Archive for July 17th, 2009
EDM of the week calls for an end to printed EDMs
An Early Day Motion has been tabled calling for an end to their publication in physical form.
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Bishop of Bristol takes his seat in the Lords
The newest member of the Lords Spiritual was introduced to the House yesterday.
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MPs blame Learning and Skills Council for “financial fiasco” of college building programme
A committee of MPs has castigated the “financial fiasco of the capital programme in further education colleges” and blamed the “heinously complicated” management structure at the Learning and Skills Council.
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Labour and Tories flaunt green credentials in Copenhagen debate
Secretary of Energy and Climate Change Ed Miliband yesterday pledged that the government would “strain every sinew” to get an ambitious agreement at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December.
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