evans.io
Dave Evans — Software Consultancy
http://evans.io/posts
What’s your thing, Evans? I help organisations make great software. Sometimes that involves writing shiny new software; sometimes it involves taking existing not-so-shiny software and making it better; often it involves advising on the right technologies and setting the direction of development. Most projects I work with are web based and involve Python (particularly Django) in some capacity. But I have experience in many other languages and platforms as well. Occasionally people say nice things. Dave wa...
downsizingdirect.com
About us | Downsizing Direct
http://www.downsizingdirect.com/about-us
How we can help. Ldquo;We believe that helping older people to downsize at the right time benefits all generations”. Downsizingdirect.com has been created by the social enterprise, United for All Ages. United for All Ages aims to create a Britain for all ages by bringing different generations together and sharing sites, care, housing, work and technology. We also founded www.goodcareguide.co.uk. Where families can review care providers they use. And its report Understanding Downsizing. 2016 United for Al...
yppuk.org
Young People's Party (UK): Manifesto
http://www.yppuk.org/p/manifesto.html
Civil liberties and drug legalisation. Foreign affairs and defence. We are a ‘Georgist’ party, who want to achieve economic progress and reduce inequality by ensuring that:. A) the benefits and burdens of land ownership (and other monopoly privileges) are spread as evenly as possible,. B) the government is funded out of taxes on land ownership (and other monopoly privileges) instead of taxes on output and employment. So what was the UK government doing right during this period? 3 Easily available social ...
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Young People's Party (UK): Campaigns
http://www.yppuk.org/p/campaigns.html
Please add our blog to you blogroll, and feel free to use our 'YPP' badge (see sidebar) as your avatar on Facebook and Twitter. Our Facebook group is here. And our Twitter account is @YPPUK. At elections, we need members to stand. And it may sound trite, but make sure that you are registered to vote. Just to demystify the whole process. The DCLG have a good summary of the system here. They explain the electoral cycle here. The good news is that at General Elections, the Royal Mail will deliver your leafl...
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Young People's Party (UK): "Half your income now goes on rent"
http://www.yppuk.org/2015/07/half-your-income-now-goes-on-rent.html
Friday, 17 July 2015. Half your income now goes on rent". Young workers unable to afford their own homes are spending almost half their take-home pay on rent, a report reveals. The private tenants typically shell out £704 a month – 43 per cent of their wages. Landlords put up prices by 8.2 per cent on average last year, the government’s English Housing Survey report shows. The proportion of privately renting families has increased from nine per cent to 24 per cent. It's worse than that.
precariouseurope.com
The Expo is a dark window into Italy’s future | Precarious Europe
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The Expo is a dark window into Italy’s future. Mafia, McDonalds and youth exploitation: The Milan World Expo, opening on May Day, prepares a new generation for the years to come. May 01, 2015. Jamie Mackay is a writer and journalist based in the UK and Italy. He is a contributing editor to openDemocracy. Today sees the launch of the Milan Expo, an international exposition. Could perhaps help erode the nation’s proud cultural conservatism. If these are the goals, the Expo could hardly come at a better...
precariouseurope.com
Borders Archives | Precarious Europe
http://www.precariouseurope.com/category/borders
In Borders we will be exploring nationalism, migration and the consequences of demographic shifts across Europe. Scotland’s referendum and the politics of the future. January 5th, 2015. A Syrian’s view of Europe. November 24th, 2014. Young, Syrian and on hunger strike. November 24th, 2014. The children of Augusta. November 5th, 2014. September 11th, 2014.
webuyanyhouse.today
Older and younger generations are driven apart by housing costs. | We Buy Any House
http://www.webuyanyhouse.today/older-and-younger-generations-are-driven-apart-by-housing-costs
We Buy Any House. Sell Your House Fast. How old is my house? Older and younger generations are driven apart by housing costs. Posted by The team. On Sep 19, 2016 in Blog. Soaring property prices are making more neighborhoods inaccessible to the under 50s, report reveals. This all adds up to rents skyrocketing and a lack of discounting houses creating a segregation between areas of sociability, the numbers of neighbors where half the population is aged over 50 has risen 7 times from 65 in 1991 to a stagge...
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British Elections: Two Unions at Stake | Precarious Europe
http://www.precariouseurope.com/power/british-elections-unions-stake
British Elections: Two Unions at Stake. The Conservatives have won. Now Britain’s own union and its EU membership are under question. May 08, 2015. The Conservatives have unexpectedly formed a majority government. With Prime Minister David Cameron declaring it the sweetest victory of all . But what Britain exactly has he ‘won’? The Britain we woke up to today is held together by the toxic glue of English nationalism, and we are stuck with it. The Precarious Europe project, with openDemocracy. 8230;] *Pre...
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