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Council chief predicts 'end of local government as we know it'
Financial Times, 24/10/2012, p.4, Sarah Neville
overall budget reduction over the five years from 2010 has placed councils in the front line of the steepest deficit reduction of modern times. Tony Travers, visiting professor at the London School of Economics and an authority on local government, said at one end of the "bell curve", the radical centre right was looking to privatise services.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fa07f0f8-19fd-11e2-a379-00144feabdc0.html|
Paulson donates $100m to Central Park
Financial Times, 23/10/2012,
He has also supported Southampton Hospital on Long Island and a maternity hospital in Ecuador, and funded a chair in European political economy at the London School of Economics. In addition, Mr Paulson has put his money to work in US politics, contributing $1m to Restore Our Future, the super-Pac that supports Mitt Romney.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e66d6da0-1d1f-11e2-abeb-00144feabdc0.html|
Labour joins call to fast-track airports review
Evening Standard, 23/10/2012, p.2, Nicholas Cecil
Boris Johnson in demanding that a review into London's airports be completed before the next election. Shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle warned that delaying the study — headed by former London School of Economics boss Sir Howard Davies — until after 2015 risked kicking the issue into the long grass.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/labour-joins-call-to-fasttrack-airports-
review-8222769.html|
LSE online
BBC chief denies sex scandal cover-up
Reuters
Charlie Beckett, founding director of the Polis media think-tank at the London School of Economics, said managers at the BBC had tried to deflect blame and that was unacceptable. "If we blame James Murdoch for what happened when he was in charge then George, in terms of the Newsnight debacle and the general lack of grip, has been found wanting."
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/23/us-britain-savile-idUSBRE89L1L1201
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BBC chief denies cover-up over sexual
Yahoo! UK and Ireland (Web), 23/10/2012, Unattributed
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/bbc-chief-says-sex-abuse-claims-very-grave-095956
968.html|
Architect of Thatcher's poll tax warns Cameron he risks similar chaos with council tax shake-up
Mail Online UK (Web), 23/10/2012, Unattributed
Tony Travers, a local government expert at the London School of Economics, said figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies implied that around 750,000 would be affected by council tax benefit cuts.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2222000/Architect-Thatchers-poll-tax-warns-Cameron-risks-similar-chaos-council-tax-shake-up.html|
Syria crisis: UN mulls peacekeepers but ceasefire hopes fade - Tuesday 23 October 2012
Blogposts | guardian.co.uk - Matthew Weaver, Brian Whitaker - Oct 23 at 20:42 BST
many suspected Islamists being held by the regime escaped from jail in a prison break. Speaking at the London School of Economics last week, she blamed the Assad regime for orchestrating the jailbreak. 10:28...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2012/oct/23/syria-un-peacekeepers-ceasefire-hopes-fade-live|
Why There Won’t Be A Ceasefire This Eid Al Adha In Syria – OpEd
Eurasia Review - Franklin Lamb - Oct 23 at 19:34 BST
Oregon, earned his Law Degree at Boston University and his LLM, M.Phil, and PhD degrees at the London School of Economics. Following three summers at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Lamb was...
http://www.eurasiareview.com/23102012-why-there-wont-be-a-ceasefire-this-eid-al-adha-in-syria-oped/|
BBC chief faces Savile questions
Irish Times - Oct 23 at 17:12 BST
only household name to have been involved.Charlie Beckett, founding director of the Polis media think-tank at the London School of Economics, said managers at the BBC had tried to deflect blame and that...
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/1023/breaking2.html|
Durch Sparen droht Griechenland Depression wie in 1930ern (translate)
Die Welt - Oct 23 at 16:42 BST
1930er Jahre lehrt uns, dass die Konjunktur gefördert werden muss”, sagt Vassilis Monastiriotis, Dozent für Volkswirtschaftslehre an der London School of Economics. "Der Aufstieg der extremen Rechten in Griechenland...
http://www.welt.de/newsticker/bloomberg/article110166822/Durch-Sparen-droht-Griechenland-Depression-wie-in-1930ern.html|
Mega-Städte machen Stress (translate)
Deutsche Welle - Oct 23 at 14:28 BST
Effekt im Gehirn? Architekten müssen umdenken Für Architekten und Stadtplaner, so Richard Burdett, Professor für Stadtforschung an der London School of Economics, können die Erkenntnisse der Hirnforscher...
http://www.dw.de/mega-st%C3%A4dte-machen-stress/a-16325712?maca=de-
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Santos insiste en replantear lucha contra las drogas (translate)
El Espectador - Oct 23 at 14:10 BST
el incremento de actos de violencia y corrupción en la región. Y señaló, a través del informe del London School of Economics, que se requiere un “debate serio, abierto y honesto sobre esta guerra”."El Gobierno...
http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/judicial/articulo-382731-santos-insiste-
replantear-lucha-contra-drogas|
Der Traumjob ist viel Geld wert: Für optimale Arbeitsbedingungen würden die meisten Manager auf einen ... (translate)
FinanzNachrichten.de - Oct 23 at 11:35 BST
einem Gehaltsverzicht von fast 30 Prozent bereit, wie aus einer Studie der Wirtschaftsprüfungs- und Beratungsgesellschaft PricewaterhouseCoopers und der London School of Economics hervorgeht.Auch im Bezug...
http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2012-10/24949399-der-traumjob-ist-
viel-geld-wert-fuer-optimale-arbeitsbedingungen-wuerden-die-meisten-manager
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El PIB de España cae un 0,4% en el tercer trimestre, según el Banco de España (translate)
Yahoo! Argentina - Oct 23 at 10:08 BST
indicó el banco central. El ministro de Economía español, Luis de Guindos, hablando ante unos estudiantes en la London School of Economics, el pasado 4 de octubre en la capital británica. Seguí a
http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/judicial/articulo-382731-santos-insiste-
replantear-lucha-contra-drogas|
Tensions with Syria are exposing Lebanon's thin veneer of stability
Denver Post – Oct 24 2012
and ideologically polarized and split among sectarian lines," said Fawaz A. Gerges, head of the Middle East Center at the London School of Economics. "The fear is not if the Syrian conflict will spill over — but whether it has already reached the
http://www.denverpost.com/recommended/ci_21832206|
LSE on TV/radio
BBC News (23 Oct)
5 O’Clock News
Charlie Beckett comments on the appearance of the BBC Director General at the Culture Select Committee.
Al Jazeera UK (24 Oct)
News
Coverage of LSE’s report on ‘the war of drugs.’
BBC World Service Radio (23 Oct)
News
Jean-Pierre Zigrand comments on protection for financial markets
BBC Radio 4 (23 Oct)
Mention of Justin Webb graduating from LSE in 1983.