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Yes if you want to be a billionaire hedge fund manager go abroad. If you seek employment in teaching, social work, or other socially useful job –that doesn’t pay a salary higher than the GDP of a small nation, stay here -you'll be better off. Graduates will have more disposable income under the new system than they do under the current system, when they enter employment. The new student loan ...

@Vanguard “It was proposed by Councillor Mugford and seconded by Councillor Clemens that the application be approved subject to the completion of a Section 106 Agreement for contributions and conditions as reported above by the Area Planning Officer. An amendment was proposed by Councillor Cox and seconded by Councillor Connett that the application be deferred to enable further clarification to ...

6 Mar 2011

One-Stop is owned by Tesco. This is in the Daily Mail (so it must be true!) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1259842/Tesco-charging-higher-prices-groceries-chain-One-Stop-local-shops.html

Wait until they threaten enforcement action, then put in a planning application, ask your local district councillor to get your application to go to the planning committee (most planning apps are decided by unelected officers). You can speak at the planning meeting if you give seven days notice; councillors are more likely to give you the benefit of the doubt. If the planning committee refuse you ...

@Lynne Yes, I agree, Dawlish Conservative Councillors in voting for the Sainsbury application did what proberbly the majority in Dawlish wanted. Howevermy point is that a delay in making the decision would have allowed negotiation for “…a better contribution for Dawlish town centre from Sainsburys than the derisory £200,000 offered –Dartmouth got £383,700 from Sainsburys”.

5 Mar 2011

@Lynne 16/02/2011 The planning committee at TDC has a Tory majority - people should as Dawlish's Conservative councillors about how they voted - http://cllrdavidcox.blogspot.com/2010/01/tesco-tastrophe.html