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The BBC charter green paper does at least acknowledge the licence fee's elephant in the room - we're potentially, maybe, ten to fifteen years away from switching off terrestrial TV broadcast towers.

Britain’s Story: The Next Chapter - BBC Royal Charter Review, Green Paper and public consultation

Projet de TGV Toronto-Québec : une première ébauche de corridor proposée
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2220745/tgv-trace-corridor-toronto-montreal-quebec-train-grande-vitesse

First stage of the STEP Fusion plant build consultation in the planning process they're intending to get it running in the 2040's; This is an old Coal power station site in West Burton they're reusing:
(I expect others to have got fusion working first, but still promising)
https://stepfusion.com/consultation/

STEP Fusion - Consultation
STEP Fusion’s first stage of public consultation runs from 14 January through to 11 March 2026

Australia begins consultations with publishers and platforms on its News Bargaining Incentive, requiring Big Tech to pay local publishers or face new taxes (April Ossington/Channel News)
https://www.channelnews.com.au/australia-m

channelnews : Australia Moves to Make Tech Giants Pay for News As Google Faces New Scrutiny In Europe
Global technology companies are facing mounting regulatory pressure, with the Albanese government moving ahead on new laws that would force platforms like Facebook, Google and TikTok to pay for Australian news content, just as Google faces a fresh competition probe in Europe. Under the federal government’s proposed News Bargaining Incentive, social media and search companies... Read More

We've now posted our submitted response to Manchester’s Local Plan – consultation | Steady State Manchester https://steadystatemanchester.net/2025/10/27/manchesters-local-plan-responding-to-the-consultation/

Manchester’s Local Plan – responding to the consultation
UPDATE!  11 Nov.  We have now submitted a revised version.  It adds some answers to questions we didn’t address in the previously published draft, and has some additions to some of the other …

Religion has no place in education: it only brings division and ignorance.
We know this from Northern Ireland.
Primary school in Oldham wants to introduce new ‘faith-based’ entry criteria to tackle oversubscription - Manchester Evening News
https://www.

Primary school in Oldham wants to introduce new ‘faith-based’ entry criteria to tackle oversubscription
Some parents have questioned the new criteria, which are currently under consultation.

China releases draft guidelines for governing online personal data collection, open for public consultation amid privacy concerns and companies' data misuse (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-10/c…

The Justice Ministry is proposing to take 75% Client Account Interest into its own hands, so a tax.
This is essentially Clients own money as Solicitors have to account for it.
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultation

Interest on Lawyers' Client Accounts Scheme

Public consultation on #EU public procurement rules. 🇪🇺
President von der Leyen announced a revision of the public procurement directives. The @… would like to hear your 🫵 views.
Feedback period:
3 Nov. 2025 - 26 Jan. 2026

Manchester’s Local Plan is available in draft.
You've til 17 Nov to respond.
Our post gives you the links to the plan and consultantation, AND our draft response that you can use as a template for yours!
In summary, the council is constrained by planning regulations but they could still do much better.
Tell them!
 #Manchester

Manchester’s Local Plan – responding to the consultation
UPDATE!  11 Nov.  We have now submitted a revised version.  It adds some answers to questions we didn’t address in the previously published draft, and has some additions to some of the other …