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Afternoon summary
• Lib Dem peers have used a regular meeting in the House of Lords to call for an attempt to be made to defuse the Lord Rennard crisis.
• MPs have voted to overturn a Lords amendment which would have made special advisers subject to the provisions of the new lobbying bill. Tom Brake, the deputy leader of the Commons, told MPs that special advisers were not decision makers. As the Press Association reports, under the terms of the transparency of lobbying, non-party campaigning and trade union administration bill, lobbyists will only be forced to join a new register if they lobby ministers or permanent secretaries. The Lords amendment, which was supported by Labour, would have included special advisers. But the Commons voted to remove it from the legislation by a majority of 53. There will be further votes on the bill later today.
That's all from me for today.
Thanks for the comments.
Here's what some of the political blogs are saying about PMQs.
• Mark Ferguson at LabourList says Ed Miliband's new approach at PMQs does not seem authentic.
The Ed Miliband I've met – and like – is a decent, honest guy who's intimidatingly smart and knows what he cares about. Channelled correctly that guy could beat Cameron hands down on detail and heart. Yet this artificial, watered-down version of Miliband has turned up for the past three weeks at PMQs instead.
• James Forsyth at Coffee House says the economic facts gave David Cameron the upper hand at PMQs.
• George Eaton at the Staggers says Ed Miliband had no convincing reply to Cameron's claim that he was like "an arsonist who goes around setting fire after fire then complains that the fire brigade aren't putting the fires out fast enough".
The UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, has used Twitter to thank Ed Miliband for raising the plight of Syrian refugees at PMQs.
Lunchtime summary
• Labour has said that it will force a Commons vote on Britain taking in refugees from the Syrian civil war under a United Nations sanctuary scheme designed to help those in greatest need. As the Press Association reports, Labour said that David Cameron's suggestion at PMQs that he was ready to take in some of the most vulnerable refugees from camps in and around Syria did not go far enough. Ed Miliband challenged Cameron to accept that Britain should take some refugees from Syria. Cameron replied:
I don't believe you can solve a refugee crisis of this scale when you have got almost half of the nine million population of Syria either displaced or at risk of displacement with a quota system where countries are taking a few hundred refugees.
But I do agree if there are very difficult cases of people who don't belong in refugee camps who have either been disabled by these attacks, or in very difficult circumstances, I'm happy for us to look at that argument.
A senior Downing Street source later suggested that the kind of "hardship cases" where the UK could consider taking in refugees might include children who had been orphaned by the war or who had medical needs or mental health problems which could not be dealt with in the camps. But Labour said it would stil force the issue to a vote next Wednesday, and hoped to receive the support of MPs from all sides of the House. A party source said:
We know there is huge concern across the House at the Government's reluctance to take part in the UN sanctuary scheme. We are talking about a minority of refugees who are in desperate situations. Therefore we will call a vote in the Commons next Wednesday to give MPs the chance to demonstrate their huge concern.
• Cameron has accused Labour of being to blame for the cost of living crisis. He made the claim at PMQs after Miliband said average wages were down £1,600 since the election.
The fact is that we are recovering from the mess you left us. Every week you come here and raise a new problem that you created. We had the betting problem, then we had the banking problem and then we had the deficit problem and now we have the cost of living problem.
You are like an arsonist who goes around setting fire after fire and then complains when the fire brigade aren't putting out the fires fast enough. Why don't you start with an apology for the mess you left us?
Miliband accused Cameron of being out of touch.
You come here every week and do your Bullingdon Club routine and all you show is that you have absolutely no understanding of the lives of people up and down this country.
That is the reality. Ordinary families are working harder, for longer, for less. You are cutting taxes for millionaires and not helping them. The minimum wage is falling in value. You can't be the solution to the cost of living crisis because you just don't understand the problem.
• Cameron has said that police stop and search must be reformed. Today's Times claims that Theresa May wanted to announce restrictions to stop and search before Christmas, but that Number 10 blocked her for fear of being seen as soft on crime. Asked about stop and search, Cameron told MPs:
Stop and search does need reform because what the HMIC (HM Inspector of Constabulary) report shows is that in 27% of cases the police have not been following their own guidance in terms of stop and search.
So, we do need to reform stop and search. If it is necessary to legislate, legislate, if it is not, we won't. But what's really important is that stop and search is used properly but we don't add to the burdens of the police.
• Britain's unemployment rate has fallen more sharply than expected, to 7.1%, leaving it only just above the 7% level at which the Bank of England has said it will consider raising interest rates from their record low of 0.5%.
• Falling unemployment and higher tax receipts helped the government cut the annual deficit in December, the Office for National Statistics has revealed. As Phillip Inman reports, the ONS said net borrowing, excluding the temporary effects of bank rescues and the Royal Mail pension fund transfer, was £12.1bn in December, £2.1bn lower than the figure recorded a year ago.
• Chief constables are shortly to press the home secretary, Theresa May, to authorise the use of water cannon by any police force across England and Wales to deal with anticipated street protests, it has been revealed. As Alan Travis reports, the Association of Chief Police Officers says that the need to control continued protests "from ongoing and potential future austerity measures" justifies the introduction of water cannon across Britain for the first time.
• The EU has announced that Europe will cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030, compared with 1990 levels, the toughest climate change target of any region in the world, and that it will produce 27% of its energy from renewable sources by the same date.
• Nick Clegg has confirmed that the Liberal Democrat leadership may be prepared to accept a qualified apology from Lord Rennard in which he admits that he caused inadvertent offence to women.
• A cross-party group of MPs is backing a campaign to give people more control over the privatisation of public services. As Matthew Taylor reports, the group, led by the Green party MP Caroline Lucas, will launch a private member's bill on Wednesday that would make public ownership the default option, give people a say over whether services are privatised and ensure private companies running services are more accountable.
• Vicky Pryce, Chris Huhne's former wife, has resumed her role on a panel advising Business Secretary Vince Cable on the economy.
• The National Audit Office has said more needs to be done to hold police and crime commissioners to account between elections.
• The Supreme Court has rejected a legal challenge by objectors to government proposals for pushing through the HS2 national high-speed rail link. As the Press Association reports, the highest court in the land heard accusations that the government was "cutting corners" to push through the project, in breach of European environmental laws. It was argued that the parliamentary hybrid bill procedure being used by MPs was inappropriate. Today seven Supreme Court justices unanimously rejected the challenge.
Cameron did actually say people were "better off" in one of his replies to Ed Miliband, contrary to what I said earlier. See at update to the 1pm post for more detail.
PMQs - Verdict from the Twitter commentariat
And here is a round-up of what journalists are saying about PMQs on Twitter.
Those who called it thought that David Cameron came out on top.
But most of those posting tweets were unwilling to score it in conventional win/lose terms.
(A thought. Will Ed Miliband's calm, restrained PMQs approach stop people viewing it as a boxing match? I'm not sure, but it does seem possible that this could happen - at least, a bit. Although David Cameron has not reciprocated, today he probably was slightly less pugilistic than usual. I know many readers hate the whole idea of reporting PMQs through the "who won?/who lost?" prism, but as I explained in a post about "How to decide who wins at PMQs" two years ago, it is almost possible to avoid this - not least, because it is how MPs themselves think about PMQs.)
Here are tweets from journalists saying that Cameron won, or implying he had the upper hand.
(May 2015? What about tea time?)
My PMQs Verdict
PMQs Verdict: With today's better-than-expected unemployment figures out just 150 minutes before PMQs, this was always going to a tricky session for Ed Miliband, and in the event David Cameron came out on top comfortably.
Miliband started with three questions about taking refugees from Syria. He was precise and persistent, and, if you are looking for an example of how the leader of the opposition can use PMQs to advance a cause, these exchanges would be a good case study. Miliband eventually got Cameron to concede that the government would consider taking some refugees from Syria in cases of extreme hardship (orphaned children was one example). This was new. I'm not notching it up as a "Miliband win", because the exchanges were relatively consensual, the tone was constructive, rather than confrontational, and it did not sound like a win. But it was good.
Miliband's next three questions were on the economy, and here we were back into slightly more traditional, old-style confrontational PMQs. But Miliband hasn't entirely abandoned the new calm, restrained approach. With his fourth and fifth interventions, he focused on short, precise questions, shorn of boilerplate rhetoric. Even his final question, which accused Cameron of a "Bullingdon Club routine", was relatively low key compared with Miliband circa 2013. Labour MPs seemed to be jeering much less too.
The problem for Miliband was that Cameron was able to see him off. To the wages have fallen by £1,600 point, Cameron responded by saying this did not take account of tax cuts. When Miliband responded by saying that Cameron was telling people that they were better off (which he wasn't, I don't think, unless I misheard) and by asking why in-work poverty was so high, Cameron was able to parry that with a quote from the IFS. It was not a memorable performance, but it did the business.
CORRECTION: Cameron did actually say that people were better off in his reply to Miliband. Here's the quote:
Of course, we are seeing a low growth in wages. Why? Because we are recovering from the longest and deepest recession in living memory. But because you keep quoting the figure without the tax cuts we have put in place, you are not recognising that actually this year people are better off because we have controlled spending and cut taxes.
I suppose it did not register with me because, when Cameron used the line about people being "better off", he did not necessarily seem to be claiming that people were better off overall. It sounded more to me as if he were just making the points that people have had gains as well as losses.
Earlier I said Del Singh was a Labour MEP. Actually he was a prospective MEP, a candidate for the European parliament. I've corrected that.
Robert Halfon, a Conservative, says 45% of people do not pay their utility bills by direct debit. Yet firms are charging these people an extra £115 on average. Will the government look into this?
Cameron says he will. The government has already legislated to force companies to put people on the lowest tariffs, he says.
Cameron says he would like to expand credit unions.
Labour's Andrew Slaughter says new starts in affordable homes have fallen by a third since 2010.
Cameron says Slaughter's new starts have increased by 89% since 2009. Affordable home new starts are going up. And he reads a quote from Ed Miliband saying Labour refused to prioritise affordable housing.
Jonathan Lord, a Conservative, asks about the success of the McLaren business in his Woking constituency.
Cameron says this is the highest end of British manufacturing. A car is rolling off a production line every 20 seconds, he says.
Labour's Emma Reynolds asks Cameron for an assurance that the work of Del Singh in Afghanistan will be continued once the troops withdraw.
Yes, says Cameron. Even though the troops are coming home, Britain's commitment to the country will continue.
Sir Robert Smith, a Lib Dem MP, asks Cameron if he will encourage development in the North Sea.
Cameron says he will. The tax system should encourage exploration in the North Sea.
Labour's Michael McCann asks Cameron if he agrees Alex Salmond owes the people of Scotland an apology for a white paper that dodges the tough questions. Interest rates would go up in an independent Scotland because the lender of last resort would be a foreign bank.
Cameron says he agrees the white paper left the most important questions unanswered.
Labout's Ann McKechin asks about house-building.
Cameron says the government has given the Bank of England powers to intervene if there is over-heating in the housing market.
David TC Davies, a Conservative, says public services are very poor in Labour-run Wales.
Cameron says Wales has not met an A&E target since 2009.
Labour's Russell Brown asks Cameron to tell the Bank of England that any increase in inflation would have a devastating impact on low-income families. (Did he mean interest rates?)
Cameron says interest rates are a matter for the Bank of England. The government has to carry on taking tough decisions. Not one tough decision has been supported by Labour.
Chris Pincher, a Conservative, asks Cameron to visit Tamworth.
Cameron says he would be happy to do that, and spend time under the shadow of Robert Peel.
Simon Kirby, the Conservative MP for Brighton Kemptown, says he is proud to represent a town with a large gay community. Does Cameron agree that the weather there is always sunny.
Cameron laughs. Brighton should get a mention on the shipping forecast, he says.
Nigel Dodds, the DUP MP, asks about the Hass talks. Does Cameron agree the Irish government should be more open about its collusion with the IRA?
Cameron says the Hass proposals will not be imposed on Northern Ireland. The Irish government has come to terms with some of the things that happened in its past.
Snap PMQs Verdict: Miliband obtained an interesting concession on taking refugees from Syria from Cameron in the first (relatively non-partisan) part of the exchanges, but Cameron got the better of him on the economy.
Miliband says that Cameron is back to his Bullingdon manner.
Cameron says Labour used to tell the government to follow the IMF. Remember five tweets in a month from Ed Balls on this. But they cannot face the fact the economy is recovering, he suggests.
Miliband says Cameron is being complacent. He is trying to tell people they are better off.
There are 13m people in poverty. For the first time ever, a majority of those are in working families. What's Cameron's explanation?
Cameron quotes from the IFS saying it is not surprising that living standards are falling, because Britain is recovering from the biggest recession it has had.
Miliband comes to the Commons and complains about the government's handling of problems Labour created, like banking, the deficit, gambling. He is like an arsonist setting things on fire and then complaining the fire brigade does not arrive in time.
Miliband says he wants to move on. Today's fall in unemployment is welcome.
There is a lot of jeering from the Tory benches.
Whenever people get into work, that is good for them.
He tells the Tories just braying does not do any good.
Can Cameron confirm average wages are down £1,6000 since the election.
Cameron says unemployment is down, long-term unemployment is down, and youth unemployment is down. And there has been the biggest rise in history in employment.
Of course, there has been a slow growth in wages. That is because we are recovering from the longest recession in history.
He says Miliband's figure does not include the government's tax cuts.
Miliband says he feels he is inching forward.
He is not taking about aid or taking refugees; he is talking about both.
Will Cameron open talks with the UN about this?
Cameron says he is prepared to listen to arguments on this.
Some countries are including in there quotas asylum seekers and refugees.
Britain is fulfilling its obligations on asylum seekers.
Where there are extreme hardship cases, Britain will look at those, Cameron says.
Miliband pays tribute to what Cameron has done on aid for Syria. Asylum seekers are people able to get here. Refugees in camps cannot get here. The UN is talking about the most vulnerable people, like children with no parents. Why won't the prime minister look at this again?
Cameron says he does not think there is a disagreement between them. Some countries think taking a few hundred refugees would be fulfilling their obligations.
There are individual cases where Britain should be look at taking people, he says.
Ed Miliband starts with a tribute to Del Singh, the Labour candidate for the European parliament killed in Kabul, and Simon Chase, the other Briton killed.
Recent reports about the murder of thousands in Syria are a reminder of the plight of people in the country. The UN commission for refugees has urged Briton to take refugees from the country. Doesn't Cameron agree?
Cameron says we are fulfilling our moral obligations to the people of Syria. We are the second biggest international donor. And we have taken more than 1,000 asylum seekers. And we have taken in ill children.
But you cannot solve a refugee crisis on this scale with a quota system, with countries taking a few hundred refugees.
Nick de Bois, a Conservative, raises the death of child in his constituency, and suggests a hospital reconfiguration was linked to the case.
Cameron says this is a tragic case. Anyone who has taken a desperately ill child to hospital at night knows how worrying this can be.
Labour's Stephen Timms asks Cameron if he will meet the Trussell Trust, that runs food banks.
Yes, says Cameron. The government has allowed food banks to advertise in job centres.
David Cameron starts with a tribute to the two Britons killed in Kabul in the restaurant bomb. Del Singh, the Labour MEP, was well known to MPs, he says.
Cameron at PMQs
PMQs starts in about five minutes.
For the last two PMQs Ed Miliband has tried a calm, restrained approach - with tough questions, but without the usual turbo-charged political sloganising. The reviews have been mixed, to say the least. We'll find out if he's going to continue with the new style.
And here is the top of the Press Association story about today's borrowing figures.
Public sector borrowing was £2.1 billion lower last month after the Treasury's coffers were swollen by the highest December revenues on record.
The better-than-expected figures showed borrowing - excluding the distorting effect of bank bail-outs - was £12.1 billion, compared with £14.2 billion in December 2012.
Central government receipts were £45.8 billion, up £1.3 billion on the previous year, including a £400 million increase in stamp duty and £500 million for VAT.
Whitehall spending fell by 2.6%, or £1.5 billion, to £54.6 billion.
Underlying public sector net debt was 75.7% of gross domestic product (GDP) at the end of 2013, an increase on 74.4% at the end of 2012. But it was lower than the previous month's figure of 76.6%.
And here is some Twitter reaction to the unemployment figures.
From the Sunday Times' David Smith
From the FT's Chris Giles
From the TUC's Duncan Weldon
From Channel 4 News's Faisal Islam
From the economist Danny Blanchflower
Here is some more reaction to the unemployment figures.
From David Cameron
From Danny Alexander, the Lib Dem chief secretary to the Treausury
This recovery wouldn't be happening without the Liberal Democrats in government. The largest quarterly rise in employment since records began combined with a falling claimant count are further signs that our long term economic plan is working.
We must not let up in sorting the public finances and taking the action required to help businesses to invest more this year. An economy creating jobs through sustainable growth is the only way to raise living standards and help with the cost of living. Every person helped into work helps build a stronger economy and a fairer society.
From Rachel Reeves, the shadow work and pensions secretary
Today's fall in overall unemployment is welcome. The government should use this opportunity to tackle the unacceptably high levels of long-term unemployment and youth unemployment. More than 900,000 young people are unemployed and over 250,000 young people are long-term unemployed.
These figures also show prices are still rising more than twice as fast as wages which means working people are over £1,600 a year worse off on average under this out-of-touch government.
Labour would act to tackle high levels of long-term unemployment with a compulsory jobs guarantee to get people back to work and a basic skills test to ensure everyone claiming jobseekers allowance has the basic English, Maths and IT skills they need to find a job. Our compulsory jobs guarantee and our basic skills test will help get people back to work and help us to earn our way out of the cost-of-living crisis.
From Carwyn Jones, the first minister of Wales
Today's figures are particularly positive for Wales, with employment levels at an historic high and economic inactivity at a record low.
Wales is outperforming the UK as a whole in crucial areas such as youth employment, where unemployment amongst the 16-17-year-old and 18-24-year-old groups is falling faster in Wales than across other parts of the UK.
From Ian Brinkley, chief economist at the Work Foundation
Today's numbers show our labour market recovery gathering pace. Employment is growing strongly and unemployment is falling for all age groups. But living standards have not improved. Wage growth continues to lag behind inflation, and productivity is falling in both the manufacturing and service industries. Although the labour market recovery is welcome news, we urgently need to see this translate into rising wages and productivity.
From Matthew Whittaker, senior economist at the Resolution Foundation
Today's significant drop in the unemployment rate to 7.1 per cent is very good news and points to a rapidly strengthening labour market. However there is no corresponding good news on pay with average earnings continuing to fall in real terms. The long wait for a pick-up in wages goes on and while some analysts think 2014 will be the year of the pay rise, there are no signs of that happening yet.
While the positive news on unemployment means that it is fast approaching the Bank of England's 7 per cent threshold for looking again at interest rates, the continued absence of wage growth suggests that the economy retains significant levels of spare capacity and cautions against raising borrowing costs just yet.
From Matthew Tinsley, an economics fellow at Policy Exchange
Today's figures show a significant ageing of the workforce. Even though they make up a tiny proportion of the labour market (3.5%), people aged 65 and above have taken more than a fifth of the increase in jobs over the last 12 months. The same is true of workers aged 50-65 who have seen employment rise sharply.
From John Allan, national chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses
Another set of positive unemployment figures reflect what our members tell us about their recruitment intentions. While weak pay growth remains a concern, we are hopefully turning a corner with seven in 10 small firms intending to increase staff pay in the next 12 months. Despite improvements in the labour market, we would like to see a prolonged period of business confidence before the Bank of England's forward guidance comes into effect and increases interest rates.
From Frances O'Grady, general secretary of the TUC
It's encouraging to see another big fall in unemployment, particularly amongst young people who until now haven't benefited from rising job levels.
But while headline unemployment is within a whisker of the Bank's forward guidance threshold, an early interest rate rise would clobber mortgage holders and businesses – jeopardising our economic recovery.
Patchy levels of jobs growth in parts of the north and the continuing squeeze on living standards should make the Bank of England think twice before considering a rate raise.
From Len McCluskey, general secretary of the Unite union
While the fall in the number of jobless is to be welcomed, there is need for some caution.
Millions of people are struggling to pay household bills because wages are so low. Any suggestion that interest rates should rise must be resisted, while so many people sit on the verge of financial meltdown.
Britain's workers need a decent pay rise so that wages are not continually eroded by inflation.
Unite has repeatedly called for the national minimum wage to be raised by £1.50 an hour from the current £6.31 – and we urge the Low Pay Commission to make that recommendation.
To put in it perspective, the UK has one of the highest rates of personal debt in Europe, millions are working for poverty wages and thousands of people rely on food banks to put a meal on the table for their family, yet the stock market is performing well.
Companies can well afford to be more generous when it comes to paying more to their workers.
From Tony Dolphin chief economist at the IPPR
This is an extremely strong set of numbers. Employment is increasing at a rapid pace and unemployment has fallen sharply. Importantly, most of the new jobs that are being created are now full-time ones and as a result the number of people working part-time who want full-time work has fallen, as has the number of people working involuntarily on temporary contracts.
For the next few months at least, the outlook is positive. Surveys show business confidence is high and suggest firms are looking to take on more workers. The overall number of vacancies is increasing.
The UK economy appears to have developed some positive momentum after two years of near stagnation. Employment growth is boosting incomes, which is allowing spending to increase, which in turn is leading to higher output growth and more employment.
With unemployment having fallen to 7.1 per cent, there will be speculation about an increase in interest rates. Mark Carney's attempt to reassure markets that rates would not be going up for some time by issuing 'forward guidance' that unemployment would have to fall to 7% before any move was considered is looking like a bad move - unless he wants rates to go up in the first half of this year, which is doubtful.
Any move now to increase interest rates might put the economic recovery at risk. Forward guidance, by providing reassurance that interest rates will not rise, has been one of the factors that has given firms the confidence they need to step up hiring. Higher interest rates would risk strangling the recovery while unemployment is still well above its pre-recession level.
In any case, there is no evidence that falling unemployment is creating wage pressures. Today's figures show average earnings are still increasing at an annual rate of less than 1 per cent. There is no need to increase interest rates while real earnings are falling for most workers.
It is also too early to be sure about the medium-term sustainability of the economic recovery. This is not the export and investment-led recovery that the Chancellor promised us; it is built in large part on a renewed rise in household debt. The time to contemplate interest rate increases is when the economy is firing on all cylinders.
Unemployment - regional figures
Here are the regional unemployment figures.
Region - total unemployment between September and November - change on previous quarter - unemployment as a percentage
North East - 134,000 - plus 1,000 - 10.3%
North West - 270,000 - minus 24,000 - 7.9%
Yorkshire/Humber - 235,000 - minus 8,000 - 8.4%
East Midlands - 149,000 - minus 28,000 - 6.4%
West Midlands - 222,000 - minus 32,000 - 8.1%
East of England - 178,000 - minus 7,000 - 5.7%
London - 354,000 - minus 18,000 - 8.1%
South East - 244,000 - minus 29,000 - 5.3%
South West - 187,000 - plus 15,000 - 6.8%
Wales - 108,000 - minus 12,000 - 7.2%
Scotland - 176,000 - minus 25,000 - 6.4%
Northern Ireland - 63,000 - plus 1,000 - 7.3%
Here's Esther McVey, the employment minister, on the unemployment figures.
Creating jobs and getting people into employment are central to our economic plan to build a stronger, more competitive economy, so it is very encouraging news that we've seen a record-breaking rise in employment over the last three months – the largest ever.
With the highest quarterly fall in unemployment since 1997, it's clear that the Government's long-term economic plan to get people off benefits and into work so they can secure their future is proving successful.
The Department for Work and Pensions is describing the increase in employment as "the largest quarterly increase since records began". Here's an extract from the release.
The number of people in a job rose 280,000 in the last three months - the largest quarterly increase since records began - according to figures published by the Office for National Statistics this morning.
There are now a record-breaking 30.15 million people in work – an increase of 1.3 million since 2010. Creating jobs and getting people into employment are central to the Government's long-term economic plan to build a stronger, more competitive economy, so hardworking people can secure their future.
Unemployment also fell 167,000 in the last three months, which is the largest quarterly fall since August to October 1997. The unemployment rate now stands at 7.1%. There are also nearly 250,000 fewer people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance than in 2010.
I've just called the DWP. For their purposes "records began" (that's quarterly employment figures) in 1971.
And here's the DWP's chart.
I'll post more reaction to the unemployment figures shortly.
Here's the Guardian's story about the unemployment figures. And here's how it starts.
Britain's unemployment rate has fallen more sharply than expected, to 7.1%, leaving it only just above the 7% level at which the Bank of England has said it will consider raising interest rates from their record low of 0.5%.
The shock fall in the jobless rate in the three months to November was far bigger than economists had forecast, with most expecting it to edge lower to 7.3%. It compares with 7.4% in the three months to October.
The figure piles further pressure on Bank of England governor Mark Carney to clarify his "forward guidance" policy in interest rates. Carney announced last year that the Bank would consider a rate rise once the unemployment fell to 7%. Interest rates have been at 0.5% since March 2009.
While we're still on the subject of Lord Rennard, the Times (paywall) says a YouGov poll suggests that a plurality of Lib Dem voters want him to leave the party.
A YouGov poll suggests that most Lib Dem voters want him to walk away from the party. While 32 per cent said they thought he should "remain in the Liberal Democrats as it has not been proved that he's done anything wrong", 47 per cent believed that he should leave because "he is damaging the wider organisation".
Among men, 40 per cent said he should stay and 39 cent said he should leave. Among women, 43 per cent said he should go, with only 27 cent saying he should stay.
Overall, 41 per cent of voters think that he should leave the party, and 33 per cent think he should stay.
The row risks damaging the party's image. The poll showed that the party is seen as only slightly less sleazy than the Conservatives, with 42 per cent regarding the Tories as sleazy and 41 per cent regarding the Lib Dems the same way.
And here a chart showing quite a sharp gender split in the figures.
Nick Clegg's LBC phone-in - Summary
• Clegg strongly denied a claim that his wife Miriam was partly responsible for his decision to take a robust stance on Lord Rennard. The claim appears on the front page of today's Daily Telegraph under the headline: "Is Clegg's angry wife behind his battle with Rennard?" (Astute newspapers readers will know that when an assertion takes the form of a question, that's normally because the paper itself has its doubts.) The story starts:
Miriam Clegg helped shape her husband's decision to take on Lord Rennard after being left "furious" by the Liberal Democrat peer's failure to apologise to his alleged victims, sources have said.
Nick Clegg was supported by his wife, a City lawyer, in his decision to call for the peer to be barred from rejoining the House of Lords following allegations that he sexually harassed female activists.
Mrs Clegg is understood to have raised concerns with her husband that the party had "let down" female activists by failing to take their concerns seriously.
Clegg described this as "total garbage, a complete work of fiction" and "just totally untrue".
He also appealed to journalists to leave his wife alone.
What I would say to the Daily Telegraph or anybody else, look, you can make up stuff about me, as indeed people do, day in, day out. But just don't drag Miriam into it. Don't drag politicians' families into it. That's just not on.
• He said that he had not objection in principle to publishing the Lib Dem report into the Lord Rennard affair. But it would have to be redacted, he said. This could take time, he said, and it could lead to a report being published "which was so readacted that it would not necessarily give the full picture".
• He conceded that the Lib Dems did not respond well when complaints about Lord Rennard were made publicly last year. "I actually think that they way that we handled it last year wasn't great, wasn't ideal."
• He said that everyone in the Lib Dems should treat others with respect, but that this applied in particular to those in positions of power.
There is no way around my view that I want people in my party, the party I lead to treat each other with respect, with civility, with dignity. Everybody should do that but there's a special responsibility, a special burden of responsibility on people who are in positions of power to do just that.
• He said the way politics was conducted in the Commons was off-putting to women.
Unemployment figures
Here are the headline unemployment figures.
• Unemployment fell by 167,000 between September and November to 2.32m (7.1%).
• The number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance last month fell by 24,000 to 1.25m.
• Average earnings increased by 0.9% in the year to November, unchanged on the previous month.
Here is the Office for National Statistics news release. And here is the ONS statistical bulletin (pdf), with the full details.
Q: [From the white Dee from Benefits Street] Have you watched the programme? Is it a fair representation of people on benefits?
Clegg says he has not seen the programme. Some people say all people on benefits are like this. Other say the programme demonises those on welfare. He thinks both characterisations are wrong. Welfare should be there to help people. But it should not be a permanent way of life.
Clegg says has been a big advocate of changing the system, so that it always pays to work.
Clegg asks Dee what she thinks of the programme. Dee says it has been a shock; it has been bigger than they expected. The producers told them it was a programme about community spirit, she says.
She also says Clegg would be welcome to come to Benefits Street.
Asked how she voted last time, she said she voted Labour. But she said Clegg could attempt to win her back.
And that's it. I'll post a summary soon.
Q: How helpful was it for Lord Steel to say Lord Rennard's suspension should be withdrawn.
Clegg says that he has not read Steel's comments.
But it is clear that the way the party handled this last year was flawed.
And, going back earlier, the way the original complaints were handled was bad. That goes back to the time before he became an MP, he says.
He says he takes responsibility. He has apologised.
As for this last week, Clegg says he only had one judgment to make. Once the report was out, and Alistair Webster said an apology was due, his only decision was whether or not that should be upheld.
And he decided it should be upheld; there should be an apology from Rennard.
In the name of due process, fairness, the women and decency, it is right that the process should be upheld.
Q: A recent poll showed your approval ratings were the lowest of all main party leaders, at -51. Why?
Clegg says that's partly because the other parties have more supporters.
Going into coalition was an unpopular decision. But it was the right thing to do, he says.
He says he never came into politics to make cuts and savings. But the economy had suffered a heart attack. Something had to be done.
Q: Why won't the Lib Dems publish the Rennard report, or even show it to him?
Clegg says the allegations about Rennard have been shown to him.
It would not be fair to give it to one side of the dispute (Rennard) but not the other side (the complainants). That is particularly the case when formal disciplinary proceedings have not been launched.
Clegg says he has nothing in principle against publishing the report. But it would have to be redacted. A lot of it was based on police witness statements.
The Telegraph's Michael Deacon has hit back at Clegg.
Q: What is the government doing about mental health issues for young people?
Clegg says one child in 10 between the ages of five and 16 have a diagnosable mental health condition at some point.
They may receive good treatment as a child. But when they reach the age of 18, that falls away.
He says the government is going to change that.
He also wants to stop doctors just dishing out pills. Talking therapies can be more effective. The governmnt is allocating £400m for them.
Q: There are few Lib Dem female ministers. Do you not have faith in women?
Clegg says the Lib Dem parliamentary party does not have enough women in it. It is not reflective of modern Britain, in terms of gender, or race either.
Part of the problem is the way politics is conducted in the Commons. That is off-putting to women, and to some men too.
And selection processes are not always welcoming to women.
Some people see the process and decide they cannot relate to it.
Clegg says the Lib Dems are spending a lot of time mentoring candidates from groups that are under-represented. That includes women, disabled people and people from ethnic minorities.
Q: It has been reported that Miriam encouraged you to take a tougher stance on Rennard.
Clegg says this is "a work of fiction" and "complete garbage". He appeals to the Telegraph not to drag his wife into the story.
Clegg says the Webster report does not cast much judgment on motivations.
But it says that distress did happen.
Clegg says it is "messy" and "difficult" to confront the past. But there is no way round the need for people to treat each other with respect, with civility, with dignity. There is a special responsibility on people in authority to do just that.
If someone in authority did that, inadvertently or otherwise, the least they can do is apologise.
Q: Do you feel that it will be hard to revisit this, because Rennard can say he has not had a fair trial?
Clegg says the case is not being re-run.
Instead, a number of people said the failure to apologise was bringing the party into disrepute. That is why a separate disciplinary process has been launched.
Nick Clegg hosts his LBC phone-in
Nick Clegg is hosting his LBC phone-in now.
Q: Why has Lord Rennard not faced a disciplinary process?
Clegg says Alistair Webster, the QC who investigated this for the party, concluded that the burden of proof operating in these cases was not met. But he concluded that evidence was clear that offence and distress had been caused. He felt that an apology should therefore be issued.
Many people will recognise that sometimes there are things you do, sometimes inadvertently, sometimes not serious, sometimes more serious, that cause distress. And the most human thing do to is to apologise.
Q: Did you know that the criminal burden of proof is beyond reasonable doubt. But an internal process can have different rules.
Clegg says the Lib Dem rules, established many years ago,use the criminal burden of proof.
He thinks it is right to look at whether this hurdle is too high. Tim Farron, the Lib Dem president, is going to look at this.
MPs are debating the lobbying bill again today. It has been amended considerably in the Lords, and the Commons will decide whether to accept those changes.
Ahead of the debate, the political and constitutional reform committee has published its second report on the bill. It was embargoed until 9am.
Here is is an excerpt from the news release, summarising the contents of the report. It says the report:
• Notes that significant changes have been made to the Bill during its passage through Parliament and concludes that, although far from perfect, it has undoubtedly been improved.
• Concludes that, although much of the attention in recent months has been on Part 2 of the Bill on third-party campaigning, there continue to be serious concerns about the very narrow scope of Part 1, on lobbying.
• States that, without the changes the Committee recommended in its first report on the Bill, to broaden the lobbying register, Part 1 of the Bill will do little to increase transparency about who is lobbying whom and for what purpose.
• Agrees with many of the amendments that were made in the House of Lords, but call for amendments to these amendments in some instances:
- Supports the amendment made in the House of Lords to include special advisers within the list of people with whom contactcounts as lobbying, but would like to see the Bill further amended to include Senior Civil Servants within this list as well.
- Calls for the maximum expenditure limits for third-party campaigning to be restored to their current levels in England, Scotland and Wales (the Committee is content with the proposed increase in the limit for Northern Ireland.)
- Supports the changes made in the Lords to make the reporting and accounting requirements on third parties less onerous, but calls for additional amendments to further reduce bureaucracy.
And here's a quote from Graham Allen, the committee chairman.
We continue to regard this Bill as an example of how not to make legislation. It should serve as a reminder to future Governments that consultation and pre-legislative scrutiny are vital elements of the process of producing good legislation—not mere formalities that can be dispensed at the convenience of the Government.
If you were hoping for a reprieve from Lord Rennard, I've got bad news. The Lib Dem crisis has not gone away, and Nick Clegg is doing his LBC phone-in one day early this week, so he will be talking about it shortly. I'll cover that in detail.
After that, it's quite a busy morning politically. Here's the agenda for the day.
9am: Nick Clegg hosts his LBC phone-in.
9am: Lord Adonis, the Labour former education minister, speaks at a Social Market Foundation conference on ending the divide between state schools and private schools.
9.30am: Unemployment figures are released.
9.30am: Sir Michael Wilshaw, the head of Ofsted, gives evidence to the Commons education committee.
10.45am: Vince Cable, the business secretary, gives evidence to the Commons business committee.
12pm: David Cameron and Ed Miliband clash at PMQs.
12.30pm: Maria Miller, the culture secretary, gives a speech entitled The Value of Culture.
Around 12.40pm: MPs start debating the lobbying bill. The Commons has to consider the changes to the bill made in the Lords.
2.15pm: Ofgem, Ofwat, the Treasury, the Department for Energy and Climate Change and others give evidence to the Commons public accounts committee on the impact of infrastructure investment on consumer bills.
At some point today Lib Dem peers are having their regularly weekly meeting. The Rennard affair is expected to come up.
I will be focusing in particular today on the Clegg phone-in, the Rennard affair and PMQs. But, as usual, I will also be flagging up any breaking political news, posting summaries at lunchtime and in the afternoon with a round-up of all the day's developments and highlighting the most interesting political articles on the web.
If you want to follow me on Twitter, I'm on @AndrewSparrow.


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"Cities In Dust" as written by and Peter Clarke Susan Ballion....
Water was running; children were running
You were running out of time
Under the mountain, a golden fountain
Were you praying at the Lares shrine?
But oh your city lies in dust, my friend
We found you hiding we found you lying
Choking on the dirt and sand
Your former glories and all the stories
Dragged and washed with eager hands
But oh your city lies in dust, my friend
Hot and burning in your nostrils
Pouring down your gaping mouth
Your molten bodies blanket of cinders
Caught in the throes
And your city lies in dust
You were running out of time
Under the mountain, a golden fountain
Were you praying at the Lares shrine?
But oh your city lies in dust, my friend
We found you hiding we found you lying
Choking on the dirt and sand
Your former glories and all the stories
Dragged and washed with eager hands
But oh your city lies in dust, my friend
Hot and burning in your nostrils
Pouring down your gaping mouth
Your molten bodies blanket of cinders
Caught in the throes
And your city lies in dust
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+4General CommentSIOUXSIE: "This was our first trip to Pompeii, another amazing experience. Seeing a whole civilisation petrified in lava was like putting yourself in the place at the time, and imagining how it must have been to be there when it happened. I find it really easy to do that, to get ghost images of life continuing as it was. I often wonder if that's what real hauntings are - your imagination and your senses bringing things back to life. That's why you'd never be able to capture it on film." Source: Melody Maker 17/10/92.
+2General CommentLooking back (while seeming to tell the tale to one who passed on there) at the time before the eruption of Vesuvius and the subsequent rain of ashes covered the denizens of Pompeii.traumahoundon October 12, 2002 Link
+2General CommentThis song was written after the band took a trip to Pompei whiel on tour. Siouxsie said being there felt as if she could feel the agony of the people who had died there and it was haunting for her.lokithecaton February 03, 2006 Link
+2My InterpretationIMO this song is about a person who lives in a total Delusion.
Its a big peace of art.Using words to describe an event and then using the event to make the point.
Lets start with this - The City symbolizes all of his Illusions And Lies Bundled together.
-Water was running, children were running
pretty obvious imo,somebody started destroying his world of illusion and pieces are falling down
-You were running out of time
He was running out of time to make up something new so he could cover the places that were destroyed.
-Under the mountain, a golden fountain
This shows how well build was his "City" or in other words how much he lied himself and what not
-Were you praying at the Lares shrine?
as probably the most of you Lares were the "good" gods of ancient Rome to make the long story short.This one is pretty much obvious he got nothing else to do so the only thing he can do is hope.
-But, oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
Note "my friend" He is probably a close friend of the delusioned guy and just tries to help him
There is nothing he can hope for they almost destroyed all the illusion he wrapped himself in.
-We found you hiding we found you lying
He hid cause he didnt know what to do,everything he believed is false and was nothing more then an illusion
-Choking on the dirt and sand
he couldnt speak,he had no idea what could he say
-Your former glories and all the stories
He probably thought that he head a good and happy life,that he was invincible or whatever
-Dragged and washed with eager hands
Note "washed" and "eager hands" Eager hands pretty much mean that his friend wanted to help him Washed is rather simple too more or less - he washed his stories and former glories - he destroyed the illusion around them and made him see them as they truly are.
-Hot and burning in your nostrils
-Pouring down your gaping mouth
at first he is angry at his friend for doing that to him
-Your molten bodies blanket of cinders
Molten bodies and blanket of cinders symbolize the pieces of his illusion that are left but are going to disappear soon
-Caught in the throes
He realizes that the bodies and blankets are not in pain but he is..
-And your city lies in dust
Best line in the song imo.Its done,your city lies in dust.And you are still alive.
+2Song MeaningThis is about the eruption of Vesuvias, and the destruction of Pompei. Siousxie visited an arcaeological site there.
"We found you hiding we found you lying
Choking on the dirt and sand
Your former glories and all the stories
Dragged and washed with eager hands"
A body, uncovered by archaeologists, and artifacts excavated and cleaned.
Who could not be affected by such a sight?WingedWolfon September 21, 2010 Link
+2General CommentThis song is not only about the destruction of Pompeii by Vesuvius, but also the deterioration of the Roman society.
"Under the mountain, a golden fountain
Were you praying at the Lares shrine?"
It's seen here that Siouxsie is talking about how avaricious and greedy they were as well as how dependent they were on their pagan gods (the Lares is actually the gods of the household who protected the family, property and farms. They also gaurded entire cities. Shrines to the Lares were found in peoples homes and often at crossroads). Due to their self-absorbtion, the empire collapsed and was easily taken down by unkindly enemies.
Siouxsie was inspired by this song with a visit she had to the remains of Pompeii, and we can see her thoughts on the way the archaeologists treat the site:
"Dragged and washed with eager hands"
Siouxsie is quite the historian and intelligent woman! =]BonjourLaFilleon December 22, 2010 Link
You are so right ON. Your analysis is one of the best here. It's all about a society fallen into decadent idolatry and ensuing judgment by fire for abandoning Truth. Amorality, sensuality, idolatry and lying had come to characterize the Pompeian society [a microcosm of Roman decline, personified in the nameless victim of the song buried in the ash] yet they refused to repent. To add to the wrath, Rome persecuted and murdered many of the first Christians after the movement began to grow within the Empire. Vesuvius erupted barely 9 years after Titus the Roman general razed the temple at Jerusalem to the ground and massacred the Jewish inhabitants. It was only 5 years since the Roman aggression at Masada. I would not be the first to suggest that the God of Israel was getting even with some of His foes(?). All of which does not detract from, but only enhances the apocalyptic charms of "Cities in Dust"Flag NomadMonadon October 27, 2011+1Exactly! You typed all that I had no energy to type. The destruction of Pompeii was a indeed a microcosm for the destruction of Rome. In fact, I almost sense a warning from Siouxsie about history repeating itself with they way the world is becoming, espeically in America.Flag BonjourLaFilleon January 05, 20120I also take it as a warning.
Substitute "Iranian nukes" for blankets of volcanic cinders and " texting on your I-phone" for praying at the Lares shrine. It's the immediacy of the doom that makes this song so powerful.Flag NomadMonadon May 17, 2013
+2General CommentInteresting that a lot of people read a Christian or culturally conservative ethic into this -- I don't see any censure in the song of pagan idolatry or of the moral character of Roman civilization in late first century A.D. (which, actually, was thriving and centuries away from collapse).
Rather, the focus is on the suddenness of a city's collapse, and how impotent an ordinary person is when faced with annihilation. The people of Pompeii, obviously, could not have stopped Vesuvius no matter how well they behaved. Nor could their gods ("Were you praying at the Lares shrine?"). The song also dwells on the insignificance of human accomplishment in the face of death ("Your former glories and all the stories/ Dragged and washed with eager hands"). Everything can be erased in a second by powers well outside of an ordinary person's control.
Again, I think it's wrong to read this as a general rebuke of Roman civilization. Rome's collapse was not sudden. It occurred over centuries of deterioration and for a great multitude of reasons, beyond the simple rote Christian reading of bad morals. It took Edward Gibbon thousands of pages to describe, after all.
I agree with those who draw parallels to nuclear war. The terrifying aspect of this song is that we imagine the bodies at Pompeii, permanently fixed in the positions they died in, and we can readily imagine the same thing happening to us.
0Your commentary is insightful. I actually enjoyed reading Edward Gibbons on the rise of the Church and the demise of Rome. I agree with all you said about impending mortality and "the insignificance of human accomplishment in the face of death" - but I also see it as a parable of divine retribution. For us, living centuries after the fact, and knowing what we know about the condensation of events when viewed through distant history, I think it is natural to see the destruction of Pompeii as a parable of vengeance against idolatry. In any case, it is refreshing to find thoughtful commentary of any kind at this website. Siouxsie Sioux brings minds together over great lyrics and music!Flag NomadMonadon May 17, 2013
+1General CommentI wonder why siouxsie would write a song about Pompeii, which happened so long ago. I suspect it's meant as some sort of allegory to the modern threat of destruction of cities by nuclear weapons.
+1General CommentA song about the sudden destruction of Pompeii. This the song that made me a true fan. The entire album TINDERBOX is acceptionally good. And Budgie is one of the most talented drummers in the business.MrLongroveon January 29, 2005 Link
+1General CommentMy friend and I took it as a big symbol. Yes, it is about Pompeii (literally), but it is also about a deceitful person (figuratively). Someone who is a liar usually will eventually feel guilt (even more-so after being caught), and the feeling of guilt is like this burning feeling like lava pouring down your throat.btrswtbutterflyon October 11, 2007 Link
0Like all of their music,[and like an archaeological excavation]this song contains multiple levels/layers of reality within the text. I think you have gotten to the heart of it here with your insightful comment: in the burning fires of judgement, no idol can save you from your own sin.["Sin in my heart - when you're lying like a tart..."] The Lares couldn't save this ancient Roman liar; he was trapped under a mountain burning with fire and there was nowhere left to run. What an amazing song - it has such a rich religious/historical context. It is so far above, so much deeper than most rock'n'roll songs - it is actually a parable. It's a perfect allegory for our times. There IS a lake of burning fire in the end, and the idol-Gods have no power to save us from it. I will always treasure this song. It contains wisdom and Truth.Flag NomadMonadon October 27, 2011
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It was pretty nice, said Bullard. I ran my best 40 up there. A 4.64 I think they clocked me at Thats my best 40 out of all the camps I went to so far.
We did the vertical, he added. I went up and got a 36. Thats probably my best vert also thus far during camps.
The 2011 prospect has attended camps at several schools this summer, which include Tennessee, Auburn, NC State, and Vanderbilt. He has also camped at Wake Forest and Furman, the two schools that have extended scholarship offers to Bullard. However, his experience at Maryland ranks near the top.
We did an offense and defense, said Bullard. I was a wide receiver. I was catching most of the passes thrown to me. I was having fun. That was probably one of the funner camps Ive been to so far.
The linebacker also came away impressed with the Terps coaching staff.
Ive been to a camp where the coaches were fighting before and that wasnt really a good turn-on, Bullard said. But these coaches, they were working together. They were laughing, having a good time. Acting like everything was alright.
Bullard had the opportunity to meet one of the coaches before coming to camp. In the spring, Maryland Linebackers Coach Al Seamonson paid Bullard a visit.
I think he came to my school around spring practice time. He just wanted to check in and see me for the first time, said Bullard. After that I thought it was getting kind of serious. I started thinking about Maryland.
Bullard, who stands at 6-foot-3 and weighing about 195 pounds, said that the Maryland staff would like him to put on some weight before possibly offering a scholarship.
They also got to wait on a couple things, so Im just waiting, he said.
It is likely that Bullard will do a lot more waiting during the recruiting process as he sorts out his options.
Im not really favoring anybody right now, he said. Im probably going to wait till midseason to commit to any school.


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Modi, who had started his day with a visit to the Gandhi memorial in front of the Indian embassy, was scheduled to go alone to the King memorial after his bilateral summit with Obama. But apparently, during the talks, Obama decided to join him.
Modi, who had switched to a dark Bandhgala suit for the summit, and walked to the front of the memorial, appearing to chat with Obama gestured a few times and appeared to be commenting on the King statue.
Later, Modi left separately from the King Memorial for a lunch hosted at the State Department by Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry and Obama returned to the White House.
As the two leaders' "joint Op-Ed today noted, when Martin Luther King Jr. sought to end discrimination and prejudice against African Americans, he was inspired by Mahatma Gandhi's non-violent teachings", the White House said.
The King memorial was dedicated on Aug 28, 2011, the 48th anniversary of his groundbreaking in March on Washington for jobs and freedom and his "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered from the nearby Lincoln memorial.
Designed by Lei Yixin the 9.1 metres high white granite Stone of Hope statue detached from the Mountain of Despair reflects the victory borne from disappointment
The 98 foot high Lincoln Memorial designed by Henry Bacon on the National Mall is a favourite haunt of Obama, who is an admirer of all three icons: Gandhi, King and Lincoln.


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Visit the town's beautifully maintained historical cemetery and see the location where bushranger Dan Morgan shot down Sergeant Maginnity in 1884.
Experience country life of years gone by at the Glenroy Heritage Reserve, including the Pioneer Women's Hut and National Quilt Register.
Be entertained and learn about the life of a mountain cattlemen from fifth generation mountain cattleman Tim O'Brien at the two-hour long Boggy Creek Show.
The Rosewood Golf Club is the home of the annual Rosewood Country Roundup, a music festival which attracts almost 450 caravans every year.
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Boggy Creek Show
The two hour live performance includes: amazing Snowy Mountains horsemanship with stock and packhorse, mustering, whip cracking, working Kelpie dogs, unique Aussie humour (laughs and legends), stories about Australian history and mountain heritage, farm animals, sheep shearing, learn about a working Angus cattle stud; spectacular views of Mt Kosciuszko, Australia's highest mountain.
There is an under cover seating area, billy tea, cake and biscuits.
Boggy Creek is located 12 kilometres from Tumbarumba, NSW and is halfway between Sydney and Melbourne.
55 Boggy Creek Road
Tumbarumba, NSW, 2653
Located 8.7K from Rosewood
Pioneer Women's Hut Museum
The Heritage Quilt Room exhibition is now open and displays "The Gift of Thrift" exhibition. Entry to this exhibition is AUD5 per person.
Glenroy Cottage Crafts is a little shop nearby offering a wide range of useful and attractive goods. Other heritage displays include a machinery shed full of farm implements used by the hard working pioneers of the Tumbarumba district.
449 Tumbarumba Road,
Glenroy Heritage Reserve
Tumbarumba, NSW, 2653
Located 14.9K from Rosewood
Nest Cinema Cafe Books
Open Friday and Saturday nights for gourmet pizza and blackboard dinner specials - you can even dine while watching a movie.
Drop in for their house made sweets and treats, T2 tea, coffee, or book in for an antipasto plate, glass of local wine and a movie. Maybe you're more into sinking into the couch by the fire with hot chocolate and a good read? That's okay too.
56 Winton Street
Tumbarumba, NSW, 2653
Located 17.6K from Rosewood
Artists on Parade Art Gallery
They have regularly changing exhibitions showcasing local and visiting artists. Expressions of interest for exhibitions, sale of unique, artist made items or hire of the workspace are welcomed.
Visit one of Australia's best regional artists initiatives with their regularly changing gallery space and unique gift shop stocking local to international products, handmade and collectables.
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Tumbarumba, NSW, 2653
Located 19.4K from Rosewood
Sugarpine Walk
Take the short stroll amongst a dense stand of enormous sugar pines planted in 1928. This species is the largest and tallest of all pines.
The walk is located on the edge of Kopsens Road, around half a kilometre from the Batlow-Tumbarumba Road at Laurel Hill.
Kopsens Road
Batlow, NSW, 2730
Located 22.5K from Rosewood
Hume and Hovell Track - Henry Angel Trackhead
The picnic and camping area is a base for short and longer walks along the Hume and Hovell Track, especially walking up and downstream exploring the Burra Creek and its significant mining history. Dogs not permitted on the track which crosses private land. Information boards are located at the track head.
The entire Hume and Hovell Track stretches 426 kilometres from Yass to Albury, and retraces the footsteps of explorers Hamilton Hume and William Hovell on their expedition to Port Phillip in 1824.
Walkers should be adequately clothed with sturdy walking boots. Maps and more information are available from the Tumbarumba Visitor Information Centre.
For more information about Tumbarumba Region visit their web site.
Henry Angel Trackhead
Tumbarumba, NSW, 2653
Located 24.4K from Rosewood
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Tumbarumba Tastebuds
Enjoy the best of Tumbarumba's produce at the annual Tumbarumba Tastebuds. Cellar doors will be open, a fresh food market and sunset dinner at Nest, and a program offered by Tumbarumba Open Gardens for both Saturday and Sunday will provide an enticing springtime experience.
Choose the vineyard bus or self-drive for a discovery of fine wine, food and entertainment. Come and experience everything Tumbarumba Tastebuds has to offer.
29th Oct
Tumbarumba, NSW, 2653
Located 17.5K from Rosewood
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Tumbarumba Visitor Information Centre and Museum
You will also find a fascinating historical museum, along with a comprehensive collection of information about Tumbarumba's history of goldmining, timber, and mountain cattlemen.
10 Bridge Street
Tumbarumba, NSW, 2653
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Lucknow, May 20 (UNI) The Uttar Pradesh government is drafting a bill to check the diminishing underground water level due to over exploitation.
Giving this information at a press conference here, state minister for minor irrigation Lakhi Ram Nagar said, ''With the adoption of the new law, the consumers would have to take permission for installation of tubewells and boring, while subsidy given by the government for setting up tubewells in rural areas would be stopped where the ground water level has gone down and identified as critical, semi-critical or over exploited.'' A high level committee had also been constituted to draft the proposed bill to be tabled in the state assembly, Mr Nagar informed.
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Question: As soon as we moved into our new, recently converted ground-floor flat we knew we had made a mistake. The noise from upstairs is terrible. We can hear them talking, walking, their television and their baby playing with her toys on the wooden flooring.
The freeholder says that the lease for upstairs mentions nothing about floors having to be carpeted and therefore he can't do anything. I have tried speaking to the people above, inviting them down to listen to the noise, which they did, yet they haven't done anything. The noise is endless. What can we do?
Answer: Because the flat is newly converted, it would be worthwhile looking at the planning consent for the conversion to see if soundproofing was a condition of planning. If it was, speak to the freeholder. Even if soundproofing was installed when the flats were constructed, perhaps the specification was not good enough.
Even if there is no covenant regarding carpets there is likely to be a covenant in the lease that lessees do not allow noise between certain hours, or cause nuisance, and you can ask the freeholder to enforce it.
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