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Lloyds boss announces retirement
Posted by Rob Jones on 21st Sep 10
Lloyds banking boss Eric Daniels has announced he intends to step down. The 59-year-old said he would remain until a replacement was found some time next year. Sir Win Bischoff, the group’s chairman, said he and the rest of the board were extremely grateful to Mr Daniels for all he had done for the company [...]
(Read More)Waterstone’s to host Tony Blair book signing
Posted by Lucy Walters on 12th Aug 10
A branch of book-sellers Waterstone’s, in London’s Piccadilly, is preparing itself for a book signing event to be held by former Prime Minister, Tony Blair. Customers wishing to have their copies of Blair’s autobiography touched by his pen will have to agree to a few security measures, including having their bags confiscated, surrendering their mobile [...]
(Read More)Lord Mandelson claims Barclays boss is paid an unjustifiable salary
Posted by Steven Allen on 5th Apr 10
Business secretary Lord Mandelson appears to be attempting to capitalise on voter’s mistrust of the country’s banks following the global recession by making an attack on the size of the president of Barclays Capital’s pay packet. Lord Mandelson claims that Bob Diamond’s £63 million salary is unjustifiable and the result of him doing little more [...]
(Read More)Darling’s budget gets mixed reviews
Posted by Kim Newbold on 26th Mar 10
Alistair Darling’s budget this week has clearly defined how Labour intends to fight the upcoming general election. It was never going to win much approval from the Tory opposition who made it clear that they hold Labour responsible for destroying the country’s finances and see them doing little to remedy the situation. Conservative leader David [...]
(Read More)Darling still manages to blame the Tories in his budget
Posted by Lucy Walters on 25th Mar 10
Alastair Darling’s budget was always going to be about how the government proposes to slow the massive amount of debt Labour has managed to accrue over its years in power. The country’s finances are in crisis, that is obvious, and we are currently faced with the biggest peacetime deficit in history. But instead of just [...]
(Read More)Tory crime statistics anger Labour
Posted by Steven Allen on 3rd Feb 10
David Cameron’s regularly rolled out catch phrase that we are now living in a broken society became a little more hollow today as the Tories are accused of sexing up crime statistics. As the country moves closer to a general election the Conservatives have started to turn up the heat by constantly telling voters that [...]
(Read More)Sun no longer Supports Labour
Posted by Rob Jones on 1st Oct 09
After an announcement from Prime Minister Gordon Brown in which he pledged to promote programs which are favored by unions, the Sun newspaper decided to back another horse. The Sun newspaper, which is owned by conservative Rupert Murdoch, pledged to back the Conservative opposition in the next general election in the United Kingdom. Murdoch’s paper [...]
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