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TUC march for 'new deal' for workers draws thousands in London

Event to highlight pay squeeze is set to be the largest rally in the capital for four years
(Guardian)

Motorised shed to make speed record attempt at Pendine Sands (BBC News website)

Transparent and fair: what England can learn from Japan's social care reform

Silver Birch Academy Trust in spotlight again over spending
Trip to New Zealand for schools’ bosses and refurbishments detailed in leaked report

A trust that runs four primary schools spent thousands of pounds on overseas trips for its leaders, more than £1,000 on two hotel rooms for two nights and almost £10,000 on Facebook adverts for a free school that has not yet been set up, according to allegations in a draft investigation seen by the Observer.

In a case that will raise further questions about the financial management of academies, an inquiry into Silver Birch Academy Trust claims it spent £6,117 on a fact-finding trip to China and New Zealand for its chief executive Patricia Davies, a former headteacher of the year, and her deputy. The draft investigation states that the trust allegedly spent £99,000 refurbishing a former caretaker’s house, later to be rented out to a member of staff. It claimed £10,000 of work had been done without quotes having been obtained, while no rent had been paid.

It alleges the trust spent £3.26m on services from six companies without providing evidence of any contracts having been signed. It also alleges that the trust had contracts with four consultancy companies, together worth £326,044, without the work having gone out to tender. Meanwhile, a school within the trust spent £1,064 on two rooms for two nights at the Hyatt Regency hotel, Birmingham, with £507 of this for a room where the guest did not turn up.

PaulfromYorkshire wrote:@kb32904
4m4 minutes ago

Huge condolences to the family of Dame Tessa Jowell. She was a giant of the @UKLabour and was genuinely loved by all her colleagues.
Her dignity as she fought the cancer that killed her, was immense.
Rest in peace, Tessa

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One million students join calls for vote on Brexit deal
Protests ‘will dwarf action over tuition fees’ as May and Corbyn face mounting pressure

tinyclanger2 wrote:

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One million students join calls for vote on Brexit deal
Protests ‘will dwarf action over tuition fees’ as May and Corbyn face mounting pressure

Nearly half a million 'hidden' young people left without state help to survive and find work, ministers warned

Student organisations representing almost a million young people studying at UK universities and colleges are today joining forces to demand a referendum on any final Brexit deal, amid growing fears that leaving the EU will have a disastrous effect on their future prospects.

New polling by Opinium, meanwhile, shows that Labour supporters are in favour of a people’s vote by 69% to 18%. The 18-34 age group support a people’s vote by a margin of 65% to 22%. Overall, 53% of the country supports the public having a vote on any final deal that the government agrees with the EU, compared to just 31% who oppose.

Sky'sGoneOut wrote:You're all welcome.

tinyclanger2 wrote:

New polling by Opinium, meanwhile, shows that Labour supporters are in favour of a people’s vote by 69% to 18%. The 18-34 age group support a people’s vote by a margin of 65% to 22%. Overall, 53% of the country supports the public having a vote on any final deal that the government agrees with the EU, compared to just 31% who oppose.

tinyclanger2 wrote:

Student organisations representing almost a million young people studying at UK universities and colleges are today joining forces to demand a referendum on any final Brexit deal, amid growing fears that leaving the EU will have a disastrous effect on their future prospects.

It might be an over-enthusiastic headline but in what way is it fake?

The new timetable also means the paper will be published before the long-awaited migration advisory committee’s report into the economics of immigration, which Home Office officials had until recently said would inform the government’s policy.
The committee has been asked to report by September 2018.

tinybgoat wrote:

tinyclanger2 wrote:

Student organisations representing almost a million young people studying at UK universities and colleges are today joining forces to demand a referendum on any final Brexit deal, amid growing fears that leaving the EU will have a disastrous effect on their future prospects.

It might be an over-enthusiastic headline but in what way is it fake?

They could only fit 12 people into the photo?

tinyclanger2 wrote:

tinyclanger2 wrote:

Student organisations representing almost a million young people studying at UK universities and colleges are today joining forces to demand a referendum on any final Brexit deal, amid growing fears that leaving the EU will have a disastrous effect on their future prospects.

It might be an over-enthusiastic headline but in what way is it fake?

They could only fit 12 people into the photo?

In my brain, if the national union of students represents 95% of students unions in the UK, then arguably the elected President of the NUS alone could be described as representing the students who are members of those unions.

PaulfromYorkshire wrote:I read a piece this morning (can't remember who by sorry) that was asking who, if anyone, might emerge as leader of the Tory Remainers.

For me the front runner is Nicky Morgan. But does she have what it takes? I don't know why but I quite like her. Perhaps she seems quite human for a Tory.

There is a point that she has nothing much to lose. Her career wasn't a spectacular success and it seems unlikely May will call her back to government. So, why not?

Ex-cabinet minister Nicky Morgan is joining forces with Labour and Liberal Democrat heavyweights to warn that Britain is being “held to ransom” by fellow Tories hell bent on a hard Brexit .
David Miliband and Nick Clegg will share a platform with Ms Morgan in the starkest evidence yet that party allegiances are breaking down as battle rages over departure from the EU.

tinybgoat wrote:

PaulfromYorkshire wrote:I read a piece this morning (can't remember who by sorry) that was asking who, if anyone, might emerge as leader of the Tory Remainers.

For me the front runner is Nicky Morgan. But does she have what it takes? I don't know why but I quite like her. Perhaps she seems quite human for a Tory.

There is a point that she has nothing much to lose. Her career wasn't a spectacular success and it seems unlikely May will call her back to government. So, why not?

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"Britain ‘held to ransom’ by Tories pushing for hard Brexit, Nicky Morgan warns in new alliance with Labour and Lib Dem heavyweights"

Ex-cabinet minister Nicky Morgan is joining forces with Labour and Liberal Democrat heavyweights to warn that Britain is being “held to ransom” by fellow Tories hell bent on a hard Brexit .
David Miliband and Nick Clegg will share a platform with Ms Morgan in the starkest evidence yet that party allegiances are breaking down as battle rages over departure from the EU.

The pro-Brexit press will angrily protest, but what is the role of MPs if not to improve and protect the lives of their constituents?

The last effort [to reform the Lords] was in the coalition years, when Nick Clegg, with tepid support from Mr Cameron, brought forward legislation which proposed that the Lords be replaced with an 80% elected chamber. That attempt at reform was sabotaged by a rebellion by Conservative backbenchers. And who was prominent in that revolt against democracy? Among the names were one Bernard Jenkin and one Jacob Rees-Mogg, the very same Jenkin and the very same Rees-Mogg who now fulminate against the unelected peers they previously battled to preserve. Also among the saboteurs were Nadine Dorries, Peter Bone, Steve Baker, Bill Cash and other hard Brexiters who now pose as tribunes of the people. Oh, and we shouldn’t forget that David Davis, the Brexit secretary himself, was one too, along with the Brexiter press that now bellows about the “treachery” of the upper house.

“They do literally plunge a knife into the heart of government and particularly to the Prime Minister – because it is very much her fixed view, and that is what we stood on at the last election.”

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Ian Duncan Smith, still (metaphorically) a ****

“They do literally plunge a knife into the heart of government and particularly to the Prime Minister – because it is very much her fixed view, and that is what we stood on at the last election.”

refitman wrote:Rawnsley in surprisingly good form:

The last effort [to reform the Lords] was in the coalition years, when Nick Clegg, with tepid support from Mr Cameron, brought forward legislation which proposed that the Lords be replaced with an 80% elected chamber. That attempt at reform was sabotaged by a rebellion by Conservative backbenchers. And who was prominent in that revolt against democracy? Among the names were one Bernard Jenkin and one Jacob Rees-Mogg, the very same Jenkin and the very same Rees-Mogg who now fulminate against the unelected peers they previously battled to preserve. Also among the saboteurs were Nadine Dorries, Peter Bone, Steve Baker, Bill Cash and other hard Brexiters who now pose as tribunes of the people. Oh, and we shouldn’t forget that David Davis, the Brexit secretary himself, was one too, along with the Brexiter press that now bellows about the “treachery” of the upper house.

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frog222 wrote:

refitman wrote:Rawnsley in surprisingly good form:

The last effort [to reform the Lords] was in the coalition years, when Nick Clegg, with tepid support from Mr Cameron, brought forward legislation which proposed that the Lords be replaced with an 80% elected chamber. That attempt at reform was sabotaged by a rebellion by Conservative backbenchers. And who was prominent in that revolt against democracy? Among the names were one Bernard Jenkin and one Jacob Rees-Mogg, the very same Jenkin and the very same Rees-Mogg who now fulminate against the unelected peers they previously battled to preserve. Also among the saboteurs were Nadine Dorries, Peter Bone, Steve Baker, Bill Cash and other hard Brexiters who now pose as tribunes of the people. Oh, and we shouldn’t forget that David Davis, the Brexit secretary himself, was one too, along with the Brexiter press that now bellows about the “treachery” of the upper house.

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Good BTL's on the NHS post-brexit. Apparently the exceptions to the 1994 WTO Government Puchasing Agreement only apply as a member of the EU .

A nugget here -- Kitboy @ milinovak 7h ago

The US sanctions on Iran are just a way of getting more trade for itself. Yes the headline grabbing $20 billion deal with Boeing will likely be scrapped but the US government has given 15000 exemptions to US companies to continue trading with Iran over the last 2 decades even when they had sanctions in place.

I worked for a Swedish medical company and we were banned from contracts with Iran if we wanted to continue trading in the US in 2012. Our main competitor a US company was given an exemption by the US government and basically took all our trade in Iran from us and continues to this day. it now has a monopoly of the machines in Iran.

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America FIRST !