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July 28, 2007
Did you see,,,
I love trawling the various news sources we get access to via work. It gives you many, many feeds, which are filtered for the business, and so filter out all the spin, and dross. One caught my eye, in The Independent, news that the use of cars by ministers has risen by nearly 8 per cent in the past year. Not what you'd expect for a government keen to emphasis it's green credentials. And more surprising that none of the other parties picked up on it. Probably because they've not got a good record for comparison, maybe?
The not-so-big surprise is the news that the Cabinet Office was the biggest spender, home to Two Jags himself, John Prescott, which used eight cars, at a cost of more than £500,000.
Also, a proposal to allow e-petitions to Parliment, sponsored by MP's. Having been involved in a number of e-petitions, that I can only see as a good thing, although it'll be open to abuse like the current system.
More importantly, for the armed forces struggling to move themselves around all the places they're being sent, is the confirmation of the order for an additional C-17 transport plane by the Defence Secretary, Des Browne. With the carrier order announced last week, it looks like the services are finally getting the necessary equipment to replace all the stuff that's being withdrawn, albet earlier than planned.
Posted by alan at July 28, 2007 01:29 PM
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