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LEAKED DOCUMENT!!! GOSW instructs councils to to give the RSS "considerable weight" when considering planning applications
Despite not being finalised and being the subject of a legal challenge, the Government Office of the South West (GOSW) has written to Council Chief Execs and Chief Planning Officers instructing them to give the controversial South West Regional Spacial … Continue reading
City council budget balls (2)
Lib Dem Councillor Gary Hopkins, perhaps not entirely seriously, is proposing a way out for the city’s collapsing economy in the comments section: One area where promotion of the city abroad could produce dividends is in tourism. We are a … Continue reading
Counting the cost of Brown's Britain
Bristol’s teenage pregnancy rate in 1998 – 51 per 1,000 Bristol’s teenage pregnancy rate in 2007 – 51 per 1,000 (Source for Mr Barlow: everychildmatters.gov.uk) Considering that the teenage population has increased in this period, this actually means there’s been … Continue reading
Golly GOSW! What a waste of money
Anyone got any idea what the Government Office of the South West or GOSW (pron: goz-wer) actually does? Our best guess is that Oxbridge civil service no-hopers who can’t make the grade in Whitehall are sent down here to keep … Continue reading