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UK Borders Agency spends nearly £8 million on PR
Just when large parts of the private and public sectors are making cutbacks in the recession, the United Kingdom Borders Agency (UKBA) spent £7.8million of its 2008-09 budget on publicity and pr...
May: Labour sleepwalk through unemployment crisis as recession deepens
Responding to the news that unemployment has reached 2.029 million, Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, Theresa May, said:
“This is a grim milestone that no one wanted to reach. James Purne...
Penning: One fire engine a day called out to help lift obese patients
The Conservatives have uncovered new evidence of the growing strain that rising levels of obesity are putting on our emergency services. Freedom of information requests to fire authorities reveal tha...
Miller: Sure Start needs to work better
Commenting on today’s release of the ‘Survey of Parents’ report by the Department for Children, Schools and Families, Shadow Minister for the Family, Maria Miller, said:
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Lansley: Labour’s confused child protection system means hospitals still aren’t learning from Baby P mistakes
The independent review of the tragic case of Baby P recently exposed serious problems with Haringey’s child protection system. It found that local hospital staff were confused about checks that...
Cameron: Time to transfer power from the central state to local people
Today in Coventry, David Cameron publishes Control Shift – a major policy green paper outlining Conservative plans to give power back to local communities. The proposals include:
Aboli...
25,000 pensioners underpaid more than £500,000 after DWP blunder
A statement from the Government has today revealed that up to 25,000 pensioners will be underpaid Invalidity Allowance as a result of a blunder by the Department for Work and Pensions.
A further 4...
Government must get a grip as Britain’s grit crisis worsens
Labour Ministers have let the country down with lack of emergency planning
Conservatives today accused the Government of failing to put proper emergency plans in place to tackle the cold weather, ...
Loughton: One in seven social worker posts vacant
New figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show that one in seven social worker posts are vacant, as social services across England face a recruitment crisis. Excessive bureaucracy and ...
William Hague launches Commission on Transport in the North
The Conservative Party has today launched a Policy Commission to focus on Transport in the North.
The Commission has been established by the Northern Board to identify the transport priorities for...
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