Blog Profile / Louise Stewart
| URL : | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/correspondents/louisestewart/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Politics / UK Politics | |
| Posts on Regator: | 63 | |
| Posts / Week: | 0.6 | |
| Archived Since: | July 6, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
Relief on fuel duty for South East motorists
There's no doubt high fuel prices have been causing hardship for motorists in the South East. Just last night BBC South East heard from a couple from Ramsgate who said they had been forced to sleep in their car because they could not...Show More Summary
Price rises for rail commuters
Commuters in the South East, who already pay some of the highest rail fares in the country, are to bear the brunt of the annual fare rises in January. Many will see their fares rise by around 4.2% which is close to the capped national...Show More Summary
South East's education 'lottery'
Almost half of primary children in Kent are not receiving a good or outstanding education - that's the finding of chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw's first Ofsted report. He says England's children face a "postcode lottery" in gaining...Show More Summary
Boris Island is 'hare-brained'
The Mayor of London has again waded into the argument over aviation capacity, telling business leaders that building a new four-runway hub airport in the Thames Estuary is the only way for the UK to be able to compete on the world stage. Boris...Show More Summary
Independent voted first Kent PCC
In Kent and Sussex, as elsewhere across the country, many people simply didn't bother to vote for the new role of Police and Crime Commissioner with only around one in six actually going to the polls. Perhaps because the main parties...Show More Summary
Police commissioner count begins
Counting is under way in the election of Sussex's first police and crime commissioner.
Government defeated in EU vote
The government has suffered a defeat in the House of Commons in a vote over the European Union budget. The rebellion was led by Rochester and Strood MP Mark Reckless, who argued that increases in the UK's contribution to the EU could...Show More Summary
PM faces MP backlash over Europe
Prime Minister David Cameron is facing a House of Commons rebellion over Britain's financial contributions to Europe led by a Kent MP. And the issue dominated Prime Minister's Questions earlier. Labour leader Ed Miliband stepped up the...Show More Summary
Police's commissioner revolution
I've been to New York several times - sometimes for business, but mostly for pleasure. It's a great city. I've always felt safe there - even when travelling alone. It hasn't always been the case. The Commissioner Ray Kelly, who works...Show More Summary
PM attacked on rail and aviation
If there's one thing that gets people going in the South East it's transport. Understandably so. Hundreds of thousands of people commute into London on a daily basis for work, so rail links and fares are hugely important. Aviation is also a big issue. Show More Summary
Clegg tells supporters to hold firm
There's no doubt Nick Clegg had a tough week ahead of his party's conference in Brighton, having apologised over breaking the party's pledge on tuition fees. At the conference, surrounded by supporters, he'll hope to draw a line under...Show More Summary
Party rejects airport expansion
The Transport Minister Norman Baker said the motion reinforces the Liberal Democrats' opposition to airport expansion. Today's vote puts the party at odds with the Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg who said, other than a third runway...Show More Summary
Lib Dems vote against new runways
Liberal Democrats are gathered in Brighton for the party's annual autumn conference. Nick Clegg is trying to draw a line under his apology over student tuition fees. Speaking to me ahead of conference I asked about one of the biggest...Show More Summary
Reshuffle reignites aviation row
Well, the pack has been shuffled but many of the faces are familiar. In fact all of the top posts: chancellor, home secretary and foreign secretary are the same. But as the dust settles what will the reshuffle mean for the south east? Ashford...Show More Summary
Rail cash boost 'to be announced'
It has been a tough week for the Transport Secretary Justine Greening. She was again forced to delay the publication of her long awaited aviation strategy due to Coalition tensions, particularly over the possibility of building a third...Show More Summary
Government delays aviation policy
So, with baited breath we waited. Initially the government announced the aviation review, looking at options to increase airport capacity in the South East would be published in the Spring. Then it was delayed for around five monthsShow More Summary
Firm pulls out of turbine factory
I think the Vestas announcement today is unsurprising. It made it very clear back in August that without subsidies from the government it would not be building the site which would have seen nearly 2,000 jobs created in Sheppey. Even the Conservative MP for South Thanet, Laura Sandys, a member of the Energy and Climate Change Committee, has criticised the government.
Vestas scraps wind turbine plans
Plans to create 2,000 jobs in one of the most deprived areas of the south east have been abandoned. Danish company Vestas has scrapped its plan to manufacture wind turbines at a huge new plant on the Isle of Sheppey, saying it hadn't...Show More Summary
Fish discard ban welcomed in Kent
Fishermen in the South East have welcomed a commitment by the European Union to ban throwing dead fish back into the sea because they exceed fishermen's quotas. Under the new agreement, discards of mackerel and herring would be banned...Show More Summary
Youth unemployment in South East
Iain Duncan Smith has made it his priority since becoming Work and Pensions Secretary to get people off benefits and back into work. His motto has been "work will always pay". And when it comes to youth unemployment Mr Duncan Smith pulls...Show More Summary