First hour: News review: with Labour Bristol city councillor for Easton Afzal Shah. Grenfell Tower fire tragedy â Council meeting cancelled because press there â commercial confidentiality? - Grenfell Towers fireproof cladding was âdowngraded to save £293,000â, show leaked documents; Mayor Mervin Rees implementing Westminister cuts; Theresa May came to Bristol this week but no-one in Bristol City Council was informed; PMQs Kevin Brennan â Tory £1bn bribe to DUP â Northern Ireland: Stormont assembly scrapped as DUP sees no breakthrough on devolution before deadline; European Court of Justice is an EU structure - countries outside the EU are members of the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) - Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, also Bosnia, Montenegro, Albania, Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Balarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City are European countries outside the EU and the EFTA - that was a correction from Martin Summers mistake last week - 9/28 EU members have opted out of the Euro currency - Euro Zone does NOT include Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and UK; Electronic Intafada website - EU pledges to help Israel suppress criticism - anti-Semitic to criticise Israel policy? Zionism is a political movement; During July and August 2014 when Israel was bombing civilians in Gaza Bristol City Council held a day conference which included local MPs to discuss the slaughter. A petition and resolution demanding Israel stop immediately was never delivered to Downing Street due to pressure from the Israel lobby - Londons recent Grenfell Tower block fire â clip of Kensington and Chelsea Council (K&CC) meeting that was cancelled because Press turned up; interview with Robert Atkinson, Leader of the Labour Group on K&CC â Nick Paget Brown, Tory leader of K&CC, has resigned â Grenfell Tower tragedy discussed; culture of secrecy in planning â lack of affordable housing at Elizabeth Shaw Chocolate Factory renovation; PMQs Theresa May and Corbyn - Grenfell Tower â Council spending on neighbourhood services falls by £3bn since 2011. Cuts to services such as bin collection, planning and pothole repair amount to dismantling of core functions of local government, says report - local authority budgets cut by 40% resulting in safety concerns; National Audit Office slams Governmentâs âhigh cost and risky dealâ for Hinkley Point nuclear power station - pressure from China; PMQs Ian Austen - terror budget cut by 7%; Muslim knocked unconscious by thugs who then vandalised his home with racist graffiti quoting Katie Hopkins "final solution" tweet
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