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The Rock shakes hands with Spain, and everyone is a winner
The deal that brings Gibraltar in from the cold, and the hope that threats will have no place in future negotiations.
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190 reasons why the British are learning to love knowing more than just English
190 Specialist Language Colleges are changing the way children think of other languages.
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The language of success
Frances Rafferty talks to Isabella Moore, director of the National Centre for Languages.
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We need nuclear, but in today's world don't expect the new players to be British
Four engineering academics take a look at what is needed to deliver a nuclear renaissace whilst ensuring that the public are kept safe and on board.
Author: Malcolm Joyce, Roger Kemp, William J Nuttall, Chris Squire
Published: 10th October 2006
Filed Under: Nuclear, Electricity, Energy
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Let's be sure Britain makes the best of the North Sea
Mark Carne welcomes the government's recognition that it must do more to ensure that Britain does not waste its oil and gas legacy in the North Sea.
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Rushing at the nuclear fence, and then failing to clear it
Gordon MacKerron asks whether the energy review was necessary at all, and contrasts the inclusive study that marked the 2003 white paper with this year's review
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An 80% cut is the right goal but have we the will to make it happen?
A bigger target for reduction in carbon emissions is right, but is the road map for getting there the right one?
Author: Dr Alister Scott
Published: 10th October 2006
Filed Under: Environment, Nuclear, Energy, Carbon Emissions
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If this is pensions reform, then back to the drawing board, Mr Brown
The government’s ‘pension reform’ proposals have ended up as a mess — particularly for women.
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A bigger scandal than we had with Maxwell
The government has wilfully misled those who have lost money because of fund wind-ups, and in so doing has destroyed confidence in pension schemes.
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New Age Pensions
Former No. 10 adviser Ros Altmann says that the government’s pension reform proposals seem more concerned with short-term headlines than the enduring sustainable changes really needed.
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A man in a hurry; a man in no hurry
While Gerry Adams is desperate for a resolution in Northern Ireland, DUP leader Ian Paisley is in no rush .
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The child experts we cannot afford to lose, but do not seem to value
Charles Ward on the pivotal importance of educational psychologists, who aren't getting the credit they deserve.
Author: Charles Ward
Published: 8th October 2006
Filed Under: Education, Child Welfare, Special Needs
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We know who they are, but do we really hear what they have to say?
The government has identified the most excluded families in Britain amongst the key target groups it now wants to reach. Fran Bennett poses a series of questions ministers will need to consider.
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Helping the hopeless
Hilary Armstrong argues that social exclusion cannot be accepted as inevitable, and that this is the first government to be in a position to really reach out to the most severely excluded and disadvantaged.
Author: Hilary Armstrong
Published: 8th October 2006
Filed Under: Policy, Child Welfare, Poverty, Unemployment
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The letter that should set alarm bells ringing in Whitehall
What government should be doing to save our children.
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Junk kids, junk Britain
The effects of junk food, television and computer games on children's health and development.