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| Details of a new deal for foreigners who want to take British citizenship will be announced by the home secretary Jacqui Smith today. A Green Paper will propose that people who want to take UK Nationality must prove a number of new requirements and “earn” their citizenship. Details are expected to focus on learning English and obeying the law. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel - 20th February 2008 |
| General election turnout is in free-fall. Already in some constituencies that figure has fallen below 50%, and if present trends continue the government of the day will be elected with the support of less than 30% of the total electorate. | |
| Politics | Reform - November 2007. |
Most people over 50 think too many Christian practices are being ‘downgraded’ in public life out of sensitivity to multi-culturalism, The Times reports. The Saga Populus survey of 10,000 over 50s found widespread concerns about the celebration of Christmas. Some 85 per cent objected to councils replacing ‘Christmas’ lights with ‘winter’ lights and 84 per cent were dismayed by the replacement of nativity plays with non-religious productions in schools. The poll release came on the same day that MPs held a special debate at Westminster Hall. Conservative backbencher Mark Pritchard urged the government to protect public expressions of the UK’s Christian heritage. | |
| Politics | The Times - December 2007 |
| Prime Minister, Gordon Brown has announced a review of 24-hour drinking legislation after a dramatic increase in violent incidents in pubs and people being treated in casualty departments. | |
| Politics | Daily Mail - 13th November 2007 |
| Community leaders are calling on the Government to pick up a £90,000 tab for cleaning up extra cigarette buts dropped in the street since the public smoking ban came into force. Crewe and Nantwich Borough Councils street cleaning budget for this year has been hiked to £1,060,530 due to the extra litter expected to be discarded since the ban came into force last month. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel - 22nd August 2007 |
| Labour has failed to close the north-south divide in its 10 years in power, according to a report published today. Official figures indicate that, far from narrowing over the past decade, the gap in prosperity between Labour’s traditional heartlands in the North of England and the wealthy South-east – including London – has actually grown. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel - 6th August 2007 |
| Gordon Brown will begin his mission to restore trust in politics today with a special meeting of the Cabinet to draw up plans for a major overhaul of the way that government operates. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel - June 29 2007 |
| Road pricing will not work if people perceive it as an extra tax, council leaders said today. Charging motorists for using roads had to benefit everyone in the local area, a Local Government Association report added. Road pricing must not just raise extra revenue, with money collected being invested in transport improvements, the report said. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel - July 5 2007 |
| Every neighbourhood is to have its own kitty to spend on transport and infrastructure. Communities Secretary, Rachel Blears will use her first major speech in the job to signal an extension of the Government’s attempts to give residents a bigger say in their area. The initiative will see larger swathes of Council’s spending determined by communities themselves. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel - July 5 2007 |
| Political apathy seems to be one of the main features of today’s cultural landscape. Politicians and commentators are repeatedly bemoaning it. Around a fifth of British people have no interest in politics whatsoever, according to a survey published in March. Even students don’t get worked up like they used to. Nearly three quarters of the population say that they trust politicians “not very much” or “not at all”. It seems that this widespread mistrust of the whole political process has made “politics” a dirty word. | |
| Politics | Idea - July/August 2007 |
| A recent poll amongst 450 of British 14-19 yr olds, reveals that politics just doesn't feature on the agenda for this age group. Online social community for teenagers, LunarStorm, shows that 37% of boys and 35% of girls, really DON'T CARE who will run the country after Tony Blair. | |
| Politics | Midnight Communications – September 2006 |
| More Americans know who Harry Potter is than can name Prime Minister Tony Blair. Some 57% of U.S. citizens correctly identified JK Rowling’s fictional teenage wizard. But just 50% could say who Britain’s leader was. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel – 16th August 2006 |
| A group of bishops have warned Prime Minister Tony Blair that the possession of Trident nuclear weapons is evil and profoundly anti God. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel - 10th July 2006 |
| According to MP George Galloway, young Muslims had no confidence in the police. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel – 9th June 2006 |
| Almost one in five people do not want a say in how the country is run. The study found 17% of the UK population did not want a say. Some 12% said they would not be willing to do any thing to influence a decision by local or national government. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel – 20th March 2006 |
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