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Housing & Planning
I think this initiative is to be welcomed but it's unclear if this mindset will be applied to new... MORE
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Police & Emergency
Interesting, but we should be basing policy on "road fear" as well as collision statistics. Road... MORE
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Police & Emergency
We urgently need our Police Forces to help change the culture of speed in this Country. You are the... MORE
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Police & Emergency
The HSE manage hazards by a reporting policy that embraces all dangerous occurrences (RIDDOR) and... MORE
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Police & Emergency
Your foreword says "The police service is committed to preventing and reducing the loss of life or... MORE
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Public Transport
This article is so true. With commuter train prices rocketing the bus is more and more a vital... MORE
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Little progress towards immigration target at significant cost
New statistics, released today by the Office for National Statistics, show that immigration to the UK was 566,000 in 2011 and emigration of 350,000, meaning that net migration
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Health workers lobby against pay cartel
UNISON members yesterday lobbied the North Devon NHS Healthcare Trust executive board meeting next week. They were questioning the Trust's involvement in the South West NHS pay...
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Schools have 'moral responsibility' to keep uniform costs down
New free schools and those converting to academy status should take steps to keep school uniform costs down and ensure hard pressed parents aren't hit with an unnecessary...
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Low-carbon infrastructure investment driving green economy 'success story'
The scale of the economic "success story" delivered by the UK's green businesses was highlighted today with the release of a major new report revealing how low-carbon industries...
Editor's Feature
John Walker National ChairmanFederation of Small Businesses
Preparing school leavers for work
This year's GCSE results fell for the first time since they were introduced. And at the same time, we published figures showing that eight in 10 small firms don't believe that...
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Technology's role in creating greener public sector fleet operations?
Fleet departments often bear the brunt of responsibility for an organisation’s carbon emissions – it’s the nature of the fuel-hungry beast....
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What is the best way of marketing and promoting Public Transport in 2012?
Here in the Peak District, as one of the most visited National Parks in the world, we work constantly to encourage sustainable travel. We host and...
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Neighbourhood Plans - will they help to achieve sustainable transport?
I, together with AR-Urbanism, am helping to produce the Neighbourhood Plan for East Grinstead (West Sussex). There are opportunities in the town to...
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Re: Hand Hygiene Summit
We have had the campaigns,poster displays,glow box sessions;yet some healthcare workers are too “posh to wash”.What is the way forward as we...
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Re: Are we promoting cycling to benefit the environment but neglecting cyclist safety?
As a recent ‘born-again-cyclist’ a motorist and pedestrian, (and someone whose job involves promoting modal shift); I can see both sides of the...
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Re: Hand Hygiene Summit
How accurate are we in measuring compliance? Are there any initiative set up for improving hand hygiene in developing countries such as...
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Tobin Stephenson, Better Utilisation of Property Assets (BUPA) Programme Manager, Cambridgeshire County CouncilMore info
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Dr Steve Davies, Education Director, The IEA
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Karen Jennings, Assistant General Secretary, UNISON
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Professor Steve Albon Co-Chair, UK National Ecosystem Assessment & The James Hutton Institute
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Professor Sir John Lawton Chair, Lawton Report, `Making Space for Nature` Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
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Heathrow third runway not right for UK, says Greening
Justine Greening has said the government remains opposed to a third runway at Heathrow, despite calls from Conservative MPs for a change of
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1 in 5 delay having children due to cost of housing
One in five 31-44 year olds who don't have children are delaying starting a family because of the lack of affordable...
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16 per cent reduction in NHS managers
New figures on NHS Scotland's workforce, published today by the Scottish Government, show that since March 2010, when a national target was introduced to reduce...
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Ofqual to look closely at GCSE concerns
Examinations and qualifications regulator Ofqual said today that it will look closely at concerns over GCSE English...
Editor's Feature
Cllr Peter Fleming Chair of the LGA improvement Board
Service Shared: Costs Spared?
The LGA has long recognised the importance of shared services as one of a number of ways for councils to reduce costs and improve...
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