Walking Safely in the High Street
Have you ever walked along Church Street and wondered why pedestrians should give way to traffic coming out of 10 Church...
30 Oct 2015
National News
Will Peter Butlin be the next conservative councillor to defect?
Cllr Howard Roberts has become an independent. Cllr David Ellis has become an independent. Will Cllr Peter Butlin be next?
30 Oct 2015
Four things the government is doing which are likely to reduce the supply of affordable homes
They want to force housing associations to sell their homes at a discount. This is potentially good news for the housing associations' current tenants but not such good news for people who would like to be a housing association tenant. (It also makes it more difficult for housing associations to borrow to build new homes). They want to force councils to sell the most desirable of their existing housing stock. When a tenant leaves "desirable" housing rather than giving another person on the waiting list the opportunity to rent the government wants the council to sell the house. Sometimes councils are able to force developers to include some "affordable" houses in new developments. The government wants to change the law so that developers do not have to provide homes to rent but can just offer discounts on houses to buy. Changing the rules on inheritance tax to allow people to pass on a house worth up to a million pounds tax free when they die. Tax advisers are likely to offer advice to the elderly to "hang on"
30 Oct 2015
Warning on public health cuts in Surrey
Figures released by the national department of health show the Conservative national government is planning to cut £2.2m...
29 Oct 2015
It is time to press for full gender and sexual equality in our law and administration
The case of Tara Hudson, a transgender woman who has been sent to one of the most violent all male prisons in the country for an admitted assault, highlights once again the need for British law and administration relating to gender dysphoria to be overhauled. As a cysgender gay man I cannot begin to imagine what it must be like to live with a condition where you experience discomfort or distress because there is a mismatch between your biological sex and gender identity, but I don't have to live with medical condition in order to understand the impact it must have on someone's life. Nor do I think that a medical condition should have to be common for the law and administration in our country to be adjusted to take account of it.
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29 Oct 2015
Efforts to combat campus extremism may worsen problem, says Vince Cable
Former business secretary says new obligation on universities will not stop terrorism or terrorist recruitment The onus placed on universities by the government's new counter-extremism strategy will lead to inoffensive and bland campus debates without preventing any student radicalisation, according to the former business secretary Vince Cable.
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29 Oct 2015