The government has seen off a Labour challenge to its
housing benefit changes in the House of Commons. MPs voted by a majority of 26
to reject what critics have dubbed the "bedroom tax", removing some
payments if council tenants' properties are deemed to be under-occupied. But
two Liberal Democrat MPs - Andrew George and party president Tim Farron -
backed Labour's motion. Read more on the BBC website.
Country diary: The challenge of making a thatched roof pine-marten proof |
Tom Allan
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*Glenisla, Angus:* Damage by squirrels is common; the mustelid less so.
Still, as a local told me, ‘you cannae blame them wanting somewhere to live’
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