Hello! I'm Mark Pack, author of Polling UnPacked: The History, Uses and Abuses of Political Opinion Polls, as well as 101 Ways To Win An Election and Bad News: what the headlines don't tell us. Welcome to my summary of the latest national voting intention poll from each pollster currently operating in Britain. Below the table, you'll find the option to sign up to email updates about new polls and also a set of answers to frequently asked questions about political polling. Or, if you'd like to find out more about how polls work, how reliable they are and how ...
One of the key projects for the National Association of Local Councils is improving ethical standards in local government, so you might reasonably imagine that the publication of the Government's response to the Committee on Standards in Public Life's review of local government ethical standards would be studied very carefully. And, at the end of last week, it arrived. It would be fair to suggest that it didn't receive much of a welcome from our sector. Cllr Keith Stevens, the recently elected Chair of NALC, said; I am bitterly disappointed by the government's light touch, totally inadequate response to the ...
Four principal authority council by-elections this week, with three Liberal Democrat candidates – one up on the last time these seats were up. First up, a successful Lib Dem defence: Very happy to announce that I have been elected the new Test Valley Borough councillor for North Baddesley. Thanks to the amazing @LibDems team for all their support. pic.twitter.com/scqQDrMwMh — Geoff Cooper (@CooperGeoff) March 25, 2022
Thu, 18:28: September 2015 books https://t.co/1UDyQyIfFw https://t.co/nNJcdB10ph Fri, 08:17: Prescient choice of colours by the Pet Shop Boys in "Go West" (1993). https://t.co/R3SAsd65M9 Fri, 10:45: Reminder! My Imagine Belfast festival talk, "Where do we go from here? The 2022 Assembly election and a potential unity vote" is today at 5pm Belfast time (6pm Brussels). I was not able to travel, so it will be livestreamed. Sign up here for the link: https://t.co/hrPvWeGzB2 https://t.co/Qb0XN3pJDd
Jamie Stone has been making his feelings known on the appointment of Michael Grade as Chair of Ofcom. Jamie is our spokesperson for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. He says: This process has been rigged from the start. Michael Grade's obvious dislike of his former workplaces BBC and Channel 4 should have ruled him out from the get go. In the midst of the Ukraine crisis and the past years of pandemic, the chair of Ofcom should be a strong independent voice defending the integrity of our iconic public broadcasters – not a card carrying Conservative critic hurling abuse from ...
I think it is worth bringing together some of the research on Acetyl-CoA and what it can affect when it is not being used to generate energy for cells (ATP). Its worth reading my other blog pages which are associated with this: Gompertz, Interleukin-10 and the gradual deterioration of health which also looks at Citrate Insomnia, Health and Dietary Supplements (Particularly Vitamin D (D3) and
My old friend Bob Robinson brought my attention to this particular piece of undercover journalism:- www.thetimes.co.uk/podcasts/stories-of-our-times * Now those who know me well will recall that I was a trade union officer within PCS but not, I might add, in this particular government department. However, what struck me was that in the years prior to my retirement (4 years ago now) I was hearing about the strained industrial relations at DVLA. On that basis, my guess is that some of the underlying issues pre-date Covid 19 and in many ways, if industrial relations are poor things will only get worse ...
Responding to the Government choosing Conservative peer Michael Grade as the chair of Ofcom, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for DCMS Jamie Stone MP said: "This process has been rigged from the start. Michael Grade's obvious dislike of his former workplaces BBC and Channel 4 should have ruled him out from the get go. "In the midst of the Ukraine crisis and the past years of pandemic, the chair of Ofcom should be a strong independent voice defending the integrity of our iconic public broadcasters - not a card carrying Conservative critic hurling abuse from the sidelines."
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Lib Dems table amendment to reduce Sunak's £2.1bn tax raid by increasing NI threshold rise now
The Liberal Democrats have tabled an amendment to bring forward the rise in the National Insurance threshold to April 6th, helping to minimise the impact of Rishi Sunak's tax rises on millions of families. The Conservatives' manifesto-breaking rise to National Insurance will come into force on April 6th, hitting families with a tax rise of around £360 just as energy bills go up over 50%. Meanwhile, the Chancellor's announcement he will be increasing the threshold people start paying National Insurance won't take effect until July 6th. It means that for three months, families will feel the full force of Rishi ...
Responding to news that the Transport Secretary Grant Shapps met with DP World in Dubai in November 2021 and that he was warned that P&O would be needing to make changes to their business, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Business, Trade and Transport, Sarah Olney MP said: "Grant Shapps has serious questions to answer about what he knew and when about P&O's plans to shamefully sack its workers. "The Transport Secretary must come before Parliament to provide the urgent answers that P&O workers and their families deserve. "It's looks increasingly like Grant Shapps was asleep at the wheel, and missed vital ...
It is going to be some considerable time before the Tories are in any position to attempt to reclaim their own carefully cultivated image of a low-tax, pro-family party, but they can rest-assured that their reputation for favouring the rich over the poorest elements of our society is secure. As the Mirror reports, thias week's budget has been a PR disaster for the government, but a potential crisis for 1.3 million families in the UK. The paper says that Rishi Sunak's mini-Budget will plunge 1.3million Brits into poverty as the brutal impact of his miserly measures was today laid bare. ...
Responding to Rishi Sunak's interview on BBC Breakfast in which he said 'we all have different breads in my house', Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson Christine Jardine MP said: "Rishi Sunak has shown just how out of touch he is with the British people."This is his "let them eat cake" moment. While he talks about all his dough on morning television, millions of families watching are struggling with the worst fall in living standards in decades."Sunak should stop swindling the British people and scrap his unfair tax hikes that are hitting people at the worst possible time."
As part of Dundee's Year of the Older Person (extended for a 2nd year), Dundee Pensioners' Forum has organised a Celebration Concert at the Caird Hall on 2nd April 2022. The concert is free - and the Pensioners' Forum is hoping for a bumper audience to enjoy the varied programme. The event is designed as a thank you to all our NHS staff, care staff and other key workers who worked so hard to bring us through the Covid pandemic and representatives of these groups will be in the audience. All welcome!
