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Islamophobia and Religious Discrimination: new perspectives, policies and practices

wallscometumblingdown wrote 1 month ago: All readers of this blog are invited to the event, “Islamophobia & Religious Discriminatio … more →

Tags: 2008, Basia Spalek, CLG, Commission on British Muslims and Islamophobia, conservative party, Conservatives, EHRC, Equalities, Equality & Human Rights Commission

Hurry HURRY Hurry !!

mascosalvage wrote 1 month ago:     Thornton Kay from SALVO needs you to get your comments in very quickly to support the trade camp … more →

Tags: Landscape & Building Materials, sustainability, English Heritage, historic environment, landfill, landscape and building materials, MASCO sustainability, reuse and reclamation, salvo

NDCS campaigns at Labour conference 2009: day 4

Ian Noon wrote 2 months ago: On our final day at the Labour party conference, on a day the sun disappeared, we were on the hunt … more →

Tags: Access to Work, acoustics, Action for Children, Building Regulations, CLG, DCSF, EDCM, Jonathan Shaw, Labour

Local democracy - keeping tabs on the town hall

Glyn Mottershead wrote 4 months ago: Cardiff City Hall from Eva Caiden's flickrstream Public service reporting is a vital part of pub … more →

Tags: Research, democracy, foi, Help Me Investigate, Local Government, mysociety, TaxPayers Alliance

Triumph for opposition MP as autism bill moves forward with government support1 comment

ispystrangers wrote 5 months ago: Cheryl Gillan is Conservative MP for Chesham and Amersham by Tony Grew A bill that would require an … more →

Tags: commons, Lords, Ann Keen, NHS, Department for Health, Children Schools and Families, DCSF, Cabinet Office, Private Member's Bill

VOICING YOUR MIND

Jeanius wrote 6 months ago: Image by radio continental drift via Flickr Local Government South Africa- People and Life: Civil So … more →

Tags: development, Debates, society and culture, non-governmental organization, Civil Society, Decision Making, Philanthropy, activism, Organizations

"Misinformation and complacency" from councils who invested in Icelandic banks

ispystrangers wrote 6 months ago: A report from the Communities and Local Government Committee has said that local authorities have pu … more →

Tags: Committees, commons, credit crunch, Communities committee, Phyllis Starkey, Audit Commission, Iceland, icelandic banks, DCLG

Complacency, lack of expertise: Who can they mean?

Alan-a-dale wrote 6 months ago: The BBC reports today that local authorities have been criticised by MP’s for not spotting the … more →

Tags: Political comment, Nottingham city, "Nottingham City Council", Iceland, Investment

Minister returns to government after expenses investigation

ispystrangers wrote 6 months ago: A junior minister has returned to the government after the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards … more →

Tags: commons, mp expenses, Daily Telegraph, Ministry of Justice, Philip Mawer, Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards

MPs back increased powers for local government in England

ispystrangers wrote 6 months ago: A committee of MPs has reported that local government in England should be given more control. … more →

Tags: commons, Committees, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, Communities committee, Phyllis Starkey, local income tax, police, Council Tax, Business Rates

Vauxhall MP highlights social housing problems in her constituency

ispystrangers wrote 7 months ago: By Val Oliveira The MP for Vauxhall, Kate Hoey, has demanded the government to play a better role in … more →

Tags: commons, Lambeth, housing, Margaret Beckett, Kate Hoey, Val Oliveira

MPs clash over council tax at community questions1 comment

ispystrangers wrote 7 months ago: by Kate Appleby Apologies, or lack thereof, became the general theme in the Commons yesterday aftern … more →

Tags: commons, David Taylor, Kate Appleby, Hazel Blears, John Howell, Bob Neill

"One law for Gypsies, one law for settled people," claims Tory MP

ispystrangers wrote 7 months ago: by Kate Appleby The use of retrospective planning permission on sites occupied by travelling people … more →

Tags: commons, Speaker, Kate Appleby, Julie Morgan, James Gray, Iain Wright, Roma people, David Lidington

NDCS meetings with Ministers and MPs1 comment

Ian Noon wrote 7 months ago: I will need to get my suit out this week… We try to meet with MPs regularly to keep them infor … more →

Tags: Campaigns, deaf children, NDCS, Special Educational Needs, John Bercow, acoustics, Sounds Good, Phil Hope, Ann Keen

Taking action on acoustics after government disasppointment

Ian Noon wrote 8 months ago: So did we get a quadruple chocolate cookie cake? Nope. After dropping a big hint that it would, the … more →

Tags: acoustics, Building Bulletin 93, Sounds Good, acoustic testing, Take Action, MP

Local Information Systems network event4 comments

Naomi Winchurch wrote 10 months ago: On 29th January, Communities and Local Government hosted a network event on local information system … more →

Tags: west midlands regional observatory, Data, local information systems, Best Practice, Neighbourhood Statistics, data4nr, neighbourhood renewal

I tried "adding value" to Hazel Blears' weblog, but all I got was this lousy error message...

Richard Wilson wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday I wrote about Communities Minister Hazel Blears’ widely publicised attack on politic … more →

Tags: Checks and Balances, Don't Get Fooled Again, pseudo news, Things I've Done, Adding value, Hazel Blears, political blogging

Digital Mentors: invitation to tender

Gavin Wray wrote 1 year ago: The Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) are inviting individual organisations and … more →

Tags: Economic inclusion, Tenders, Social Media, digital mentors, CLG, Digital Inclusion

Keeping up to date with the latest data and statistics1 comment

Steven Dovey wrote 1 year ago: Barely a day goes by without an article on the morning news bulletin announcing that, “Accordi … more →

Tags: Research, Data, office for national statistics, statistics, UK Statistics Authority, DEFRA, home office, RSS


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