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“Today’s White Paper borders on a fairy tale,” says Union Chief

The government has just published its White Paper setting out its Brexit plans. The document sets out the government’s 12 principles including migration control and "taking control of our own laws". Brexit Secretary David Davis said the UK's "best days are still to come", outside the EU. However one union has reacted ...

Owner Mark Glassman poses with a "Cookie Overload" milkshake at Sticks & Shakes in the Fashion Show Mall Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015. The kiosk sells frozen gelato and sorbet on a stick as well as customized milkshakes. The company also has a location at the Galleria Mall in Henderson.

UK entrepreneur invests in Las Vegas Sticks and Shakes

Leeds based entrepreneur invests in Las Vegas Dessert chain Leeds based entrepreneur, Matt Haycox, has invested in Las Vegas Dessert chain, Sticks and Shakes. Matt Haycox, a consultant to Access Commercial Funding, which provides businesses funding for growth, decided to invest in the chain after a chance meeting with the ...

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PMQs 25th Jan – A fluke nuke and a Trump rebuke  

Yesterday David Davis, Con, told the house that a White Paper over Brexit was basically impossible in the time frame before invoking article 50, but at today’s PMQs Teresa May announced there would be one after all, responding to a planted question from Chris Philp, Con. So during the previous ...

Google sets impossible task: Detecting Fake news

Today Google has announced a new initiative to rid the internet of fake news. Fifty thousand pounds of seed capital has been offered to the group that can find claims online and determine whether or not they are true. But for such a pitiful amount of start-up cash you’d be ...

Cash strapped hospital forced to scrap healthy eating option

A crisis-hit NHS trust has been forced to stop serving salads to patients because hospitals can no longer afford them. Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust scrapped the healthy food option after telling suppliers they are so much in debt they cannot pay them until April. A leaked memo revealed how ...

Hammond’s comments confirm that we voted for Brexit blind

Phillip Hammond's comments this week that Britain could change its economic model after Brexit negotiations have confirmed once and for all that we made the vote to leave the European Union completely blind. Talking to German newspaper Welt am Sonntag he unleashed a thinly veiled threat that Britain could use its corporate tax ...

The garage doors in Midsummer Avenue, Hounslow. See SWNS story SWGARAGES3; Councils in London could build more than 16,000 homes by using space taken up by the unused or rundown garages it owns, according to new research. A study of local authority-owned lock-ups revealed 24 councils own 53,640 garages in the capital - with 41 per cent empty or in disrepair. Demolishing the garages and replacing them with affordable one-bedroom flats could go someway to solving the London housing crisis, where the average home now costs £475,000.  The figures were revealed in a Freedom of Information request by property crowdfunding platform Property Partner. Researchers at property firm calculated the total square footage of 22,000 council-owned empty garages in London was more than eight million. If these garages were replaced with developments made up of 500 sq/ft flats, it is estimated 16,000 affordable homes could be built. The London Assembly says the capital needs between 49,000 and 80,000 homes per year to cope with the projected population growth of a million in the next ten years.

London garage space could free up room for 16,000 new homes

More than 16,000 new homes could be built across London on land occupied by unused or rundown garages owned by councils, according to new research. A study of local authority-owned lock-ups in the capital revealed 24 councils own a total of 53,640 - with 41 per cent empty or in ...

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