The screw tightens on benefits, while a ratchet of bankrupt hospitals and rushed closures will stir local protests.
National Grid has moved to reassure households and businesses it will have enough power supply even in a cold winter after a spate of fires and power plant closures helped to cut spare capacity to an eight-year low.
National Grid announced it was close to signing up three power stations to help fill the gap left by closures, breakdowns and delays, and said the cost to consumers of paying for extra capacity and for companies to adjust their consumption if necessary will be about £1 per household.
He marched alongside Arthur Scargill during the difficult days of opposition to pit closures and the miners' strike of 1984, but was ready to admit privately to his doubts about Scargill's controversial leadership of the National Union of Mineworkers.
There were signs that the Yemeni government was not pleased with the embassy closures.
As the euro crisis drags on, things will get worse for ordinary folk, impacting on the real lives and economies of Europe in the form of unemployment, slashed benefits, credit crunches, banking crises, and company closures.
The year-long miners' strike was a defining moment in Thatcher's premiership and led to mass closures and ultimately privatisation.
If it goes ahead with its decision, it would be the second time the bank has warned Somali remittance companies of pending account closures; in October 2014, the bank reversed a prior decision to close their accounts.
They can ensure that closures don't happen without due process and consultation, and offer advice on savings, such as streamlining back-office operations or co-locating a library with other services.
The power network is officially bringing forward by a year a scheme to tap additional capacity to cope with closures of nuclear, gas, coal and oil power stations and unexpected plant repairs.
Shortly before the rally, a unified national women's support group was founded: Women Against Pit Closures (WAPC).
