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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Police will be forced to act if neighbours complain
RESIDENTS are to be given the power to force police to tackle anti-social behaviour and end the “horror stories” of communities blighted by nuisance neighbours, the Home Secretary will say today. Theresa May will say that if five households complain … Continue reading
Posted in District council stuff, Everyday life, Government
Tagged Anti-social behaviour, complaints, councils, five households, home secretary, police, yobs
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Who uses the word diddling these days??
‘Paying cash in hand is ‘diddling the country’, says HMRC’s Dave Hartnett’. I had to read this headline twice to make sure I hadn’t miss read the word diddling. Diddling is the sort of word I would expect some cutesy … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday life, Government
Tagged bonuses, Hartnett, HMG, HMRC, HSBC, taxes
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The Lords are clearly out of touch
I personally resent the efforts being made by certain parties in the House of Lords, to derail the proposal to cap the maximum level of benefits that can be claimed. Not because I resent people getting the money they need … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday life, Government
Tagged benefits cap, city centres, gentrification, House of lords, housing benefit, rent
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Healthy residents bonus for town halls
Andrew Lansley, the Heath Secretary, will today announce the restoration of the link between councils and improving public health. Councils had historically been responsible for public health, until the NHS was reorganised in 1974. £5.2 billion for this will be … Continue reading
Posted in Government, public sector
Tagged begging bowl government, council, local government, public health
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Myth that Britain cannot ban EU doctors, says commisioner
From an item in today’s Daily Telegraph, it would appear that somebody has, at last, called the bluff of those who love to trot out EU rules as being to blame for their own failings. The EU is big enough … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday life, Government
Tagged ban, doctors, English speaking, EU rules, foreign, language skills, NHS, patients, risk
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No win no fee earns H&S a bad press again!
The BBC’s One Show was taking a cheap shot last week, with an item on an ex WWII RAF Spitfire pilot. Apparently, the old boy wasn’t allowed to get in to a Spitfire that had been restored by a group … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged BBC, ex-pilot, Health and safety, lawyer, no win no fee, One Show, pensioner, spitfire, WW2
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Shortfall of 450,000 primary school places
Figures have revealed that the English school system will need to provide more than 450,000 primary school places by September 2015. The LGA responded by calling for better forecasting methods for future demand to identify where the big increases are … Continue reading
160,000 Brits lose jobs to migrants
A study by the Migration Advisory Committee has revealed that more than 160,000 British people have lost out on a job to an immigrant in the past five years. Figures also revealed that a total of £2,216 is spent per … Continue reading
Posted in District council stuff, Everyday life, Government, public sector
Tagged immigration, job losses, jobs, migrants, schools, translation services
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Cameron picking the wrong target in his H&S crusade
David Cameron’s comments on Health and Safety legislation must be a source of great frustration to those working to improve safety in the work place. His confused thinking is summed up by just one sentence from his speech. “Everyday they … Continue reading
Cameron picking the wrong target in his H&S crusade
David Cameron’s comments on Health and Safety legislation must be a source of great frustration to those working to improve safety in the work place. His confused thinking is summed up by just one sentence from his speech. “Everyday they … Continue reading
