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- Library of Things libraryofthings.co.uk
- PSCs to abandon NHS IT project over IR35 changes contractoruk.com
Thirty PSC contactors will abandon an overrun £16.5million health service IT project after a NHS trust said it would declare them all inside IR35 from April 6…
The way that contractors work in the public sector is changing and it is important to be aware of how these changes could affect you. From 6 April this year,…
- Philip Hammond ditches national insurance rise for self-employed theguardian.com
The chancellor, Philip Hammond, who was criticised by Tory backbenchers over the national insurance rise.Photograph: Dinendra Haria/Rex/Shutterstock Philip…
Trains sit idle at Selhurst depot during a strike by Southern Railway staff on 13 December.Photograph: Kirsty O'Connor/PA The Southern rail staff handing out…
- The 50 best breakfast places in the UK theguardian.com
The story of the referendum is usually told through geography: areas that had been left behind by globalisation voted to Leave. But this tells us only so much,…
- The fall and rise of the council estate theguardian.com
A ysen Dennis loves her flat. Two bedrooms, a neat kitchen-diner, a cosy living room, lots of light, a separate toilet and bathroom, and a much broader hallway…
- Nick Barber, Tom Hickman and Jeff King: Pulling the Article 50 ‘Trigger’: Parliament’s Indispensable Role ukconstitutionallaw.org
In this post we argue that as a matter of domestic constitutional law, the Prime Minister is unable to issue a declaration under Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty…
- 🇬🇧🇪🇺 Escape the Brexit escapethebrexit.com
- "Tomorrow belongs to me" - Charlie's Diary antipope.org
Okay, so the idiots did it; they broke the UK. This is a book launch month and I should really be blogging about "The Nightmare Stacks" but British politics has…
- Why I’ve Voted To Remain In The EU facebook.com
I wanted to put down my thoughts and reasoning behind my decision in the upcoming EU referendum. It’s too late for some people (many have voted by post already,…
- Is the EU really dictating the shape of your bananas? theguardian.com
Boris Johnson leaves an ice cream parlour on the outskirts of St Austell, Cornwall.Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters Launching the Vote Leave battlebus with an…
- How Boots went rogue | Aditya Chakrabortty theguardian.com
T ony was talking about how he wound up getting paid to care less – less about his sick patients, less about the specialism that demanded years of study, less…
As the dust settled on the 2008 financial crisis, the Bank of England started a process that would eventually open the door for a new type of bank to enter the…
- England’s 2,800-mile Coast Path to open in 2020 theguardian.com
Going coastal … Happisburgh beach and eroding cliffs.Photograph: Alamy F or a small country like Britain, the idea of claiming one of the longest footpaths in…
- Your step-by-step guide to automatic enrolment | The Pensions Regulator thepensionsregulator.gov.uk · Archived on
What is automatic enrolment? The law on workplace pensions has changed. Every employer with at least one member of staff now has new duties, including enrolling…
When the robin was voted the UK’s national bird last month, we chose to celebrate half of a broken relationship. The robin evolved to make use of wild boar,…
- UK Longevity Explorer (UbbLE) ubble.co.uk
On this website, you can explore the findings of scientific research carried out by Andrea Ganna and Erik Ingelsson . Their study , which is published in the…
- British Gut britishgut.org
This is a unique open collaboration between the Department of Twin Research at King's College London and The American Gut Project (AGP) to try to understand…
- The Slow Death of the University - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education chronicle.com
"Education should indeed be responsive to the needs of society. But this is not the same as regarding yourself as a service station for neocapitalism. In fact, you would tackle society’s needs a great deal more effectively were you to challenge this whole alienated model of learning. Medieval universities served the wider society superbly well, but they did so by producing pastors, lawyers, theologians, and administrative officials who helped to sustain church and state, not by frowning upon any form of intellectual activity that might fail to turn a quick buck." Terry Eagleton on good form.
Via infovore.
- Recent Train Times recenttraintimes.co.uk
Helps you find the trains that arrive punctually and avoid those that are often delayed. See how much trains on your route are typically delayed by and plan accordingly.
- The hidden costs of renting in modern Britain opendemocracy.net
- Traditional treatment for depression is not always the answer theguardian.com
The bottom line here is that this idea would punish people for not accepting the route one version of how to combat an extremely complex and multi- faceted condition, one which experts are constantly labouring to better understand.
- Highland hideaways: 10 of the best Scottish escapes theguardian.com
- Stargazing in Scotland: a holiday where dark skies are welcome theguardian.com
- London’s Great Exodus nytimes.com
The property market is no longer about people making a long-term investment in owning their shelter, but a place for the world’s richest people to park their money at an annualized rate of return of around 10 percent. It has made my adopted hometown a no-go area for increasing numbers of the middle class.
- The bonnie banks of Loch Lomond by bike theguardian.com
The trail is now almost complete (bar a few final safety checks) and will be opened officially next spring, running for 15 miles from Inversnaid to Aberfoyle. Beyond that, there is a grander plan for a 90-mile east-west path from the start of the Cowal Way in Portavadie to Callander. As yet nameless, it should be finished in 2015 and will make a new alternative to the well-worn West Highland Way, which runs north-south.
- Scotland is going it alone – regardless of the referendum theguardian.com
The more influential ministers in the coalition ache above all to radically challenge the role of the state, to achieve the reverse of the 1945 Labour government. Remarkably, given that they rule in a hung parliament, they have found the space to pursue their radical ambitions. Few in England voted for a revolutionary overhaul of the NHS, the near privatisation of universities, a further decline in the power of local government, a framework for education that paves the way for a return to selection and the introduction of profit-making schools, but that is what they are getting. In their fervent disdain for the state as a mediating agency, ministers focus with special energetic intensity on areas over which they happen to have no powers in Scotland.
As a result Scotland becomes more markedly different than ever. In Scotland the NHS is spared the haphazard revolution in England. The education secretary, Michael Gove, is powerless to impose his resolute will on schools in Scotland and the same applies to his other more evangelical colleagues moving England rightwards. Without doing very much Scotland becomes more different because of what is happening in England. The limited powers handed over to the Scottish parliament are precisely the ones that partly protect it from the ideological mission of the Westminster government.
- Top 10 UK coastal walks theguardian.com
- Edinburgh: the ultimate literary city theguardian.com
Gentrification has adopted an exaggerated and accelerated form in the capital, hurting communities from Brixton to Belgravia.
- 36 Hours in Edinburgh - NYTimes.com travel.nytimes.com
Via antimega.
- Gardenders' World: 2 for 1 Gardens to Visit, 2013-2014 gardenersworld.com
Thatcherism left Britain politically, economically and regionally divided, a state that was meant to be proud that it stood for something in the world again, even as Thatcherism warned that the state was the enemy of freedom and not to be relied upon. No one could bring in change of the shape, speed and size that Thatcher did, and not expect any flaws or problems to emerge. To say that she's responsible for the country's recent triumphs, but not for any of its woes, defies all logic.
- Budget 2013 – an overview for contractors :: Contractor UK contractoruk.com
Via monospaced.
- The joy of Essex | Rationalist Association rationalist.org.uk
- Routes www.RamblersRoutes.org ramblersroutes.org
- Great British walks | Travel | The Guardian guardian.co.uk
- Fancy Free Walks fancyfreewalks.org
Good idea, annoying PDF and KML execution.