Northern Ireland spends about £22 billion each year on its public services. It raises £14 billion in taxes, with another £8 billion coming from the British government. Under direct rule from Westminster, all of this money is allocated and spent from London.
Brent acadamy
Protesters dressed as elephants in Brent, north west London, on Thursday of last week, arguing that plans for a new privately run academy school will create a "white elephant". A conference against academies is set to take place this Saturday 8 October in Birmingham. For details phone 0121 442 2031 or e-mail [email protected]
Maria de Menezes, the mother of Jean Charles de Menezes, who was shot dead by police at Stockwell tube, south London, in July, has accused Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Ian Blair of a cover up.
Victory for free speech
Keith Shilson, student union president at Middlesex University, London, has won his fight for free speech and student democracy.
Tony Blair hoped that, following the London bombings, he could regain the political initiative and defeat those who have campaigned against his wars for the past four years.
Majer Bogdanski was born in Piotrkow-Tribunalski in Poland on 4 July 1912 and died in London on 4 September 2005. He was a member of the Bund, a Jewish socialist organisation which saw the future for Jews as being in the countries where they had been living for centuries.
Members of the PCS civil service workers’ union in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in London last week voted overwhelmingly to strike over job cuts.
Keith Shilson, student union president at Middlesex University, London, is fighting against a decision by management to suspend him from the college. Shilson refused to cancel a question and answer session with the Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir under pressure from the vice chancellor’s office.
