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A dirty way to clean up

Plain English Campaign is sending the Keep Britain Tidy poster campaign straight to the bin where it belongs. The partly government-funded organisation of Keep Britain Tidy have chosen a poster campaign featuring sexual slang and innuendo as a way to promote health and environmental issues.

Last Updated on Saturday, 07 November 2009 14:03 Read more...

Paris-Orkney for Chernobyl Children's Lifeline

One of our trainers, Thorfinn Johnston, has just completed a sponsored cycle ride from Paris to Orkney to raise money for Chernobyl Children's Lifeline.

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Double 30th birthday celebrations

July brings double celebrations, with 30 years passing since both the birth of European elections and the start of Plain English Campaign’s fight against jargon and gobbledygook.

Last Updated on Saturday, 07 November 2009 14:04 Read more...

High level Ploddledygook tops jargon charts with 102-word sentence

Plain English Campaign have a hot runner for their Golden Bull awards for 2009 with this 102-word quote taken from the Association of Chief Police Officer's (ACPO) response to the Government’s green paper on policing.

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Scottish policeman calls for plain English

Plodding on with the jargon

Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary have received a pat on the back from Plain English Campaign for pressing the need for plain language. Chrissie Maher, OBE and founder of the campaign is adding her voice to support the proposal made at the 2009 Scottish Police Federation Annual Conference for "a return to plain English".

Last Updated on Saturday, 07 November 2009 14:05 Read more...

Public inquiries into how parliament talk to us

Plain English Campaign are celebrating an Easter bonus with the launch of not just one inquiry into government communications, but a second is now looking into how Parliament connects with the public.

Last Updated on Saturday, 07 November 2009 14:09 Read more...

Calling for your government gobbledygook!

Tax returns, benefit claim forms, passport forms - all government documents created to help us..... or drive us mad!

We want your good, bad and downright ugly examples of government documents.

Last Updated on Saturday, 07 November 2009 14:09 Read more...

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