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The Bakers Union and MP’s are again demanding that Orchard House Food pay the workers, at their recently closed Gateshead plant, the redundancy payments they are owed before Christmas. As things stand the company, that supplies the likes of Marks and Spencer and Pret A Manger, and which is a going concern with a factory still… Read more »
The UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), has condemned an incident in the Yorkshire Dales where a nest of hen harrier chicks is suspected of being deliberately destroyed by human activity. North Yorkshire Police is calling for anyone with information about the incident near Whernside earlier this year to… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff Three peers should be suspended over their expenses, a Lords committee has said. The House of Lords Privileges and Conduct Committee said Lady Uddin and Lord Bhatia did not act in good faith when they incorrectly designated their main homes so they could claim overnight allowance. Baroness Uddin should be suspended until… Read more »
It’s not hard to pick this week’s highlight. On Wednesday George Osborne will inform the Commons of the government’s comprehensive spending review, the impact of which will shape Britain’s politics for the next decade. Arguing that international development secretary Andrew Mitchell’s appearance before his department’s select committee, or that Wednesday’s adjournment debate on health services… Read more »
