Waterway Watch » Politics http://waterwaywatch.org Communities caring for Britain's inland waterways Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:33:02 +0000 en hourly 1 British Waterways Pay: Question in Parliament http://waterwaywatch.org/2011/12/14/british-waterways-pay-hansard-written-answers-and-statements-theyworkforyou/ http://waterwaywatch.org/2011/12/14/british-waterways-pay-hansard-written-answers-and-statements-theyworkforyou/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:00:00 +0000 Will Chapman http://waterwaywatch.org/?p=1446 In Parliament on December 13th 2011, Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central, Labour asked the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average percentage change in basic salary was for:

(a) directors, (b) the lowest paid member of staff and (c) the median salaried member of staff at British Waterways in the latest period . . . → Read More: British Waterways Pay: Question in Parliament]]> http://waterwaywatch.org/2011/12/14/british-waterways-pay-hansard-written-answers-and-statements-theyworkforyou/feed/ 0 BW Waterways to Charity in 2012 – EA Navigations in 2015 http://waterwaywatch.org/2011/02/28/british-waterways-to-charity-in-2012-ea-navigations-in-2015/ http://waterwaywatch.org/2011/02/28/british-waterways-to-charity-in-2012-ea-navigations-in-2015/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:03:28 +0000 Will Chapman http://waterwaywatch.org/?p=1046 Monday, 28 February 2011

Government statement on transfer of state-owned waterways into new waterways charity

The Government has today announced its preference for a phased transfer of state-owned waterways in England and Wales into the planned new waterway charity, with British Waterways’ canals and rivers moving in 2012 and the Environment Agency (EA) navigations moving . . . → Read More: BW Waterways to Charity in 2012 – EA Navigations in 2015]]> http://waterwaywatch.org/2011/02/28/british-waterways-to-charity-in-2012-ea-navigations-in-2015/feed/ 0 Future of the Public Forest Estate – DEFRA busts myths http://waterwaywatch.org/2011/01/30/future-of-the-public-forest-estate-%e2%80%93-defra-busts-myths/ http://waterwaywatch.org/2011/01/30/future-of-the-public-forest-estate-%e2%80%93-defra-busts-myths/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:20:51 +0000 Will Chapman http://waterwaywatch.org/?p=871 Future of the Public Forest Estate – Myths busted by DEFRA

Published on Sunday 30 January 2011 at 3:03pm

The myth: Several Sunday newspapers are inaccurately reporting that the costs of the managing heritage forests will double if they pass into control of charitable trusts, and that there are no guarantees concerning future access to . . . → Read More: Future of the Public Forest Estate – DEFRA busts myths]]> http://waterwaywatch.org/2011/01/30/future-of-the-public-forest-estate-%e2%80%93-defra-busts-myths/feed/ 0 Lords express concern about abolishing IWAC http://waterwaywatch.org/2011/01/14/lords-express-concern-about-abolishing-iwac/ http://waterwaywatch.org/2011/01/14/lords-express-concern-about-abolishing-iwac/#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:12:23 +0000 Will Chapman http://waterwaywatch.org/?p=808 One of the targeted victims of the Coalition’s quango cull is the Inland Waterways Advisory Council (IWAC) which has produced a number of worthwhile studies in support of the inland waterways over the past several years.

As part of the same cull, the government has decided it wants to turn British Waterways into a charity . . . → Read More: Lords express concern about abolishing IWAC]]> http://waterwaywatch.org/2011/01/14/lords-express-concern-about-abolishing-iwac/feed/ 0 Waterways Funding Cuts Announced http://waterwaywatch.org/2010/12/20/waterways-funding-announced/ http://waterwaywatch.org/2010/12/20/waterways-funding-announced/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:46:04 +0000 Will Chapman http://waterwaywatch.org/?p=770 Defra has today announced that its grant to British Waterways next year will be £41.5m. This is a reduction of £9.8m (or 19%) from the 2010/11 baseline grant of £51.3m. Given that Government funding makes up approximately half of the net spend on the waterways, this will translate into an effective cut of resource available . . . → Read More: Waterways Funding Cuts Announced]]> http://waterwaywatch.org/2010/12/20/waterways-funding-announced/feed/ 0 Union says BW Charity Plan Spells Disaster http://waterwaywatch.org/2010/10/28/union-says-bw-charity-plan-spells-disaster/ http://waterwaywatch.org/2010/10/28/union-says-bw-charity-plan-spells-disaster/#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:25:23 +0000 Will Chapman http://waterwaywatch.org/?p=528 Thursday 14 October 2010

Louise Nousratpour of LifeStyle reports that:

A government decision to turn British Waterways into a charity could threaten the future of the country’s network of canals and its vital work in flood prevention, unions warned today.

Under wider plans to cull nearly 200 quangos, the government decided to move the body . . . → Read More: Union says BW Charity Plan Spells Disaster]]> http://waterwaywatch.org/2010/10/28/union-says-bw-charity-plan-spells-disaster/feed/ 1 Who wants to be a charity? http://waterwaywatch.org/2010/10/25/who-wants-to-be-a-charity/ http://waterwaywatch.org/2010/10/25/who-wants-to-be-a-charity/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:53:27 +0000 Will Chapman http://waterwaywatch.org/?p=510 The website Third Sector reports on the new British Waterways charity:

Robin Evans, CEO of British Waterways – “We’ve wanted this for ages”

The largest new arrival in the charity sector from the public sector – the English and Welsh arm of British Waterways – is looking forward to a brave new . . . → Read More: Who wants to be a charity?]]> http://waterwaywatch.org/2010/10/25/who-wants-to-be-a-charity/feed/ 0 BMF supports new waterway charity but… http://waterwaywatch.org/2010/10/22/bmf-supports-new-waterway-charity-but/ http://waterwaywatch.org/2010/10/22/bmf-supports-new-waterway-charity-but/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:48:20 +0000 Will Chapman http://waterwaywatch.org/?p=492 21/10/2010

The British Marine Federation (BMF), which represents over 1,400 members who employ more than 35,000 people in the UK marine industry, has broadly supported the plans to convert British Waterways into a new waterways charity (NWC).

The BMF believes that the Government must ensure the future of our waterways for users and those businesses . . . → Read More: BMF supports new waterway charity but…]]> http://waterwaywatch.org/2010/10/22/bmf-supports-new-waterway-charity-but/feed/ 2 Making the cut on Britain’s canals http://waterwaywatch.org/2010/10/20/making-the-cut-on-britains-canals/ http://waterwaywatch.org/2010/10/20/making-the-cut-on-britains-canals/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:32:02 +0000 Will Chapman http://waterwaywatch.org/?p=472 Tuesday 19 October 2010 16.30 BST From Martin Wainwright in the Guardian:

British Waterways set on course its own abolition before last week’s quango cull, writes Martin Wainwright

If there was one chirrup from the government’s bonfire of the quangos last week, it will have come from British Waterways, which has been pressing for its . . . → Read More: Making the cut on Britain’s canals]]> http://waterwaywatch.org/2010/10/20/making-the-cut-on-britains-canals/feed/ 0 AINA conference to focus on future for inland waterways http://waterwaywatch.org/2010/10/20/aina-conference-to-focus-on-future-for-inland-waterways/ http://waterwaywatch.org/2010/10/20/aina-conference-to-focus-on-future-for-inland-waterways/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:22:13 +0000 Will Chapman http://waterwaywatch.org/?p=469 20th Oct 2010

Against the backdrop of forthcoming major budget cuts to publicly-funded waterways, a conference planned by AINA – the Association of Inland Navigation Authorities – will address in particular, the Government’s decision to transfer the waterways in England and Wales which are cared for by British Waterways to a new charitable body – . . . → Read More: AINA conference to focus on future for inland waterways]]> http://waterwaywatch.org/2010/10/20/aina-conference-to-focus-on-future-for-inland-waterways/feed/ 0