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Business committee grills Cable on Forgemasters
This afternoon saw the Business select committee grill Vince Cable on the government’s decision to withdraw an £80 million loan to Sheffield Forgemasters.
Royal Mail and the Post Office are not “separate and distinct businesses”
The government claims Royal Mail and the Post Office are “separate and distinct businesses” This is not true; they are part of the same state owned business.
Labour’s universal discomfort
The main reason voters in the south don’t think much of the Labour Party is, because the electorate as a whole doesn’t think much of it, explains Prof. Cowley.
An Englishman’s home is his rabbit hutch
To better understand housing, ministers should be obliged to live for part of the year in new build homes that they have forced on the rest of the country.
Don’t turn your back on universities, Vince – invest in them to tackle the deficit
Universities need to be invested in; rewards include tackling the national debt in the short term while ensuring we have a highly skilled, high growth economy.
We can afford to fund our universities, the fact is we choose not to
The UK is a wealthy country that is innovative and punches above its weight in so many ways; we can afford a socially fair society, we are choosing not to.