The Review Body on Doctors’ Pay (DDRB) has recommended that doctors receive a 1% pay rise, and the British Medical Association (BMA) has responded, expressing disappointment on behalf of doctors. The BMA said that doctors had been working hard to ...
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NHF shocked by “bedroom tax”
The National Housing Federation (NHF) styles itself as “the voice of affordable housing in England”. It aims to promote housing associations, claiming that its members “provide two and a half million homes for more than five million people” – and ...
Read More »Human rights under threat
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has announced that the Conservative Party will enter the next General Election campaign promising to change human rights law. It is not clear what change Mr Grayling envisages – and, of course, he has to persuade ...
Read More »Will 2013 be all rights?
Back in October, David Cameron announced that he wanted to scrap the Human Rights Act and, by way of a sop to the democrats who value human rights legislation. At the time, he was hinting that his Lib-Dem partners in ...
Read More »Someone’s not read the plot
While opposition parties in Tower Hamlets do their best to rubbish the Town Hall Administration, the Local Government Chronicle has nominated the Council for seven of its local government awards which recognise achievement. This is one of the highest numbers ...
Read More »Mayor marks Remembrance Day
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets, Lutfur Rahman, observed the 67th Anniversary Remembrance Day on 11th November
Read More »Boost for community groups thanks to football tournament
Community groups providing popular services such as welfare advice, activities for children and sports clubs have benefited from extra funding thanks to a football tournament launched by the Mayor of Tower Hamlets. Up to 20 organisations were chosen by to ...
Read More »Housebuilding flatlines
Government assurances that the private sector would build the new homes Britain nee Hyper Facebook(tm) Traffic ds have fallen flat. Brand new figures show that the number of new homes registered in the third quarter of 2012 was 6% down ...
Read More »Biggs -v- Boris on 999
London Assembly Member John Biggs made a splash at the GLA meeting on 31st October when he took on London Mayor Boris Johnson over threats to East London’s emergency services.
Read More »Greens demand Asda ends poverty pay
It used to be that if you said, “I’m going to Asda to see the Greens,” you were popping across to the Isle of Dogs supermarket to see if they had any cabbage.
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