasing the stock of housing, according to a radical new proposal.

CCTV Britain: Police to be fitted with body-worn cameras

Police officers with body-worn cameras could become a common sight.

Hundreds of police officers fitted with body-worn cameras in pilot scheme which could be rolled out across the country.

Comment picks

Comment: Ofcom should be given control of internet filters

Baroness Howe of Idlicote: 'Self regulation does not cover all the market'

The private sector can't be trusted to keep children safe online. We should hand Ofcom control of internet filtering.

WATCH: The world after men

The end of men? A debate on matriarchy from the IAI.

Former George Osborne chief of staff Matthew Hancock, eminent American feminist Carol Gilligan and radical feminist Finn Mackay dispute the merits of matriarchy in an Institute of Art and Ideas debate.

Comment: The horrible truth about the badger cull

Dominic Dyer: 'David Cameron’s gamble to appoint Owen Paterson as environment secretary to deliver the badger cull has blown up in his face'

The results are in - and the badger cull has been revealed for the cruel, money-wasting, scientifically illiterate experiment it was

And finally...

It's not what you know… Ed Miliband misses out on 'most connected' list

Ed Miliband misses out on 100 most 'connected' men in Britain list

Ed Miliband has fallen short of getting into a list of the best connected 100 men in Britain – unlike his spin doctor.

Simplicity knocks! Government should jump at chance to cut admin around employee benefits

CIOT backs report from Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) that could drastically cut administrative burdens for employers.

BHA welcomes collaboration in Scotland over inclusive school assemblies

Humanist Society Scotland and Church of Scotland working together for inclusive schools.

CPA: Construction products sales grow in Q4

Construction products sales grow in Q4 but cost rises are key constraint.

Voice welcomes report’s call for new approach to curriculum development

Voice welcomes report.

BSIA survey offers British perspective on Middle East security technology and business trends

BSIA survey offers British perspective on Middle East security technology and business trends.

Tree of Hope: "Piece of the Puzzle, Autism Awareness Shoe"

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