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  MPs urging more affordable homes
Date: February  23, 2009  

More affordable homes must be built to meet future housing needs and to help the construction industry through its current troubles, MPs have said.The government must stick to its ambitious house-building targets despite the recession, the Communities and Local Government Committee argues.But MPs are worried how its plans will be paid for as fundin
  MPs talking not hearing online
Date: February  23, 2009  

MPs are getting more adept at using the internet - but they tend to see it as way of talking to rather than hearing from voters, new research suggests.Attitudes among MPs to new media as a communications tool are too "passive", the Hansard Society has concluded.Its research found that although 83% of MPs have a personal website, only 11% of them bl
  Academies losing independence
Date: February  23, 2009  

Academies are facing a serious erosion of their independence, says a letter of protest from an organisation of these flagship state schools.Writing to Schools Minister Jim Knight, the Independent Academies Association says they are being made dependent on the "whims of quangos".They warn of "growing dismay" that Academies are increasingly coming un
  Royal Mail plans to be unveiled
Date: February  23, 2009  

Controversial government proposals to sell off part of the Royal Mail are to be introduced in Parliament on Thursday.Ministers want to sell a stake of about 30% to the private sector to help pay for the modernisation of the service.The plan faces opposition from a large number of Labour MPs, with 139 signing a motion opposing a sell-off, and from u
  Concern over by-election vote count
Date: February  23, 2009  

The counting of the votes after the Glenrothes by-election was not as "transparent" as it could have been, according to the elections watchdog.The Electoral Commission said the conduct of the count, last November, "went smoothly despite many challenges faced by the electoral administrators".However, it said some areas where the votes were being cou
  Van firm LDV seeks government aid
Date: February  22, 2009  

Struggling van-maker LDV has asked the government for millions of pounds in loans to help secure its future.It wants access to bridging loans to tide it over while it presses ahead with plans for a management buy-out.The company, which employs 900 people in Birmingham, has seen sales plummet and suspended production in December.The management buy-o
  Call for thousands more UK homes
Date: February  22, 2009  

The government is being urged to build the country out of recession with a major programme of house construction.The newly formed 2020 Group of building bodies, councils and unions says there is a need for 100,000 new affordable homes to rent over the next two years.The group says providing new social housing, as well as meeting an "urgent" demand,
  Liverpool 1-1 Man City
Date: February  22, 2009  

By Mandeep SangheraLiverpool s title hopes were dealt a severe blow as they were held to a draw by Manchester City at Anfield.City broke the deadlock when Craig Bellamy s shot was deflected in off Alvaro Arbeloa.A poor Liverpool had rarely threatened but levelled when Dirk Kuyt poked home after a Yossi Benayoun cross.Shay Given saved a powerful Ben
  Liverpool 1-1 Man City
Date: February  22, 2009  

By Mandeep SangheraLiverpool s title hopes were dealt a severe blow as they were held to a draw by Manchester City at Anfield.City broke the deadlock when Craig Bellamy s shot was deflected in off Alvaro Arbeloa.A poor Liverpool had rarely threatened but levelled when Dirk Kuyt poked home after a Yossi Benayoun cross.Shay Given saved a powerful Ben
  It s an ill wind...
Date: February  22, 2009  

By Andy GallacherBBC News, MiamiThe Star shoes and boots repair shop on Miami s Washington Avenue has the kind of back room that looks like it belongs in a museum.Huge metal machines that spin on leather belts and look like parts of an old steam train are labouring more than they have in years.Business here and at cobblers across the United States


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