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Why do both the Conservatives and Labour push so hard for cuts to taxes and public spending when the British Social Attitudes Survey shows only 1 in 10 Brits want this?

A graph from the 2013 British Social Attitudes (BSA) Survey shows fewer than 1 in 10 Britons have wanted this in the 30 years since 1983. More than 90% have consistently wanted the level of tax & spend to remain the same or to increase...

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Who needs fat cat pay? The Germans don't. See the comparison with the UK

ONS, Eurostat and World Bank figures show paying excessive salaries does not bring prosperity to Britons nor to Britain. Comparing UK and German executive wages show in 2012 the German "elite" took home nearly 25% less than their UK equivalents... 

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Barclays and RBS justify more pay hikes "to keep our top talent." What?!!

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Rip-off News round-up. Our pick of the last week's media (Thu 24th April)

  • Vince Cable warns businesses on 'ridiculous' pay awards
  • Foodbanks see donations surge after they were criticised by Mail on Sunday
  • Councils sit on £67m in emergency help for poor
  • Energy giants pocket £75m of green tax cuts which were supposed to save millions of households £50 on their energy bills

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Is your Cost of Living crisis over?! Average wages are still back where they were 10 years ago

In April 2014, just before Easter, newspapers including the Express and the Telegraph reported “March’s UK inflation figures suggest that the six-year squeeze on real earnings is finally over.” For the first time in 4 years prices were not rising faster than wages. Were they right about the squeeze being over? Actually, in the 5 years upto March 2014 price rises have outstripped wages in 57 months out of 60...

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Thursday, 7 June 2012

Rip-off News round-up. Our pick of the last week's media (Thu 7th Jun)



Lycamobile is Tories' top corporate donor - but pays no corporation tax. 
Lycamobile has given Conservatives more than £300,000 in last nine months, but has paid no coporation tax for three years. GUARDIAN

How to turn around the economy? History shows austerity has never worked.
It's not just about the current economic environment. History shows that slashing budgets always leads to recession.  GUARDIAN

Savings accounts with the same name but different rates - a new trick to baffle savers.
Banks and building societies are offering different rates on the same deal — depending on the day customers opened the account. Providers routinely launch waves of accounts to attract (surely "confuse" - Ed) new customers, putting out 188 easy-access accounts last year. DAILY MAIL

Personnel bosses call to reject 'objectionable and unnecessary' Beecroft plan for easy sackings
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) said the proposals outlined in the far-reaching report by venture capitalist Adrian Beecroft would fail to achieve the intended result of kick-starting recruitment.  DAILY MAIL

High Court rejects £100m claim by sports stars against failed tax planner.
 A £100m tax dodge "sold" to wealthy sports stars failed in the end to get past HMRC. The sports stars sued the tax planner, but lost the case.  DAILY MAIL

Cut in police numbers has contributed to rise in crime, police chief warns. 
Burglary and violent crime is rising in some parts of the country because of the swingeing cuts in police numbers, a police chief has warned. TELEGRAPH

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