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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:46:20 GMT
Englands hedgerows: dont cut them out!
New research released by CPRE finds that more hedgerows then ever before are now being protected (42 per cent) with an 18 per cent increase since CPRE’s last survey in 1998 [1]. However the overall length of England’s managed hedgerows fell by 26,000 km (6 per cent) between 1998 and 2007 [2].
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:01 GMT
CPRE welcomes Pickles call to de-clutter the Countryside
CPRE is celebrating moves by the Government to take action on signage clutter. Communities Secretary Eric Pickles and Transport Secretary Philip Hammond are writing to councils to ask them to 'cut the clutter', echoing calls first made by CPRE in 1996 in its groundbreaking report ‘The Cluttered Countryside.’
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:01 GMT
The Big Society should mean stronger rights to challenge bad planning decisions, say CPRE and ELF
As the Government begins to explain what the ‘Big Society’ might mean for local communities, the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) and the Environmental Law Foundation (ELF) are calling on Ministers not to pull a U-turn on their promise to rebalance rights of appeal in the planning process.
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:01 GMT
"Do or die" challenge for rural communities
Britain’s rural villages are at risk of dying unless radical action is taken to secure their future, it is being warned. A newly formed Rural Coalition, made up of leading organisations which represent rural interests, is calling on the Government to deliver on its Big Society vision by radically empowering local people to shape the rural places in which they live.
Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:20:47 GMT
Supermarket watchdog warmly welcomed
Graeme Willis, Senior Rural Policy Campaigner for CPRE, welcomes Government plans for a new Groceries Code Adjudicator to monitor and enforce the Groceries Supply Code of Practice between supermarkets and their suppliers.
Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:39:22 GMT
Community Right to Build needs further thought, say CPRE
Fiona Howie, Head of Planning at the Campaign to Protect Rural England, responds to Grant Shapps plans for a new ‘Community Right to Build’.
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:01 GMT
No high-speed rail link to Heathrow is needed
CPRE Senior Transport Campaigner at Campaign Ralph Smyth comments on the independent report by Lord Mawhinney on High speed rail access to Heathrow
Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:29:46 GMT
Cost of litter spirals out of control
The cost of clearing up Britain’s litter epidemic has risen by almost £100 million (10 percent) in just one year. Figures highlighted by Keep Britain Tidy show the full shocking £858 million cost of our throwaway culture.
Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:01 GMT
CPRE wins battle to have energy policy re-evaluated
CPRE welcomes the announcement that the coalition Government has heeded its call to take another look at the draft Energy National Policy Statements (NPSs).
Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:16:28 GMT
Dont cut the countryside!
England’s conservation organisations have joined forces to paint a grim picture of a countryside starved of money by budget cuts. On the 30th anniversary of the Wildlife and Countryside Link, its members have issued an unprecedented warning about what the future would hold should the Government slash spending on conservation, wildlife-friendly farming and public recreation.
Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:34:38 GMT
Affordable Housing Needed To Keep Villages Alive
Without new affordable housing many villages and rural areas will become enclaves of the wealthy, with local shops and services a distant memory. This is why the National Housing Federation (NHF), with support from a number of partners including Campaign to Protect Rural England, have launched a new a guide, ‘Affordable housing keeps villages alive,’ which aims to make the case for new rural affordable housing.
Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:01 GMT
A welcome goodbye to top down housing, but dont leave a strategic planning gap
CPRE Head of Planning, Fiona Howie, responds to confirmation that Regional Spatial Strategies will be abolished
Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:30:00 GMT
State of the Countryside Report 2010: a challenge for the coalition
Ben Stafford, Head of Campaigns at CPRE, responds to the publication of the 2010 State of the Countryside report by the Commission for Rural Communities.
Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:01 GMT
CPRE responds to scrapping of Commission for Rural Communities (CRC)
CPRE Chief Executive Shaun Spiers responds to Caroline Spelman's announcement that the Commission for Rural Communities (CRC) will be abolished.
Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:43:20 GMT
End to IPC is a step towards more democratic planning, but still further to go say CPRE
Fiona Howie, CPRE Head of Planning comments the Government's announcement confirming the Infrastructure Planning Commission will be abolished.
Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:48:57 GMT
Is Boris back-pedalling on Londons cycling revolution?
A new report by CPRE shows that the central target in London’s ‘cycling revolution’ is fundamentally flawed and accuses the London Mayor of Back-peddling London's cycling revolution.
Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:01 GMT
Budget 2010: 'Greenest government ever' must not forget the environment
CPRE's Head of Campaigns, Ben Stafford, responds to the new coalition's emergency budget.
Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:40:12 GMT
We need to cut carbon but not at the cost of the countryside, says rural campaigners
CPRE has called for close attention to be paid to an ambitious report that proposes to make Britain carbon neutral by 2030, and particularly its implications for the countryside.
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:00:00 GMT
New report puts upland landscapes centre stage for UK carbon and water strategy
CPRE welcomes the emphasis on carbon storage and water management in a new Uplands report by the Commission for Rural Communities.
Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:01:00 GMT
Government could be risking environmental disaster
CPRE respondes to a written Ministerial statement by the Minister for Decentralisation, Greg Clark MP, on the Government decision to remove gardens from the definition of brownfield land and to scrap minimum housing density standards.
Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:41:35 GMT
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Campaign for an English Parliament
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:46:20 GMT
CEP at UKIP Party Conference
The Campaign for an English Parliament has a fringe stand and debate at the UKIP party conference which starts tomorrow (Friday 3rd). Our chairman, Scilla Cullen, recently met with UKIP’s Deputy Leader, David Campbell Bannerman to discuss the party’s policy on devolution who invited the CEP to hold a fringe event at this year’s conference. [...]
Category: CEP
Category: Party Conferences
Category: Party Conference
Category: UKIP
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:59:40 +0000
British government abolishing English Audit Commission
The British Minister for English Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles, has announced the axing of another English British government department as part of the massive public sector spending cuts the British are targeting at England. The Audit Commission, which audits local authorities in England to ensure they are providing value for the council tax [...]
Category: David Cameron
Category: Discrimination
Category: Economy
Category: Audit Commission
Category: Budget Cuts
Category: Eric Pickles
Category: Police
Category: School Meals
Category: Sour Little Englanders
Category: Sport England
Category: UK Sport
Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:10:53 +0000
Big Society, big con
David Cameron announced his “Big Society” initiative today to fix our broken society and transfer power from government to local people (video). It’s my hope – and my mission – that when people look back at this five, ten year-period from 2010, they’ll say: ‘In Britain they didn’t just pay down the deficit, they didn’t [...]
Category: Britain = England
Category: Conservatives
Category: England
Category: Media
Category: Big Society
Category: Say England
Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:17:49 +0000
Report says Scotland’s subsidy should be cut by £4bn
A report commissioned by the Welsh government says that Scotland’s subsidy under the Barnett Bribe should be cut by £4bn if funding is allocated based on need rather than population and political expediency as it current is. The Welsh government has been promised a referendum by the Brits on turning the Welsh Assembly into a [...]
Category: Barnett Formula
Category: Calman Commission
Category: England
Category: Scotland
Category: Wales
Category: West Lothian Question
Category: Imperialism
Category: Referendum
Category: The Scotsman
Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:07:38 +0000
Press Release: England is for life, not just for football
The Campaign for an English Parliament is urging all English patriots to resist the urge to take down their flags after England’s disappointing performance against Germany and show the world that we are not a country of part time patriots. There is more to England than its football team, more to be proud of than [...]
Category: Announcements
Category: England
Category: Flags
Category: Press Releases
Category: Sport
Category: Part Time Patriots
Category: Press Release
Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:27:21 +0000
Two World Wars and one World Cup
I would love England to win the World Cup but if – as seems likely – we don’t make it to the finals, the disappointment will be tempered somewhat as long as we give the Germans a damn good thrashing this afternoon.
Category: England
Category: Sport
Category: Germany
Category: World Cup
Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:57:55 +0000
Does Coca Cola think the UK is in the world cup?
The Coca Cola world cup goal celebrations advert really is excellent – the song is great, the celebrations are funny (especially the Japanese player jumping backwards over the advertising hoarding) and my kids can’t wait for it to come on. But Coca Cola seem to be a little confused judging by the flag waving at [...]
Category: Britain = England
Category: Flags
Category: Sport
Category: Coca Cola
Category: World Cup
Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:34:33 +0000
Devolution Cabinet Meeting minutes request refused again
In December last year the then Minister for Justice, Jack Straw, vetoed a Freedom of Information request for the minutes of a 1997 Cabinet Ministerial Meeting on Devolution to Scotland and Wales and the English Regions. Jack Straw decided that releasing the minutes would damage the principle of collective responsibility of the cabinet, suggesting that the [...]
Category: Balkanisation
Category: CEP
Category: Freedom of Information
Category: Nations & Regions
Category: Regionalisation
Category: Cabinet Office
Category: Devolution
Category: John Prescott
Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:32:08 +0000
Some background on HMV and Anyone but England
There’s been some interesting feedback on yesterday’s story about HMV being forced to remove their Anyone But England window displays both in the comments on the press release posted yesterday and by email. Some of the feedback has been of the predictable “f**k off English” variety, some was the expected “this is ridiculous” type but [...]
Category: Racism
Category: Scotland
Category: ABE
Category: Debenhams
Category: HMV
Sat, 19 Jun 2010 21:11:48 +0000
HMV withdraws racist window displays
Campaign for an English Parliament: HMV withdraws racist window displays The Campaign for an English Parliament understands that HMV have agreed to withdraw their insensitive and provocative “Anyone but England” window displays and t-shirts from their Scottish stores following complaints from members of the public and a complaint by the CEP to Fife Police for [...]
Category: Announcements
Category: Press Releases
Category: Racism
Category: Scotland
Category: HMV
Category: Press Release
Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:34:56 +0000
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The Justice for England Blog
Just wanting what everyone else has got - democracy for instance would be nice...
Tue, 19 May 2009 21:52:32 +0000
Open wide – but don’t mention England
The Tories have unveiled their new shiny-brushed policy on dental health to be rolled out in who knows where? Because in their press release, their news report and their in-depth 12 page pdf download, they don’t mention exactly where their fantastic toothy-peg policy is relevant to… “We will take immediate steps to reform the existing system [...] ]]>
Tue, 19 May 2009 18:12:59 +0000
England converted into massive nuclear power station
Great news! List of 11 new nuclear sites released….. 10 of the 11 sites are in England, the third most densely populated country in the world! Solitary token site announced in Wyfla north Wales, but due to vociferous local opposition from Welsh nationalists, it is expected that this power station will never be built. HOWEVER, [...] ]]>
Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:00:49 +0000
Whatever you do, don’t mention England….
Amazing…. Alan Johnson, England’s Health Secretary celebrates the fact that cancer patients in England can now get free prescriptions – without actually mentioning England. This excerpt from the Labour web site… Labour’s Secretary of State for Health, Alan Johnson, has announced that, from April 1st, prescriptions will be made free of charge for everyone being [...] ]]>
Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:25:36 +0000
Justice for England
Seeking equality with the rest of the coutries of the UK. Same democratic rights, same spending per head and same cultural recognition… ]]>
Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:43:03 +0000
Hello world!
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Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:56:49 +0000
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