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Broadband is my right!
Posted on July 1, 2010 | No CommentsFinland has become the first country in the world to make broadband a legal right for every citizen. No surprises then if all the techies of the world decide to move (or push the UK government to do the same) From today every Finn will... -
The Budget
Posted on June 22, 2010 | No CommentsThis time round the main points of the budget are: VAT Rises, Spending cuts all round, Corporation tax falls, Council Tax is frozen… You can download it here TAX VAT: Rate will rise from 17.5% to 20% from January 4, 2011. Personal income tax allowance:... -
Coalition Government axes 12 projects
Posted on June 17, 2010 | No CommentsThe coalition government has cancelled 12 projects totalling £2bn agreed to by the previous Labour government since the start of 2010. These include an £80m loan to Sheffield Forgemasters and new programmes for the young unemployed, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander told MPs.... -
Autopsy on wacky Jacqui’s ID survey
Posted on June 17, 2010 | No CommentsID card lobby group No2ID have got their hands on the final report into MyLifeMyID.org – the supposedly independent collector of “young people’s” views on ID cards. As a young person I think they suck! The documents reveal the site bought 50 million adverts on... -
Stop the ‘Garden Grabbing’
Posted on June 9, 2010 | No CommentsCouncils in England are to get greater powers to stop developers building homes on gardens, the government says. Gardens, in the brownfield planning category used for ex-factory land, are to be reclassified to try to stop a practice known as “garden-grabbing”. Communities minister Gleg Clark... -
Cameron: “Difficult Decisions” on benefits and pay
Posted on June 7, 2010 | No CommentsPrime Minister David Cameron has warned of “difficult decisions” on pay, pensions and benefits as he set out the case for “painful” cuts ahead. He said dealing with the deficit would be “unavoidably tough” and affect “our whole way of life”. He said he would... -
HM Treasury figures released!
Posted on June 4, 2010 | No CommentsThe government has published millions of public spending data as part of what David Cameron says are efforts to lift its “cloak of secrecy”. The first two tranches of data are from 2008/09 and 2009/10. The Combined Online Information System (Coins) includes what departments were... -
NHS states 305 Data breaches
Posted on June 1, 2010 | No CommentsThe NHS has reported 305 data breaches to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) since November 2007. Yet again we are shown that government staff cannot be trusted with data. The figure for the NHS compares to 288 for the private sector, 132 for local government... -
Gone away! I’ll be back!
Posted on May 28, 2010 | No CommentsUnfortunately, I will be away both from home and my internet connection. As a result this blog will receive it’s last update until Tuesday 1st June 2010. However, when this comes there will be plenty more new to report. In the meantime three updates went... -
Eastern Europeans leave WITH OUR MONEY!
Posted on May 28, 2010 | No CommentsMore European migrants, from countries including Poland and the Czech Republic, are leaving the UK than arriving, Home Office figures show. It marks a reversal in movement for the first time since large-scale immigration in Europe began. In all, there were 45,000 arrivals of A8...