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Mayor of London Plans to Ringfence £300,000 for London's Homeless Veterans

Zaneta Denny | Posted 15.04.2013 | UK Politics
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Zaneta Denny

Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, will commit at least £300, 000 of the £16.8m allocated for the Greater London Authority's (GLA) rough sleeping budget for 2013-15, to support London's homeless veterans.

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Edinburgh Fringe Becomes Laughing Stock as Comedians and Critics Attack

John Fleming | Posted 10.07.2012 | UK Comedy
Read More: Malcolm Hardee, Comedian, Bollock, Festival, Edinburgh Fringe, Bull, Dick, Award, Programme, Censorship, Richard Herring, UK Art, UK Comedy, UK Comedy News
John Fleming

Richard Herring explained to me yesterday: "I was told I couldn't use the words 'dick' and 'fuckinghamshire' in the 40 words. I wasn't too surprised about the 'fuckinghamshire' ("honourable member for fuckinghamshire" was the line) even though that isn't a swear word and presumably means you have to censor 'Scunthorpe' too.

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