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US takeover of £14bn UK MoD defence procurement Abbey Wood

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Mayor Ferguson attends conference in Amsterdam 'If Mayors Ruled the World'

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Weekly Program

Featured Speakers/Commentators:

Ron Stone

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Bristol Broadband Co-operative Contact Contributor

Date Published:

Aug. 22, 2014, 12:49 p.m.

Summary: http://politicsthisweek.wordpress.com/2014/08/22/35641/

Credits: News review with Labour councillor for St George West Ron Stone. Privatisation of MoD DE&S division in Abbey Wood, Filton Bristol with a budget of Â£14bn and 21,000 employees to Bechtel (RAF & Navy) and CH2M Hill (Army & Joint Services). Brings in American giants to manage military procurement â Keith Vaz on Raytheon eBorders contract fiasco; PWC to take over Abbey Wood human resources and NHS whistleblowers sacked by human resources departments; former Bechtel executive took $5m in bribes; Mayor Ferguson attends conference in Amsterdam If Mayors Ruled the World â bedroom tax, the economy; Bristol Arena â councillors not allowed to scrutinise figures but expected to allow it; ant-Mayor referendum; Hedy Epstein, 90 year old holocaust survivor, likens police action to Nazis, in Ferguson, Missouri; Do you want us to let you die? NHS elderly patients visited and asked about being resuscitated; BMJ stands by claims on side effects of statins; Double Gloucester cheese to disappear from UK as cows die out.

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