As we start to work out the impact of the Conservatives' attempt at voter suppression, early analysis shows that at least 10,000 people lost out on the chance to vote in the local elections in May. Figures released by local councils suggest include those refused inside the polling stations and don't count those turned away by greeters on the door. From the BBC David Cowling, a former BBC polling expert who is now a visiting research fellow at King's College London, also says it must be borne in mind that some voters initially turned away later return with ID. He ...
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Unpaid carers are the backbone of our society. Yet far too many go without adequate support and struggle to balance caring responsibilities and work.
The US Congress and the Biden Administration are playing a dangerous game of chicken with the world economy. Failure to raise the government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling by early June would lead to a default on the US debt with car crash results for the US and world. Respected economists Joseph Bruselas and Tuan Nguyen reckon that an "actual default" would lead to US unemployment soaring from 3.4 percent to 12 percent; inflation rising to over 10 percent and the American economy contracting by 11 percent. Interest rates would rise affecting household and business borrowings. America's credit rating would be ...
The Guardian reports that ministers were warned about the dangers of private equity taking over the water industry in a briefing that has been kept secret for 20 years. The paper says that details of the analysis are still being withheld as sewage pollution and the failure of water companies to invest in infrastructure are under national scrutiny: The report being withheld from publication predicted the state of the privatised water industry today, and warned against private equity being allowed to move into water firms. It was prepared for the Competition Commission (now the Competition and Markets Authority, CMA) in ...
We recently had concerns about the state of the road surface in Richmond Terrace. We raised this with the City Council's Roads Maintenance Partnership and the Senior Engineer advised us as follows : "I had Richmond Terrace inspected and some actionable potholes have been identified. These will be repaired in due course. As for a full resurface, it does not score high enough at the moment to be in the programme The roads are as you know constantly inspected and scored and should it deteriorate worse than others it will move up in the programme Next financial year's programme will ...
