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10 Nov 2015
National News
Mayor Dave: Bedford - Oxford Rail Link and its Economic Benefits Must Not be Delayed
Mayor Dave Hodgson has spoken out about the damage which would be done if the Oxford to Bedford section of East West Rail were delayed, as is being considered by Network Rail. In the summer, the government asked the Chairman of Network Rail, Sir Peter Hendy, to review all rail enhancements to be delivered by 2019, and it is understood that a recommendation to delay completion of the Oxford to Bedford link by three years to 2022, and other elements of the western section of the line to as late as 2026.
10 Nov 2015
Agenda 2020 essay #9 - What it means to be a Liberal Democrat today
As a Liberal Democrat my first belief is in freedom
ADB
10 Nov 2015
Tories plan council house sell-off despite more than 2,000 families on waiting list in West Berkshire
Hundreds of properties in Newbury and West Berkshire could be sold off under government plans to reduce the number of council homes.
9 Nov 2015
Visual perception and seeing things differently
Many people with Dyspraxia and other neurological deficits find interpreting the meaning of messages from what we see in the world around us a challenge. Of course some people without Dyspraxia sometimes experience these difficulties too, when trying to decode to us what seems like the impossible. I was inspired to write this next blog post by one of the most unlikely of sources, a friend posted a photo of a tap on Facebook, explaining his confusion when trying to understand the visual messages that the tap provided, so that he could operate it successfully. I understood the frustration of trying to interpret visual information and related it to being an obstacle that many people with Dyspraxia have to overcome. Visual perception and seeing the world in a different way is very rarely understood by society.
9 Nov 2015
Leave people in WRAG alone.
So. Today the House of Commons are discussing the Welfare Reform and Work Bill. This is the Bill that will cut the Employment Support Allowance payments received by disabled people in the Work Related Activity Group (WRAG) by thirty pounds every week to the same level as non-disabled people receiving Job Seekers Allowance. And the justification the Government for this move? Apparently, cutting disabled people's benefits will 'incentivise' them to go out and get a job.
9 Nov 2015