This from Ian Kirby, the News of the World’s Political Editor (my emphasis):
“A highly confidential operation being run by Britain’s biggest trade union, Unite, is far bigger than the Tories’ own £3m marginal seats campaign. The union is using it’s own massive datatbase of members in a bid to persuade dithering former Labour voters [...]
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Guess what? The unions are spending more in the marginals than the Conservatives
Dan Hannan calls for a return to sanity in the public finances and a revolutionary dispersal of power at the Brighton Tea Party
It was standing room only at the Boston Brighton Tea Party organised by the Freedom Association early this evening at which Dan Hannan was guest speaker. He said that it was time to “bring sanity and order back to the public finances” an that had to be done by reducing expenditure rather than increasing taxes.
He [...]
Prudential – Pension gap between men and women grows
LONDON, ENGLAND, February, 2010 / — According to new figures from the Prudential Class of 2010 retirement survey* women planning to retire in 2010 expect to receive an average annual pension of GBP12,169, while their male counterparts expect to collect an average pension of GBP19,593 – a pension gender gap of GBP7,424. And the pension [...]
SNP Say £34M Ensures Job Safety
The SNP once again naively thinks the EU will be the saviour of Scotland.
£34M whilst welcome, it is a very small amount of money.
Monies have been allocated to Glasgow Works, StARTworks, programmes in Dundee and Renfrewshire and 43 projects in the Highlands and Islands. Which projects in the Highlands & Islands I wonder?
Another Job creation [...]
Putting an end to costly, snail-paced IT projects – Louise Bagshawe
Louise Bagshawe
But what about more practical things? After the election, can the Tories do any better than Labour when it comes to the net?
Let’s face it – we could hardly do worse. This government’s IT failures are a national scandal. Here are some ways Labour has “used” the internet, with your money.
* The National Programme [...]
Yorkshire and Chelsea building societies to merge creating a second major force in the building society sector
The Boards of Yorkshire Building Society and Chelsea Building Society announced today that they have agreed to merge, creating a second major force in the building society sector.
The enlarged Society will have assets of £35bn, providing a competitive and secure alternative to the retail banks. With 2.7m members and a national network of 178 branches, [...]
Artifacts once owned by Bernie Madoff went on auction in New York on Saturday, pulling in almost a cool million.
Madoff’s Mets jacket sells for … $14,500
By Les Christie, CNNMoney.com staff writer
November 14, 2009: 6:15 PM ET
Pieces of Madoff
Many of Bernie Madoff’s victims wanted a piece of the felonious financier. This week they could get one: Hundreds of his and Ruth’s possessions went up for auction Saturday and they fetched nearly $1 million, a lot [...]
UK Government to set up new bank chains
The government is to create three new High Street banking chains by 2015 as part of a major overhaul of the sector.
They will be set up by selling off parts of Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds and Northern Rock – the banks which had to be bailed out by the taxpayer.
Ministers and the European [...]
Mortgage Possessions fall and arrears flatten in second quarter
Statistics published today by the Council of Mortgage Lenders show that the number of mortgage possessions fell in the second quarter of the year, while cases of arrears levelled off.
A combination of fa