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Late cancer diagnosis kills 10,000 a year according to government tsar | Society | The Guardian
Read more: Late cancer diagnosis kills 10,000 a year according to government tsar | Society | The GuardianVia Late cancer diagnosis kills 10,000 a year according to government tsar | Society | The Guardian, another tragedy: Up to 10,000 people die needlessly of cancer every year because their condition is diagnosed too late, according to…
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Iraq: The war was illegal – The Independent
Read more: Iraq: The war was illegal – The IndependentThe Independent reports: Tony Blair will be quizzed over a devastating official memo warning him that war on Iraq would be illegal eight months before he sent troops into Baghdad, it was claimed last night. The Chilcot inquiry into…
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Ofwat, Water UK, the Consumer Council for Water and The Managerial Revolution
Read more: Ofwat, Water UK, the Consumer Council for Water and The Managerial RevolutionIn this article, I make the case that we live in a managerial society, one born in the tragedy of the first half of the twentieth century, and that it is this social system which is failing today.…
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Wycombe Motorcycle Action Group
Read more: Wycombe Motorcycle Action GroupFollowing a number of private meetings across the Wycombe constituency yesterday, from Fingest to the town centre, I had the pleasure of meeting Wycombe Motorcycle Action Group. From MAG’s about page: The Motorcycle Action Group, (MAG), is a…
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The Conservative Party | Helping local people save and run community facilities
Read more: The Conservative Party | Helping local people save and run community facilitiesGood news: Radical new powers will be given to local residents to protect community assets from closure and allow local people to take over the running of public buildings and community assets, Conservatives announced today. In a Party…
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Brian Micklethwait on Toby Baxendale
Read more: Brian Micklethwait on Toby BaxendaleBrian Micklethwait on my colleague, Cobden Centre Chairman, Toby Baxendale: …You don’t get from seventy grand in debt at the age of twenty one to running a company that turns over a hundred million quid a year before…
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IEA Blog: New Lib Dem proposals – tax prudent banks to shore up risky ones
Read more: IEA Blog: New Lib Dem proposals – tax prudent banks to shore up risky onesThe Institute of Economic Affairs critiques New Lib Dem proposals – tax prudent banks to shore up risky ones: I welcome Vince Cable’s repudiation of the Tobin tax but, instead, he has proposed a tax on bank profits…
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Top tips and the clear choice in British politics
Read more: Top tips and the clear choice in British politicsToday, I rode to church on my KTM 950 Supermoto, which revealed a couple of top tips I would like to share. On the ride home, I assembled these into an illustration of the clear choice in British…