New idea would ensure bondholders paid off, while cash to run government could be held back if Athens did not live up to reform
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Emma Harrison, the government's 'families tsar' told Radio 5 live she is concerned that benefits will be capped at £26,000.
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Migrants must "add to the quality of life in Britain" if they want to live here, the Immigration Minister will say today.
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Migrants must "add to the quality of life in Britain" if they want to live here, the Immigration Minister will say today.
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Labour attacks "extravagant" streetscape scheme. As the £25 million Exhibition Road streetscape scheme opened in South Kensington, North Kensington Labour Councillors criticised the Council's extravagant spending on a scheme aimed at tourists. A short bus ride away are four of the poorest areas in the country. In Golborne Ward, 51% of the children live in poverty, residents endure high ...
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The new LDV members’ survey is now live. So if you are one of the c.1,300 registered members of the Liberal Democrat Voice forum — and any paid-up party member is welcome to join — then you now have the opportunity to make your views known. Questions we’re asking this month include: what you think
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 31st Jan 2012 (via libdemvoice.org)
Could you live without daily electronic conveniences -- Twitter, Facebook, email, texting and more -- for 90 days? Jake P. Reilly, a 24-year-old copywriting student at the Chicago Portfolio School, did just that. From October to December, he unplugged from...
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BloodAndTreasure on 31st Jan 2012 (via bloodandtreasure.typepad.com)