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Help with fuel billsAs Harlow and the villages face a cold snap, in February, many people will be worried about staying warm - especially pensioners. Research shows that one in ten households are actually entitled to some form of help with their fuel bills. This help is worth an average of £250 per household.Harlow residents can call the Home Heat Helpline (0800 33 66... |
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Via LearnLiberty – Social Cooperation: Why thieves hate free markets
Via LearnLiberty.org: And also: Society is concerted action, cooperation. Society is the outcome of conscious and purposeful behaviour. … Individual man is born into a socially organized environment. In this sense alone we may accept the saying that society is–logically or historically–antecedent...
Shinfield planning consultation
Yesterday I called in at the consultation on the construction of new homes in Shinfield. I raised several issues with the representatives of the developers. These included whether they would build homes in a style which harmonised with the existing village,...
The west’s money go round
The Euro crisis has been postponed. The Euro area has now adopted the very popular approach in the modern west of simply printing more cash to see them over a rough patch. The European Central Bank’s decision to lend more than half a trillion euros to Euro area banks, for 3 years...
David Miliband’s right about a debate, but it cannot ignore the most fundamental problems
There is much to welcome in David Miliband’s call for a ‘comradely and serious debate’ about the future for the Labour Party, as prompted by Roy Hattersley’s recent article in the Political Quarterly on social democracy. He is certainly right about the spirit...
Will we be treble-crossed?
Tweeting today There is no conceivable British interests threatened by Iran. But vast profits beckon for the international war profiteers. Ever thus. 179 British lives lost in Iraq after Commons was bribed, baffled and bamboozled with lies on on non-existent WMDs. New Iran lie is being spread Afghan...
2012 Six Nations – Prediction Time.
Tomorrow, the 2012 Six Nations Tournament kicks off. Its prediction time. Even though Wales were the best team at the World Cup, I just cannot see us winning the championship. And the main reason is Gethin Jenkins. We just do not have enough strength in depth to replace his towering talent. We need both...
The average family pays £656,000 in tax over their lifetime
The TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) shows that the average family pays £656,000 in tax over their lifetime. After years of the state overspending and misusing our money we now have a greater idea of how far this legacy cripples the finances of British families. The TPA’s latest research shows the total...
Where is the strategy to get the British economy growing?
Since 2004, China's economy has grown by 126 percent. India's by 90 percent. Brazil's by almost 40 percent.* Over that period as a whole, the UK economy has more or less flat lined. The downturn has taken us pretty much to where we were. About the only double digit...
Crime is falling in Harlow
With the Home Secretary, and the Chief Constable for Essex,talking about how to cut crime in Harlow.A new investigation into crime in Harlow has been published today. It shows that in most serious categories - violence, burglary, criminal damage, and anti-social behaviour - crime in Harlow FELL...
High Tech Hersham
Hersham is well know for the Technology Park, but there is another high-tech hub on Molesey Road. Today, I visited Stan Lawrence and Mick Lowe at Zed Tunnel Guidance and Surrey Amps, and was impressed both with the technical expertise and raw enthusiasm for engineering on display. ZED Tunnel Guidance...
High Tech Hersham
Hersham is well know for the Technology Park, but there is another high-tech hub on Molesey Road. Today, I visited Stan Lawrence and Mick Lowe at Zed Tunnel Guidance and Surrey Amps, and was impressed both with the technical expertise and raw enthusiasm for engineering on display. ZED Tunnel Guidance...
Government puts extra money into Harlow
Through the New Homes Bonus, Harlow Council has been granted £442,473 this year (£231,938 was awarded in 2011) to build much-needed housing in the local area.The New Homes Bonus is a multi-billion pound programme that rewards communities when they accept more housebuilding in their area. The...
MY PROPOSAL: How to Boost Apprenticeships by 120,000
No one denies that there is a crisis of youth unemployment. Statistics show that there are now around one million young people who cannot find work (see the graph above).But as David Miliband said to The Times last year, the Coalition Government did not “invent the problem of youth unemployment.”...
10 Minute Rule Bill: Deadline extended to end of Saturday
There is an article in today’s South Manchester Reporter about the 10 minute rule bill. I have agreed to extended the deadline to saturday to allow their readers to make suggestions too. We’ve had over a dozen suggestions so far . … Continue reading →...
