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Tag Archives: Spending
The possibility of reality must match the rhetoric
The Guardian this morning is running an ‘exclusive’ about the Ministry of Defence asking the Department for International Development for contributions to the cost of delivering overseas development assistance via the military (things like transporting DfID and NGO staff and … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged Aid, Burglars, Delivery, Human Rights, Internal Politicking, Making a Difference, Reality, Security, Spending
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Ministers should be the People’s Champions
I originally thought I might have been imagining this, but there has been a very noticeable shift in the way much of the Cabinet talk about the institutions they run. The most marked has been in how Jeremy Hunt talks … Continue reading
Posted in Big Society
Tagged 2015, communications, Institutions, Ministers, NHS, Spending
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Austerity as the new normal
The Financial Times is only one of the papers today highlighting that the current austerity drive will continue beyond the next election. This, surely, is a good thing. One of the reasons that our economy is in such a mess … Continue reading
Three important reasons the government shouldn’t impose a cap on payday loans
In (another) abrupt u-turn, it now seems likely that the government will accept the substance of the Labour peer Lord Mitchell’s amendment to the Financial Services Bill, which calls for a cap on the interest rates charged by payday loan … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged Banking, Cost of Living, Economy, Free market, Leadership, Rebalanced economy, Spending
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Should we worry about the 47 per cent?
“My job is is not to worry about those people”: Mitt Romney, filmed on 17 May 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnB0NZzl5HA&list=UUbWB33FQvFiV0Pq9Calkgzw&index=12&feature=plcp Mitt Romney has yet again shown that he is unlikely to win any prizes for running a decent campaign. Fair enough, he … Continue reading