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“But as the database contains millions of rows of data, the government admits accessing the files will demand "some degree of technical competence"...”
“The Coins database contains a detailed analysis of state expenditure under more than 12,000 category headings.”
“This week civil servants' salaries above £150,000 were revealed for the first time...”
“Treasury Chief Secretary Danny Alexander said the Coins release was a 'major step forward'...”
“Today we have lifted that veil of secrecy by releasing detailed spending figures dating back to 2008”
“They have also promised more details 'in more accessible formats' by August.”
“The release of this data marks another milestone in the opening up of public data - in which the UK leads the way.”
“Mr Rosenbaum, who had a Freedom of Information request to gain access to the database refused last year, said the publication represented a reversal of policy from the previous government.”
“This week civil servants' salaries above £150,000 were revealed for the first time and hospital infection rates are also due to be published.”
“It was at the centre of a political row last year when the then shadow chancellor George Osborne said he was being denied access to information on the database needed to plan future cuts in government spending.”
“Today we have lifted that veil of secrecy by releasing detailed spending figures dating back to 2008," he said.”
“The deadline for nominations was 6 May.”
“It took him just over a day to find the notice.”
“Only one Conservative candidate and one independent candidate had been aware of the poll details, he claimed.”
“A district council by‑election is due to take place on 1 July.”
“The Electoral Commission has outlined five important points which it has asked us to consider for future elections.”
“doing it for the last 40 years”
“He chaired the BBC One show, broadcast on Thursday, for the first time.”
“No, you have only been booked to take the first punch.”
“when he punched a man on the campaign trail in 2001.”
“The city council's cabinet approved the first steps towards redeveloping what it called "one of the city's most iconic landmarks" in March.”
“Earlier the US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson had accused the Kigali government of restricting freedom ahead of the 9 August presidential election”
“Peter Erlinder arrived in Rwanda last week to help defend opposition leader Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, who has been charged with promoting genocide ideology last month.”
“The UK received its first warning in early 2009.”
“As the commission is currently assessing the UK's request for additional time to meet the limit value in London, and has nine months to do so...”
“The additional data was submitted by the government in May.”
“Furthermore, the Mayor of London has committed to applying targeted measures at priority locations if necessary.”
“We are therefore confident that these developments will address the concerns that triggered this legal action. London is well on track to meet and exceed these values by 2011.”
“I have been made aware today of the issues surrounding the site at McAuley Street. "I have asked for an urgent report to be forwarded to me by tomorrow and for DSD, Housing Executive and Helm Housing Association officials be available to …”
“I have asked for an urgent report to be forwarded to me by tomorrow and for DSD, Housing Executive and Helm Housing Association officials be available to advise me further on Friday.”
“a further 20 quangos would be abolished within a year”
“These included LearnDirect, the Institute for Learning, the Learning and Skills Improvement Service.”
“The UK Commission for Employment and Skills has been merged with another quango Investors in People.”
“Cabinet members are expected to approve the money saving plans on Wednesday”
“analysis of the legal grounds used by the government in 2003 would 'inform its considerations' about the decision to go to war.”
“Lord Goldsmith, attorney general at the time, decided force was justified by UN accords on Iraq dating back to 1991.”
“Until a month before the invasion, Lord Goldsmith believed it was 'safer' to get a fresh United Nations resolution but in his final legal opinion on the eve of war, he advised ministers that the 'combined effect' of existing UN resolutions…”
“Two senior Foreign Office lawyers at the time told the inquiry that they believed the invasion was unlawful without specific UN authorisation.”
“The inquiry is expected to publish its final report in early 2011.”
“Capt Waterman woke up two hours after thousands of Britons, including hundreds of women and children, abandoned Lucknow at the end of a 148-day siege.”
“Prime Minister David Cameron and Home Secretary Theresa May are to visit west Cumbria on Friday”
“President Barack Obama is to visit the gulf on Friday, his third trip there since the leak began six weeks ago.”
“who make up about 40% of the population”
“The other 60% are Dutch speakers”
“for the third time in as many years”
“Let's say every 10, 15 years we have an evaluation and a renegotiation of the institutional consensus”
“running 11 previous presidencies”
“The act of Parliament offered £20,000 to the person who could do it.”
“since January”
“March”
“Staff at Derby City Council are to take industrial action on 9 June in a row over travel allowances.”
“"We have to cut our cloth accordingly - we have all got to cut costs," he said”
“He said the council would have 50 pool cars on standby for staff to use so services would not be affected.”
“The Unison union, which represents some of the workers, has said it expects the action to disrupt some key council services such as social care.”
“The action will continue until the council agrees to come back to the negotiating table, a union official said.”
“The union also said the money was a vital part of the jobs package.”
“letter dated 25 May”
“he hoped the measures would be reversed by the time Libya hosts the Africa Cup of Nations in 2013”
“Last November, the Algerian team bus was pelted with stones before a World Cup qualifying match with Egypt”
“The subsequent play-off match between the two countries for a place in the World Cup in South Africa was moved to the more neutral setting of Sudan”
“The CBI in Scotland I think have got significantly less than 10% of the business leaders in Scotland.”
“under which a Scottish income tax would be set at 10p, with a corresponding cut in the block grant from the Treasury.”
“the move would fragment the UK's unitary tax system and see a rise in businesses' compliance costs as a result.”
“The campaign for fiscal responsibility was launched in Edinburgh by Mr McColl and Ben Thomson, chairman of the think-tank Reform Scotland.”
“Turkey has held funerals for nine activists killed in Israel's raid on a Gaza aid flotilla amid emotional scenes.”
“along with more than 450 activists”
“One of the bodies was due to be buried in Istanbul while the other eight were being taken to their home towns”
“Turkish post-mortem examinations found all nine of the dead had been shot, some at close range.”
“The dead include a 19-year-old Turkish citizen with an American passport - hit by four bullets in the head and one in the chest”
“Consular staff were on hand in Istanbul to help the activists from other countries. They include 34 people who hold British passports.”
“Seven other activists are in a serious condition and will remain in Israeli hospitals until they can be moved, Israeli officials say.”
“Another plane carrying 31 Greek activists, three French nationals and one American flew into Athens early on Thursday.”
“More than 100 relatives and supporters cheered and shouted pro-Palestinian slogans at the airport.”
“Meanwhile, some of the 10,000 tonnes of aid seized from the flotilla by Israel has been returned to the Israeli port of Ashdod after being left stranded at a Gaza-Israel crossing.”
“IHH leader Bulent Yildrim said upon his arrival back in Istanbul that he believed the death toll could be higher than nine, as his organisation had a longer list of missing people.”
“The bodies arrived, along with the 450 activists, in three aircraft chartered by the Turkish government at Istanbul airport in the early hours of Thursday, after several hours of delays.”
“Redditch Borough Council granted planning permission to the Kingfisher Shopping Centre for a seven-storey hotel in Oakley Road.”
“This has been going on for 30 years, it has been a gradual diminishing of our quality of life.”
“Northern Ireland must be prepared to face cuts as tough as those in the 1970s, the finance minister has warned.”
“Sammy Wilson said no department would be immune from the massive reductions in public expenditure he expects over the next few years.”
“"As a party we have identified savings in terms of the administration - the number of MLAs, the number of departments, the number of ministers, the number of quangos," he said.”
“Speaking at Belfast City Hall, Mr Wilson also said water charges were inevitable after departments had cut their budgets.”
“Last month Mr Wilson said water charges were unlikely to be introduced before April 2012.”
“They have been repeatedly deferred since the Executive was re-established three years ago.”
“I believe the seven pence charge is high enough to encourage consumers to change their shopping habits but not so high that it will stop impulse shopping or create a significant burden when we have forgotten reusable bags.”
“By introducing a bag charge, Wales becomes the first country in the UK to impose extra charges on shoppers at a time when they're already feeling the pinch. This will especially hit low-income families.”
“our surveys show that the vast majority believe that a plastic bag levy would be a good move”
“The Environment Minister is set to launch a second consultation on the carrier bag charge at the Hay Festival on Friday.”
“on 15 September 1971”
“39 years ago”
“The council described the offences as "distasteful".”
“The fact the Mr Balbuza was a councillor makes, to my mind, this offence even more distasteful.”
“MPs would get the chance to take part before the summer recess”
“MPs would get the chance to take part before the summer recess, she said.”
“We've seen one of the biggest increases in unemployment across the country so this is good news.”
“It alleged the vote for the Shura Council had been rigged.”
“"None of the Brotherhood's 13 candidates have won any seats in the 2010 Shura Council elections, a blatant proof that rigging took place,"”
“The Shura is an advisory council made up of 264 members;”
“176 are directly elected and 88 appointed by the president.”
“Mr ElBaradei has launched a campaign for political change in Egypt, but has not officially declared he will contest elections next year. The Muslim Brotherhood said it would help Mr ElBaradei collect signatures in his efforts to gather a m…”
