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Barnet Lib Dems call for network of Borough wide 20mph speed zones

Barnet Liberal Democrats are campaigning for the Council to introduce 20mph speed limits throughout the Borough. Cllr Jack Cohen, Leader of the Lib Dem group, told a Council meeting on 14 September that Barnet has the second worst road traffic accident figures in the whole of Greater London. Recently released figures again shown that serious and fatal accidents in the Borough have increased. This contrasts sharply with reductions in most if not all of other London Boroughs.

14 Sep 2010
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Disabled children 'panic cuts' warning

Local authorities should refrain from "panic" cuts to services, charities for disabled children have warned. The Council for Disabled Children says some families are seeing "lifeline services" stopped with little warning. Losing services such as a few hours' respite break for parents can have a huge impact on families, it warns.

14 Sep 2010
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Inspectors claim that the term "special educational needs" is used too much.

Thousands of pupils are being wrongly labelled as having special educational needs when all they require is better teaching and support, Ofsted has said. It said up to 25% of the 1.7m pupils in England with special needs would not be so labelled if schools focused more on teaching for all their children. The National Union of Teachers said such claims were "insulting and wrong"

14 Sep 2010
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Banking Reform: two options for debate

ALTER has added a speaker on Bank of England Reform to the panel at its fringe on Saturday. Alongside Brian Hodgkinson, economist and author of "A New Model of the Economy", who will be answering 'yes' to the question in the event title "Does the Banking Crisis Strengthen the case for LCT?" will be Ben Dyson, a young Yorkshire-based financial sector entrepreneur who is campaigning on reform of the entire money-creation system. Ben's answer to our question is likely to be "Maybe"!

14 Sep 2010
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Tennis for Free Coach Receives Award

Local resident Jason Barnett has received an Award as Most Supportive Team Manager at the Surrey Youth Games held earlier this year. Unfortunately, the trophy donated by the Rotary Club of Epsom was not available until recently, so the official presentation was delayed until September 4th.

14 Sep 2010
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