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Homophobia rife among Tory councillors
Tanko Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 10:14:02 AM GMT 
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I know we have our moments (last week's Barking & Dagenham story being a case in point) but the Local Government Chronicle is today highlighting something more ingrained among Tory councillors...
Communications and the Art of Government
Tanko Thu Aug 14, 2008 at 01:48:58 PM GMT
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24 or so hours on and what might we have learnt from the Government's handling of the 'Tory think tank slams north' story?
Minister publishes full expenses
Tanko Fri Aug 08, 2008 at 03:57:49 PM GMT
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Just heard that the Telegraph is running a short piece today on local government minister John Healey's decision to make his parliamentary expenses publicly available. Haven't seen the Telegraph itself but some quick searching around points to the original story - from a week or so ago in what I think is Healey's local paper:
