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Defra migrates 10000 staff to eco-laptops...

Civil servants limited to one IT device. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is making progress on its Renew IT programme with plans to move 10000 civil servants to energy-saving laptops....

Government tightens ecotown planning standards...

Sustainable transport, zero-carbon homes and provision for green spaces among government's 'tough' new sustainability standards that developers will have to meet in order to attain ecotown status....

UUP and Tories hold talks...

Ulster Unionists can play a powerful role at the heart of the UK government if they forge a new alliance with the Tories, leader Sir Reg Empey has said....

Healthier Eating for UK Public Sector Workers And Patients...

Almost a third of all meals served by caterers in the UK are served in public sector institutions. Around one million meals are served to NHS patients and staff each day alone. Adoption of the mark will be voluntary. ......

Net Firms to Work with Music Industry Against File Sharing...

Six of the UK's largest net providers have reached an agreement with the music industry to take down digital piracy, the BBC reports. As a result of the arrangement (which was settled by the government), hundreds of thousands of letters ......

Simon Burgess interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Today programme...

Professor Simon Burgess from the University’s Centre for Market and Public Organisation was interviewed about public-sector bonuses on BBC Radio 4's 'Today' programme yesterday [Tuesday 22 July]....

Government clients renege on fair payment standard...

ODA and Department of Health fail to enforce 30-day payment rule in Construction Commitments....

Limits on the public sector gravy train...

WC (17/7), public sector annual increments only apply until you reach the top of the scale, then they stop....

Is The UK Government Planning A "Fortress Mainland Britain"?

In 2006 nearly 16 million passengers traveled by air and sea between Ireland and the UK, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. Unfortunately, despite the fact that both Ireland and Britain are members of the EU the British government ......

The New Left = The New Right or Achtung Workhouse UK...

The language chosen to relay this news in the media has been one of emotive, irrational language. Comments on those sources that reproduce public opinion has been nothing less than the haves lashing out at the have nots. ......