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North Wales paedophile scandal: Photographic evidence of men abusing boys in care homes 'deliberately destroyed', says Sian Griffiths

North Wales paedophile scandal: Photographic evidence of men abusing boys in care homes 'deliberately destroyed', says Sian Griffiths | SteveB's Politics & Economy Scoops | Scoop.it
A worker at a council where two investigations were carried out into abuse says victim’s photos were ordered to be destroyed.
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Welcome to my Politics and Economy Scoop.

 

It is a fairly generic mix of articles, gathered through twitter, the blogs I follow and suggestions from the Scoop.it curation tool, that catch my attention as interesting to me and possibly other people.

 

Some scoops may not seem to be related to either politics or the economy but there is often a link - some are just less obvious than others!

 

You can use the filter option just above this introduction to search for a particular topic within the numerous articles collated here.

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SB Innovation Weekly | Parking Panda's Nick Miller on Startups in the Sharing Economy

SB Innovation Weekly | Parking Panda's Nick Miller on Startups in the Sharing Economy | SteveB's Politics & Economy Scoops | Scoop.it
Nick Miller is the CEO of Parking Panda — a service that enables parking space owners (both individuals and commercial lots) to capitalize on underutilized parking spaces by renting them to a community of drivers.

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School spending cannot be cut like this without compromising standards | Left Foot Forward

School spending cannot be cut like this without compromising standards | Left Foot Forward | SteveB's Politics & Economy Scoops | Scoop.it

I cannot be the only person with personal experience of managing schools whose jaw dropped at reading the headlines of the Reform report launched last week: Must Do Better: Spending on Schools.


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DWP In the Dock Again, This Time Over Benefit Cap

DWP In the Dock Again, This Time Over Benefit Cap | SteveB's Politics & Economy Scoops | Scoop.it
Another of Iain Duncan Smith's flagship welfare reforms is to face a court challenge it has been reported this week.  Four families are to bring a judicial review against the cap on benefits at £50...

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America's Bubble Economy Is Going To Become An Economic Black ...

America's Bubble Economy Is Going To Become An Economic Black ... | SteveB's Politics & Economy Scoops | Scoop.it
What is going to happen when the greatest economic bubble in the history of the world pops? The mainstream media never talks about that. They are much too.
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Goal Reached: Time to Restart the Economy | Global Research

Goal Reached: Time to Restart the Economy | Global Research | SteveB's Politics & Economy Scoops | Scoop.it
“The economy can't recover until housing recovers. Housing can't recover until people can afford to buy houses. People can't afford to buy houses until they can get jobs, and those with jobs can't afford to buy houses until ...
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Jobs, housing data show economy has some muscle - Reuters

Jobs, housing data show economy has some muscle - Reuters | SteveB's Politics & Economy Scoops | Scoop.it
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Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke told lawmakers that a decision to scale back the $85 billion in bonds the U.S.
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Richard Koo Warns Of "Beginning Of The End" For Japanese ...

The surge in Japanese long-term interest rates is likely causing some lost sleep among bond market participants and policymakers (despite their ignorance of the moves in the BoJ minutes) as Nomura's Richard Koo notes, ...
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As temperatures plummet, government unveils heatwave advice

As temperatures plummet, government unveils heatwave advice | SteveB's Politics & Economy Scoops | Scoop.it
In the midst of the coldest spring in 30 years, the government offers advice on coping with days of balmy summer With Britain enduring hailstones, temperatures below 10C and records revealing the UK's "worst" spring for 30 years, Public Health...
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Is EU wide country-by-country reporting really on its way?

Is EU wide country-by-country reporting really on its way? | SteveB's Politics & Economy Scoops | Scoop.it
I sat and listened to Big 4 accountants saying how dangerous and misleading country-by-country reporting would be this afternoon – although I can’t say where.
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The War on Drugs: the Observer debate – live

The War on Drugs: the Observer debate – live | SteveB's Politics & Economy Scoops | Scoop.it
Join us for tonight's panel discussion on drug laws with David Simon, writer of The Wire, documentary maker Eugene Jarecki, Rachel Seifert, British director of Cocaine Unwrapped and others at the Royal Institution of Great Britain.
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Woolwich killing: a life lost – and more

Woolwich killing: a life lost – and more | SteveB's Politics & Economy Scoops | Scoop.it
The Woolwich attack was something pretty exceptional, an extraordinarily foul deed for which there are few, if any, precise precedents
Sometimes the old labels are simply not adequate to a new situation.
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Keep the living wage alive

Keep the living wage alive | SteveB's Politics & Economy Scoops | Scoop.it
RT @anpa2001: RT @TheRightArticle: "Keep the living wage alive" http://t.co/dWE37N2EzE
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Michael Gove should be held to account over the crisis facing London’s schools

Michael Gove should be held to account over the crisis facing London’s schools | SteveB's Politics & Economy Scoops | Scoop.it
Annie Powell is a governor at a Southwark school Last month the body that represents London’s 33 local authorities issued the government with a stark warning: without additional funds, councils will soon be unable to guarantee a permanent school...
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The Eton Scholarship Question: this is how the British elite are trained to think

The Eton Scholarship Question: this is how the British elite are trained to think | SteveB's Politics & Economy Scoops | Scoop.it
As one of the school’s scholarship exam questions shows, young boys are encouraged to think that humanity, compassion, even sense are secondary to winning.

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Warnings over flagship projects

Warnings over flagship projects | SteveB's Politics & Economy Scoops | Scoop.it
More than 30 of the coalition's flagship schemes, including the West Coast Main Line scheme, are at serious risk of failure, a government report warns.
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Swedish riots rage for fourth night

Swedish riots rage for fourth night | SteveB's Politics & Economy Scoops | Scoop.it
Police attacked and cars torched in Stockholm suburbs as unrest sparked by long-term youth unemployment and poverty spreads
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BoJ Ignores Worst April Trade Deficit Ever - Suggests "Economy Has ...

BoJ Ignores Worst April Trade Deficit Ever - Suggests "Economy Has ... | SteveB's Politics & Economy Scoops | Scoop.it
Surging nominal imports and a miss for exports just about sums up perfectly just how the reality of Abenomics is crushing the real economy as the market goes from strength to strength on the hope that recovery is just around ...
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Nick Clegg isn't helping | John Redwood

Nick Clegg isn't helping | John Redwood | SteveB's Politics & Economy Scoops | Scoop.it
Telling Conservatives to stop playing games is rich from someone distracting the coalition from addressing the deficit
Nick Clegg's lecture to Conservative MPs was far from helpful.
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Australia: Losing 'know-how' economy? - CNN International

Australia: Losing 'know-how' economy? - CNN International | SteveB's Politics & Economy Scoops | Scoop.it
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Australia: Losing 'know-how' economy?
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Jeremy Hunt proposes a rewriting of GPs’ contracts - video

Jeremy Hunt discusses proposals to rewrite GPs' contracts on Thursday in a speech at the King's Fund in London
    
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Nursery reforms could cut childcare costs by 28%, DfE calculates

Nursery reforms could cut childcare costs by 28%, DfE calculates | SteveB's Politics & Economy Scoops | Scoop.it
New calculations released by Department for Education will boost those seeking to push stalled plans through The cost of childcare could be cut by as much as 28% if the government was to go ahead with stalled plans to raise ratios of children to...
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Letters: Uniting to help Ed Miliband transform Britain

Letters: Uniting to help Ed Miliband transform Britain | SteveB's Politics & Economy Scoops | Scoop.it
Len McCluskey denies any "breach of party rules" over his union's strategy in seeking to influence Labour party panel selections (Mandelson's argument is about politics not procedure, 21 May).
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Government ready to hit football with bill to push through reforms

Government ready to hit football with bill to push through reforms | SteveB's Politics & Economy Scoops | Scoop.it
• Sports minister wants to accelerate change at FA and beyond • Game's response to governance failings has been inadequate The government has issued a stark final warning to football, making it clear that it is already drawing up legislation in an...
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Obama and counter-terrorism: bringing drones in from the cold

Obama and counter-terrorism: bringing drones in from the cold | SteveB's Politics & Economy Scoops | Scoop.it
How happy would a future US president be to see Russia, China or any of the other 76 states who have acquired drones, follow the CIA's example?
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Disabled Workers Halt London Traffic

Disabled Workers Halt London Traffic | SteveB's Politics & Economy Scoops | Scoop.it
Hundreds of disabled workers brought traffic to a complete standstill in central London after scrapping speeches to protest.
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