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Manchester Evening News Coverage of the Lostock College Parents Protest
Read more: Manchester Evening News Coverage of the Lostock College Parents ProtestManchester Evening News Article. It’s good coverage on this controversial school closure. The Tory led council has got itself into a complete muddle over this issue and the anger of parents is completely justified. The sensible approach is to put the brakes on all decisions and start consulting properly.
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Quite a good idea
Read more: Quite a good ideaSupport the campaign. It benefits the global economy, it benefits the poor and preserves normal transactions; a Tobin tax for the 21st century. Read more here robinhoodtax.org.uk. It sounds complicated, but actually it isn’t. A tiny tax on bankers has the power to raise hundreds of billions every year – giving a vital boost to…
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Eco debates
Read more: Eco debatesI was listening to Radio 4’s ‘Start the Week this morning. Stewart Brand, an American environmentalist from the 60s, was promoting his book in which he turns heretic in supporting the urban over-crowded shanty existence against the rural idyll of village life, and goes on to support nuclear power, and gm crops in Africa. It…
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Another Tory Flagship Council shows its nasty side
Read more: Another Tory Flagship Council shows its nasty sideOmbudsman slams H&F council as pregnant domestic violence victim is forced to sleep in park When David Cameron went to Hammersmith & Fulham recently he told locals that “when I look at the record of what the Conservatives have done here in Hammersmith and Fulham, far from being embarrassed as the Conservative Leader, I’m proud…
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Kate on the latest poverty figures from Save the Children
Read more: Kate on the latest poverty figures from Save the ChildrenChild poverty figures One-club solutions are not the answer to child poverty 26 January 2010 The latest figures from Save the Children showing an increase in the number of the very poorest children will cause ministers concern. The charity itself acknowledges that budget measures since 2008 should have begun to turn the position round. But…
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Roads and Pavements
Read more: Roads and PavementsIt’s that time of year again. Help us by telling us the roads and pavements that need attention in the Gorse Hill Ward. Use the reply section
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