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guardian.co.uk Politics:
Scottish secretary says aim is for Holyrood to decide size of its budgetScotland is to get more tax-raising powers under the most radical shake-up of devolution since 1999, the Scottish secretary said today.Jim Murphy said ne (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
With slashed budgets and increased demand, social housing requires managers with a variety of skillsWhen Paul Gatrill began a recent interim assignment, managing the refurbishment and modernisation of six tower blocks for soc (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
Conference delegates told that councils should be encouraged by the government to set aside their caution and be brave when commissioning public services from outside the mainstreamCan social enterprise break into the mainstr (Read More)
The Guardian:
• Minister raises alarm over 'ownerless corporations'• Time for investors to take responsibility as ownersThe City minister Lord Myners urged investors to stop acting like gamblers betting on the horses and to take a more re (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
Development agencies cannot hope to bring about lasting change in the communities in which they work. They can only provide short-term relief, argues Karen TreasureBoreholes and basic health or education services do not and c (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Britain's traditional adherence to strong governments with solid, first-past-the-post majorities is actually at variance with the facts. Take away minority governments at Westminster, usually Liberal with Labour support (or v (Read More)
The Guardian:
BBC management accused of paying lip service to letting other broadcasters join Project Canvas on-demand ventureBSkyB has accused the BBC of paying no more than "lip service" to allowing other broadcasters to join Project Can (Read More)
The Guardian:
One of the most startling statistics to emerge during the clean-up operation on the banks was that 200 individuals at Royal Bank of Scotland used to earn more than the old boss, Sir Fred Goodwin. Lord Myners, the City ministe (Read More)
TreeHugger:
Every year the Trudeau Foundation holds a conference around an idea; this year the theme was about cities, about rethinking the urban commons. While issues of governance, homelessness and immigration were discussed, much atte (Read More)
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University ordered to repay £36m worth of fundingThe University and College Union (UCU) says the position of governors at London Metropolitan University has become untenable, following a call for the entire governing body to (Read More)
The Guardian:
Social polarisation, the growth in lobbying and a loss of faith in process has left government paralysed in the face of huge challengesIt is hard for international observers of the United States to grasp the political paralys (Read More)
The Guardian:
Must Muslims find themselves at odds with the culture of scientific rationalism?It's difficult to deny the rich tradition of scientific discovery that characterised Islam for much of its history. But at a recent conference in (Read More)
The Guardian:
As tax havens increasingly co-operate with international law, Haiti's 'Baby Doc' Duvalier is the latest to have his money seizedIt is 23 years since "Baby Doc" Duvalier was forced out of power in Haiti; but in the next few we (Read More)
The Guardian:
There has been a lot of noise about getting tough with the banks, but it doesn't look like that is going to translate into much-needed actionSir David Walker's review of governance at banks is a key plank in the government's (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
Top 20 highest paid employees now unlikely to be identified unless they have boardroom rolesThousands of the highest-paid bankers in the City look likely to cling on to their anonymity as the government prepares to back down (Read More)
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The Guardian:
Thierry Henry's handball against Ireland capped a miserable sporting year of shameless cheatingIt was another Frenchman, Jean‑Paul Sartre, who cooked up the phrase "by any means necessary" as a war cry to eradicate class in G (Read More)
The Guardian:
• Swelling population 'risks demographic disaster'• Cynicism and disaffection among disturbing findingsPakistan faces a "demographic disaster" if its leaders fail to invest in a youth population that is disturbingly cynical a (Read More)
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Many Belgians fear chaos will return as the stabilising influence of Herman Van Rompuy is removedBelgium is celebrating like it's already New Year's Eve. The European heads of state have reached an agreement on who will becom (Read More)
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BP loses out as oligarch-favoured candidate Maxim Barsky appointed chief executive of Russia's third largest oil groupThe new domination of Moscow shareholders in the TNK-BP joint venture was underlined today when an inexperi (Read More)
The Guardian:
Former Tory minister has shown the value of politician's skills in running sportsIt is fashionable to condemn politicians out of hand these days - and after the moat, duck-house and claims-for-non-existent-mortgages horror sh (Read More)
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