03 Sep
BBC News: Couple in Court over Olympics Tax
What the BBC said …
The couple said all British citizens should contribute, not just Londoners
What the couple said …
If everyone in England pays it then I will, but the fact that it is just Londoners paying it seems very unfair
Britain and England are not interchangable terms for the [...]
Posted in BBC, Britain = England, Media Watch by: CEP Media Watch
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03 Sep
Following news that the Scottish NHS is to follow in the footsteps of the Welsh NHS and abandon car parking charges in hospital car parks, the CEP has issued the following press release:
Hospital parking charges to remain in England
The British Government is failing England - hospital parking charges are the latest example.
The Welsh Government has [...]
Posted in Health, Scotland by: wonkotsane
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03 Sep
Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond, has unveiled plans to abolish council tax next year and replace it with a 3p local income tax.
The council tax is one of the most unfair and unpopular taxes in history. The arbitrary method of calculating how much someone is required to pay is matched only by the window tax [...]
Posted in Scotland by: wonkotsane
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03 Sep
Children who started school in England this September are the first that will have to remain in full time education until the age of 17.
The British government changed the law this year to force school children in England to remain in full time education until the age of 18 from 2015. As a stepping stone [...]
Posted in Discrimination, Education, England by: wonkotsane
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