Opinion 鈥� Page 526
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A question of trusts
Following the release of the education white paper, it appears that the government is indeed serious about education.
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CommentWonders & blunders
Gardener Alan Titchmarsh finds more than a well-kept lawn to admire on Richmond Green 鈥� but would like to dig up the concrete jungle
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CommentA peach of a deal
Another week, another round of corporate activity. But the one that stands out is Persimmon鈥檚 拢640m offer for Westbury Homes.
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CommentThe view looking back
Six years after the urban taskforce brought forth its seminal report, we can begin to see what it got right and wrong 鈥� and what it should do next time 鈥�
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CommentIt鈥檚 not their job
Clients are increasingly told that health and safety is their job, but why? Surely it鈥檚 illogical to make customers responsible for the industry they employ
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Bring on the Euro-directive
We are delighted that you devoted a whole publication to 鈥渢he energy issue鈥�.
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Road rage
Business Environment Group was the leasehold owner of a large office block known as 1 Olympic Way, Wembley. The building was let as government offices and also as fully serviced offices, to which there is access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. BEG retained occupation of the common ...
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CommentLiberty Hall
The urban taskforce is filled with brownfield Taliban, but one member knows we don鈥檛 need to live in city-centre boxes. So why doesn鈥檛 Sir Peter Hall tells the others?
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On the record
A High Court decision to allow the media access to pleadings in Multiplex vs Cleveland Bridge before the case went to trial has implications for all court users
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After the endgame
In the leader column in today鈥檚 issue of 星空传媒 (28 October) you say: 鈥淲ithout a doubt energy is the most important problem we face as an industry and a society.鈥� None of your readers, unless they had some kind of axe to grind, could disagree with the points you make. ...
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It鈥檚 too late to be reasonable
You are absolutely right that 鈥渋f construction is to deliver, it needs the rules spilling out of Whitehall to follow the three Cs: they must be clear, concise and consistent鈥� (leader).
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The right mix
Your interview with the energy minister Malcolm Wicks (28 October) reinforced the view that we should move away from much of the current media debate on which energy source is 鈥渂est鈥� 鈥� a debate somewhat hijacked by nuclear energy.
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An economic argument
You are trying to have it both ways: our industry moaning about energy price rises while pressing the government to make us more 鈥渟ustainable鈥�.
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More fuel to the fire
I read with interest the features on energy in this week鈥檚 issue. Of particular interest was the article 鈥淗omeowners want cheaper bills not greener measures鈥� (page 23).
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L鈥檚 grannies
Images of little old ladies controlling their central heating by getting to grips with chapter 11 of the CIBSE Energy Efficiency Guide have faded away.
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Why the long face?
Was I the only one cheered up by all your dire warnings of a future without hydrocarbons, uranium, cars and so on?
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The lesson of Leeds
Your lead story on the CASPAR housing scheme in Leeds (28 October) illustrates perfectly the folly of the prescriptive approach to specifying how houses and flats should be built.