2 h. ago To all who think capitalism can drive progressive change, it won’t – and here’s the shocking proof | Polly Toynbee

Asset manager Aberdeen’s surprise cut to funding research into inequality has left those that used its grants for good works reelingThe axe fell with shocking suddenness. On Thursday Aberdeen Group plc terminated its Financial Fairness Trust without notice and sacked the CEO, Mubin Haq, the chair and all the trustees, leaving eight staff dangling. The company tells me it plans to move in a different direction. That dreaded phrase marks the end of 16 remarkable years, during which the trust sponsored some of the most influential research into inequality and its financial causes.Aberdeen is a wealth management and investment company. I admired its willingness to fund research not in its own immediate interest, but for the sake of social improvement, as a sign that decent capitalism was possible. Now that’s over. The mood has changed. Wildfires started by President Trump are engulfing global companies as his administration attempts to bar asset and retirement plan managers from conside...

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10 h. ago Royal train to be decommissioned following review, reveal royal accounts

The Sovereign Grant is funded by the taxpayer in exchange for the King’s surrender of the revenue from the Crown Estate.

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14 h. ago Solar panel grants and UK funding – how does it work? (cloned)

If you are interested in a solar panel grant, there are a number of options, depending on where you live in the UK and how much you earn

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2 d. ago Concern raised for RAAC affected homeowners who don't qualify for grant funding

Councillor Karen Morgan raised the issue at a recent meeting of Rhondda Cynon Taf full council

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5 d. ago Indoor solar panel generates electricity from fluorescent lightbulbs

Breakthrough technology can be used to charge devices like remote controls and wearables

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7 d. ago Proud moment as retired miners gather at 'the Geich' in Moodiesburn to display new branch banner

It was produced by ex-miners and their families with a grant from the Community Catalyst Fund.

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7 d. ago Renfrewshire community sports projects receive £2m funding boost

Renfrewshire Council has confirmed an allocation of £780,000 from its artificial pitches grant fund.

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1 week ago Judge blocks Trump plan to tie states’ transportation funds to immigration enforcement

States argued US transportation secretary lacks authority to impose conditions on funding appropriated by CongressA federal judge on Thursday blocked Donald Trump’s administration from forcing 20 Democratic-led states to cooperate with immigration enforcement in order to receive billions of dollars in transportation grant funding.Chief US District Judge John McConnell in Providence, Rhode Island, granted the states’ request for an injunction barring the Department of Transportation’s policy, saying the states were likely to succeed on the merits of some or all of their claims. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Marginalised Scottish communities entitled to receive major funding boosts as national charity opens new grants programme for summer

Underrepresented and marginalised communities from across Scotland could be entitled to receive funding as part of a charity initiative to get more people active for summer.

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1 week ago Massive solar panel plan for UK homes 'could raise mortgage bills'

Mortgage brokers, conveyancers and developers have warned it could make selling or remortgaging a home "mission impossible"

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3 w. ago Driving change: CrossCountry supports Edinburgh charity with new electric vehicle

Edinburgh-based charity Upmo Eat supports young adults with learning disabilities and autism get into employment Thanks to a £32,000 grant from train operator CrossCountry’s Customer and Communities Improvement Fund (CCIF), Upmo Eat has expanded its fleet of electric vehicles to deliver food across Edinburgh.

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