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Disabled Motorists Penalised By British Transport System
A survey of disabled motorists in the UK shows that two thirds (60%) never use any form of public transport. Conducted for specialist insurers, Privilege, the survey reveals disabled motorists have to resort to using their own cars because of the problems they experience with access at shops and places of work.
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Babes and Sucklings
Thirty years ago this week, Parliament was dissolved, and the last Labour government to have a working majority went to the country to appeal for a renewal of its mandate to govern. There is no consensus of opinion on why Harold Wilson lost that election and Edward Heath won, but one widely-held belief is that the final critical swing in the last few days may have been caused by England's defeat by West Germany in the quarter-finals of the World Cup. A government was ejected from office because England lost a football match.
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England: One Nation?
Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way ...?
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Local Elections Turnout
Next Thursday will see local government elections being held in most of England, both the high profile contest for London Mayor and the much less heralded contest for more than 3,300 seats on around 150 district and borough councils. Turnout will almost certainly be dire, as it nearly always is these days; last year it was 36% in the shire districts, 31% in the unitary authorities and just 26% in the metropolitan boroughs.
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Elections and the BBC
Earlier this week Peter Kellner in his column in the London Evening Standard strongly criticised two aspects of BBC coverage of the London Mayor and other local elections to be held next month. First, he complained that the BBC's political journalists in London, who had commissioned a poll on the election from MORI [BBC London Live poll] had been prevented by Corporation policy from including any questions on voting intention; this is merely the continuation of a policy which we have criticised for a number of years. Secondly, he has pointed out a new restriction, which will lead to all the parties being required to run their election broadcasts before Easter, a full ten days before polling day. This, arises from the introduction of pilot schemes in a number of councils across the country, whereby a few polling stations will be open early, on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday before the normal polling day, so that electors who cannot vote in the usual way will be able to cast thei...
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Nurses Spell Out Their NHS Spending Priorities
Nurses believe the biggest priority for tackling nurse shortages is for services to have the right number and type of nurses, health care assistants and other staff, according to a MORI poll for the Royal College of Nursing, published on the eve of RCN Congress 2000.