Money

by Chris | 15 Jul 2010 | No Comments

I’ve written in support of a graduate tax before – but I’ve changed my mind. The idea that graduates should pay a higher rate of …

by Chris | 1 Apr 2010 | 2 Comments

Yesterday, the SNP and Plaid Cymru set out their demands for being involved in a coalition government in the event of a hung parliament (which …

by Chris | 17 Feb 2010 | No Comments

So Barclays is reporting record profits for 2009 – £11.6bn, a 92% increase. Even removing the sale of its BGI fund management arm, profits were …

by Chris | 11 Feb 2010 | One Comment

The annual cost of the new parliamentary body to be set up to monitor MPs expenses – the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) – is …

by Chris | 5 Feb 2010 | No Comments

It sounds rather like a middle-class sex position, doesn’t it? But if you ignore that (and get that image out of your head – that …

by Chris | 25 Jan 2010 | No Comments

“Sir Robin” MPs – Labour and Lib Dem MPs in a Tory target seat who have decided to stand down rather than contest the next …

by Chris | 21 Jan 2010 | No Comments

What would be a “slap in the face“?
a) A pay freeze for local authority workers
Unison say:

The decision to cut our members’ pay without negotiation is …

by Chris | 7 Jan 2010 | No Comments

A few Lib Dem bloggers have worked out the the “cost effectiveness” of the three main parties 2005 general election campaigns, by dividing the money …

by Chris | 24 Dec 2009 | No Comments

A news report that is unlikely to do much to raise Christmas cheer reveals that civil servants by been paid £130 million in bonuses this …

by Chris | 13 Dec 2009 | One Comment

Under Conservative plans to bury the “Zac Goldsmith is a non-dom and Michael Ashcroft might be” news stories, all members of the UK Parliament – …