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The high-speed rail link between London, Birmingham and Manchester – is the government shutting out the voices of local communities in favour of the big businesses?

The government’s plans to develop a new high-speed rail route linking the capital with Britain’s second and third largest cities have received mixed responses from the public. While numerous major businesses have pledged their support for the proposals in an open letter to the Transport Secretary, Phillip Hammond, there has been widespread anger from rural villages in towns in counties such as Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire, where the railway line will pass through. While the construction of the project is not More

Unemployment With Higher Rates

After the proposed and already accepted cuts by the government plus the rising skepticism about the political rulers in the UK, now the picture is pretty clear. The sign making such a general conclusion is once again unemployment. It was predicted it would rise but some still approved the approaches of the rulers and confirmed that there will not be a great impact on the unemployment rates if the government approves the cuts. However, once their are a fact, a More

Fresh Student Unrest

After the quite disputed problems that arose with the new schemes that the government developed for the student loans and university tuition fees, the student protests became somehow a familiar scene. The government enforced its plans and thus the pre-election expectations of thousands of people were abused after none of the promised happened. However, it seems like the student finance reforms that the government made was not enough and the cut the so important EMA scheme - the maintenance grant More

Discrimination in the Courts of England and Wales

It is a well known issue in the courts of England and Wales that the composition of judges and circuit judges in the states is quite monogamous and gives sufficient doubts about discrimination in the area. The majority of judges are males, the ethnic background poorly represents the society and the advancement of young and gifted legal specialists is hard and almost impossible in the higher courts. The first issue concerns the courts composition in terms of gender. It is More

A day of protest in the North

Today in Leeds England, another wave of protests is hitting the streets. Targeted at a combination of Philip Green’s Arcadia group and mobile telephone company Vodafone - both of whom have been alleged to be involved in massive but legal tax avoidance schemes - protesters will be staging events in a Topshop branch and a Vodafone store.

The average high street store employee is a long way from being able to go to Italy skiing for their holidays, generally being More

A day of protest in the North

Today in Leeds England, another wave of protests is hitting the streets. Targeted at a combination of Philip Green’s Arcadia group and mobile telephone company Vodafone - both of whom have been alleged to be involved in massive but legal tax avoidance schemes - protesters will be staging events in a Topshop branch and a Vodafone store.

The average high street store employee is a long way from being able to go to Italy skiing for their holidays, generally being More

A day of protest in the North

Today in Leeds England, another wave of protests is hitting the streets. Targeted at a combination of Philip Green’s Arcadia group and mobile telephone company Vodafone - both of whom have been alleged to be involved in massive but legal tax avoidance schemes - protesters will be staging events in a Topshop branch and a Vodafone store.

The average high street store employee is a long way from being able to go to Italy skiing for their holidays, generally being More

A day of protest in the North

Today in Leeds England, another wave of protests is hitting the streets. Targeted at a combination of Philip Green’s Arcadia group and mobile telephone company Vodafone - both of whom have been alleged to be involved in massive but legal tax avoidance schemes - protesters will be staging events in a Topshop branch and a Vodafone store.

The average high street store employee is a long way from being able to go to Italy skiing for their holidays, generally being More

A day of protest in the North

Today in Leeds England, another wave of protests is hitting the streets. Targeted at a combination of Philip Green’s Arcadia group and mobile telephone company Vodafone - both of whom have been alleged to be involved in massive but legal tax avoidance schemes - protesters will be staging events in a Topshop branch and a Vodafone store.

The average high street store employee is a long way from being able to go to Italy skiing for their holidays, generally being More

More Words on Cuts

As PM Cameron has proposed and as the government has accepted, the cuts in the UK are already a fact and the financial shortages are already being applied. The Prime Minister David Cameron fulfilled his plans on the cuts - he enforced the proposed measures in the public funding system, in the council systems, in education and transport and the government is still considering its actions towards the cuts in the military system - wondering how to proceed especially with More