Tag Archives: George Osborne
Natural England steps into the Tumbrel
Liz Truss has apparently already agreed to a 32% cut to the Defra budget for the 4 years from 2016-17 onwards. This impressive feat allows her to sit on the panel which resides over the imposition of cuts on other, … Continue reading
Posted in Defra, George Osborne, Liz Truss, Natural England, SSSis
Tagged cuts, Defra, George Osborne, Liz Truss, Natural England, SSSIs
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Lodge Hill latest: Housing Minister Lewis ruins Christmas for Medway Planning Committee members
The battle of Lodge Hill has gone a bit quiet since the Rochester and Strood byelection, when all the candidates except Labour were clamouring to be seen as the one true defender of Lodge Hill, despite the fact that both … Continue reading
Posted in Brandon Lewis, Eric Pickles, Lodge Hill, Military Land, Natural England, RSPB, SSSis
Tagged Brandon Lewis, George Osborne, Lodge Hill, Medway Council, SSSIs
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Party Time 2: Owen Paterson’s Speech at the Tory Party Conference
I don’t have time to write an analysis of Owen Paterson’s speech at the Conservative Party Conference, but you can read it here. I’ll try and take a look at it this evening. At a fringe meeting Paterson also appeared … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, Common Agricultural Policy, Conservative Party Conference, farming, Owen Paterson
Tagged Agriculture, Conservative, Conservative conference, George Osborne, Global warming, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, National Farmers' Union, Owen Paterson, Paterson, Politics
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