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mailonsunday.co.uk: Pay-off: Liverpool Council finance director Phil Halsall is walking away with a £500,000 golden handshake mailonsunday.co.uk

Council finance boss gets ?500,000 golden handshake despite running Britain's 'worst' department

mailonsunday.co.uk     22 hrs ago   2 related          

The council said to be England's worst has agreed a ?500,000 golden handshake for its finance chief. In a deal critics described as 'a reward for failure', Phil Halsall will receive a lump sum of ?80,000 when he takes...                    

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Bones: Should we challenge its assumptions?

libdemblogs.co.uk     23 hrs ago          

The ideas and recommendations for changes to how the Liberal Democrats are organised and run contained in the Bones report are clearly built around the aim of achieving greater electoral success at Westminster. The remit...                    

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An Alaskan's opinion of Sarah Louise Palin

airamerica.com     22 hrs ago   3 related          

By GottaLaff This is very long, and I cut out what I could. And you have seen some of the information before, right here at TPC. Via Snopes: Normal 0 Normal 0 ABOUT SARAH PALIN I am a resident of Wasilla, Alaska. I have...                    

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Spies

bluecrabboulevard.com     23 hrs ago   7 related          

The Telegraph reports that British children as young as eight years old are being recruited as spies for local government councils. Their job is to report “environmental crimes” to the councils. The youngsters are among...                    

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Nigeria: Beechcraft Plane Crash - Weather Disrupts Search for Black Boxes

allafrica.com     15 hrs ago   2 related          

Posted to the web 6 September 2008 Kenneth Ehigiator Cross River Logistic problems yesterday disrupted the continued search for the black boxes of the missing Beechcraft 1900D plane which crashed at Busi village, Obanliku...                    

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Another age-old battle in Anoka

startribune.com     22 hrs ago          

Twentysomethings want to keep it young in the mayor's office, but older, experienced candidates have a different idea. The two political rookies, one the younger brother of outgoing Mayor Bjorn Skogquist, 30, will face...                    

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RNC: So, how'd we do? Depends on who you ask

startribune.com     21 hrs ago          

ELIZABETH FLORES , Star Tribune Small photos of John McCain mingled with remnants of streamers and confetti on the floor of the Xcel Energy Center. After luring the Republican National Convention and spending more than a...                    

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Zuma vs Zuma in KZN

mg.co.za     19 hrs ago          

The map will replace this text. The battle for ascendancy within ANC president Jacob Zuma's camp in KwaZulu-Natal opened up fault-lines at a recent regional elective conference -- with allegations that taxpayers' money was...                    

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Galt to seek greener housing

sacbee.com     16 hrs ago          

By Loretta Kalb - lkalb@sacbee.com Published 12:00 am PDT Saturday, September 6, 2008 Story appeared in OUR REGION section, Page B4 The mayor of Galt says the Berkeley City Council doesn't know squat about the role of...                    

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Toledo City Council urged to undo aides' pay raises: Mayor ?disappointed' by increases in midst...

tmcnet.com     16 hrs ago   1 related          

KRT) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Sep. 6--Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner yesterday urged City Council to reconsider the pay raises it recently handed out to six council aides, and one councilman pressed his colleagues to...                    

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