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Bruce posted on September 8, 2010 09:33
It should come as no surprise that staff at the left-leaning BBC have voted to strike over pensions …. [More]

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Stephen posted on August 25, 2010 09:13
According to Aviva, more families gamble each week than have life insurance. In fact, some 34 million of us gamble in some form or other, but only 20 million people have life cover …. [More]

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Stephen posted on August 4, 2010 09:23
Opinion was initially divided on whether David Cameron was right or wrong to speak out on Pakistan, whilst in India gaffe, or statesmanlike prognostication that demonstrates his desire for honesty in politics …. [More]

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Bruce posted on July 28, 2010 09:11
One of the best things the new coalition government did was to announce the end of compulsory annuitisation at age 75 …. [More]

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Bruce posted on July 7, 2010 09:24
The general election result was probably a deep disappointment to the BBC, whose news teams at least appear largely to have supported the outgoing government …. [More]

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Stephen posted on June 30, 2010 09:06
News that the BBC is to cut its pension scheme for existing members in order to counter its ballooning deficit – it has risen from £470m in 2008 to about £2bn now, is in stark contrast with threats of industrial action from the civil service unions should the government so much as touch members pensions there …. [More]

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Bruce posted on June 16, 2010 09:16
Nobody particularly wants to be on the sharp end of cuts in benefits or increases in taxation, but there is no question that both are going to happen in next week’s budget …. [More]

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Bruce posted on June 2, 2010 09:19
While the loss of a highly talented and apparently well regarded Chief Secretary to the Treasury is unfortunate, Danny Alexander may have one great strength that David Laws lacked …. [More]

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Bruce posted on May 19, 2010 09:02
News that the outgoing Labour government loaded the country with massive additional spending commitments in the run up to the election they were bound to lose should come as no surprise …. [More]

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Am I the only person to be somewhat bemused by hearing Scottish politicians banging on about the Conservatives having no right to rule because they only received 16.7% of the vote in that country …. [More]

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