News UK March 2006

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Thursday, March 2 2006

 * Pressure grows for tough UK action on climate change - Stop Climate Chaos's Carbon Speed Dating event links 60 MPs, including Conservative leader David Cameron, Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett and Liberal Democrats leader Menzies Campbell, with 650 supporters of the new climate change coalition. Stop Climate Chaos press release

Wednesday, March 1 2006

 * Best governance arrangements - 3 more local stakeholder events confirmed. Following initial events in Shrewsbury on 7 February and Gloucester on 20 February, Minister for Communities David Miliband will visit:
 * East Sussex on 24 March
 * Lincolnshire on 27 March
 * Lancashire on 31 March / ODPM News Release 2006/0032 / Diary UK, Community involvement
 * Compulsory water metering in Folkestone and Dover. Folkestone and Dover Water Services' successful application for ‘area of water scarcity' status means it will be able to accelerate its programme of switching household customers over to water meters. Defra news release / Kent, Drought in England and Wales

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