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Wake up Olive! Demand an inquiry
Opposition Leader Olive Crane calls for public inquiry, photo from CBC News By Stephen Pate NJN News January 9, 2009 with story from the Guardian The Guardian reports Olive Crane is calling for public… more →
Liberal Millionaires Club
Reflections on project failure #1
petermsalmon wrote 1 month ago: Basil Woods at Baz Practice draws attention to a report by the UK’s Public Account Committee i … more →
Three former Pakistani generals accused of fraud
alertindia wrote 1 month ago: ISLAMABAD – Three former Pakistani Army generals have been accused of causing a Rs.1.8 billion … more →
The cycling menace
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lordnorton wrote 1 month ago: My earlier post on how tea-drinkers are treated attracted a record number of comments. I said it wa … more →
UK's six million unpaid carers failed by 'complex' benefits system
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ispystrangers wrote 3 months ago: A committee of MPs has said there need to be changes to the benefits system so that carers to be ref … more →
Health sector cannot bond doctors from traveling out –Dr. Kumbuor
tillychineryhesse wrote 3 months ago: GHS Deputy Minister of Health, Dr. Ben Kumbour says the health sector cannot bond doctors that the H … more →
Poor coordination between Whitehall departments hampers campaign against alcohol misuse
ispystrangers wrote 4 months ago: Alcohol misuse is a significant and growing problem in England, according to a new report from MPs. … more →
Fuel poverty scheme "failing poorest and most vulnerable"
ispystrangers wrote 4 months ago: A committee of MPs has produced a report which criticises a government scheme supposed to reduce fue … more →
Bourgeois Art Balls-Up
oldrope wrote 4 months ago: Following an Old Rope post last week about arts and third sector funding, then a second post about t … more →
Public accounts committee criticises "poor" HMRC customs operations
ispystrangers wrote 4 months ago: A committee of MPs has said that HM Revenue and Customs’ management of customs activities is f … more →
Committee says charity support programmes suffered from bad management
ispystrangers wrote 4 months ago: Two Cabinet Office programmes designed to build up the expertise and resources of third sector organ … more →
Honeybees and The Third Sector - PAC Attacks!
oldrope wrote 4 months ago: Following yesterday’s post about funding and the third sector (and a bit about the Arts Council), to … more →
Some Slants On Grants: Third Sector, The Arts and Public Services
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oldrope wrote 4 months ago: Following the recent attempt to oust our incumbent PM by Labour backbenchers, Gordon Brown has been … more →
MPs demand DEFRA pay attention to dying honeybee colonies
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ispystrangers wrote 4 months ago: A committee of MPs has accused the government of being indifferent to the health of honeybees, despi … more →
Courts "must make better use of staff and IT" to reduce trial waiting times
ispystrangers wrote 5 months ago: The Public Affairs Committee has published a report on the performance of the Crown Court system. In … more →
Senior MPs call for more powers to scrutinise government spending
ispystrangers wrote 5 months ago: The liaison committee has said the way public expenditure figures for Government programmes for futu … more →
Treasury staff lacked "relevant skills" to deal with Northen Rock crisis
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ispystrangers wrote 5 months ago: An influential committee of MPs has accused HM Treasury of being ill-equipped to deal with the crisi … more →
MPs praise EU's improved financial management but "difficulties remain"
ispystrangers wrote 5 months ago: A commitee of MPs has said the European Commission has made “significant effort” over re … more →
Watmore's wisdom
greatemancipator wrote 5 months ago: Reading Computer Weekly informed me there might be something tasty in the evidence given by Ian Watm … more →
Hand over the tapes and nobody gets hurt: Liveblogging the Public Accounts Committee
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Kady O'Malley wrote 5 months ago: Hey, remember those mysterious audio tapes that Public Accounts has has such a very hard time prying … more →
