Quality of pavement resurfacing not up to scratch, forcing re-resurfacing. OntheWight It’s good to hear that shoddy work carried out on behalf of Island Roads is being corrected at no extra cost to…Read more…
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Blame the Rich and Not the People for Racism and Racist Attacks http://www.cpcml.ca/Tmlw2015/W45012.HTM#2 Sharpeville Massacre, South Africa, March 21, 1960 March 21 is designated as International…Read more…
The New Housing Question
~ by Mat Thomas Council Housing has been the only publicly owned and publicly controlled housing system in Britain. It has been necessary to utilise local authority management because such a…Read more…
Mortgage approvals down a fifth, say bankers
The British Bankers Association said today that there were “signs that the mortgage market is recovering”. This view is based on the fact that in February bank mortgage approvals reached a five-month high. whilst any morsel of good news is always welcome,it is certainly not time to…Read more…
The Rewriting of History over VE Day
Last week, William Hague, the Leader of the House of Commons, announced that the weekend of 8-10 May, 2015, has been officially designated to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe…Read more…
Jugendtheater für den Frieden – Youth theatre for peace:
http://www.visionbakery.com/deutschland-england-italien Jugendtheater für den Frieden – Youth theatre for peaceRead more…
CHARLOTTE MONRO TRIBUNAL ENDS – A FIGHT WELL FOUGHT
Charlotte Monro CHARLOTTE MONRO TRIBUNAL ENDS – A FIGHT WELL FOUGHT Report from Charlotte’s Employment Tribunal 20 March 2015 from Reinstate Charlotte Monro Campaign Charlotte Monro’s tribunal…Read more…
Budget 2015:
The Need for a Pro-Social Direction for the Economy Is an Election Issue Chancellor George Osborne presented the government’s final budget before the general election on Wednesday, March 18. This was…Read more…
Save the Bees:
One in ten wild bees face extinction in Europe By Helen Briggs BBC Environment correspondent There are 1,965 bee species native to Europe Almost one in 10 of Europe’s native wild bees face…Read more…
did the chancellor really raise the income tax threshold for 2016-18?
The personal tax allowance will increase to £10,800 pounds in the 2016/2017 tax year, George Osborne told parliament, up from the £10,600 announced for 2015/16. The allowance will rise again to £11,000 in 2017/2018. This year’s increase is a real one, but the rates announced for subsequent…Read more…
Osborne’s ‘Rollercoaster’ of Public-Service Spending:
Robert Peston, Economics editor BBC Can Osborne get off the rollercoaster? The Chancellor told Jim Naughtie on the Today Prog that the scale of austerity in the opening years of the next…Read more…
Staggering rise in our carbon trade deficit
The somewhat dismayed reaction to the Budget from both sides of the steel industry – unions and employers alike – to the meagre £25m compensation for industrial energy costs reflects a harsh truth about the government’s manufacturing strategy. We are shedding jobs, plant and investment at an…Read more…
Covert police unit spied on union members
An undercover police unit that monitored political groups over a 40 year period gathered intelligence on members of at least five trade unions, a whistleblower has revealed. Former undercover police…Read more…
#Budget2015: Did it lay the foundations for longer term growth?
Today’s Budget contained a range of measures to support industry, infrastructure and science. Among the highlights were: £400m up to 2020-21 for the funding of cutting-edge scientific infrastructure. The government will also provide further strategic science and innovation investments to make the…Read more…
The lowest gain in living standards in post-war history
According to the Chancellor today: To the question of whether people are better off at the end of this Parliament than they were five years ago we can give the resounding answer “yes” This is certainly questionable use of the word ‘resounding’. Real household disposable income per head…Read more…
NHS Dental Tendering on the Isle of Wight:
Somerset NHS Trust take on Isle of Wight community dental services onthewight All staff currently providing community dental services will be transferring to Somerset Partnership and all clinics will…Read more…
The biggest NHS privatisation yet:
Leak reveals worrying truth behind the biggest NHS privatisation yet A leak has revealed deeply worrying details of one of the largest NHS privatisations yet – the proposed privatisation of…Read more…
Osborne’s make believe “march of the makers”
In his 2011 Budget speech, George Osborne said he wanted “a Britain carried aloft by the march of the makers.” However, the fact is that manufacturing’s proportion of GDP has flatlined at 10.1% of GDP for the past six years. Our evidence shows that manufacturing’s heartland is in…Read more…
IOW Green Candidate on Ferries:
Green candidate meets and compares the ferry companies onthewight Isle of Wight Green Party prospective parliamentary candidatefor the 2015 elections Vix Lowthion has now met with the two major ferry…Read more…
Minimum Wage Boost ‘To Give Britain A Pay Rise’
The minimum wage will rise by 20p to £6.70 an hour this October, benefiting 1.4 million low-paid workers. David Cameron and Nick Clegg have announced the Coalition has accepted the 3% rise…Read more…