UK General Election 2010 – UK Unemployment Fell to 2.47m In the Months Before
Official Figures show in the run up to May (General Election 2010) Unemployment fell 34,000 in the run up to the election. 3 months before the May 6th General Election 2010 the the amount of Unemployed in the UK fell by 34,000. What makes me laugh is a lot of the public played pin the […]
Schools Secretary Michael Gove Causes More Confusion With Axed Schools
If you remember throughout the week Schools Secretary Michael Gove has made several errors about the axed school list. But he has caused more confusion for schools that originally thought they were safe. Just like schools in Wigan and Bolton, they reached the milestone to avoid the slash but they their names were put along […]
David Cameron to Oppose Electoral Change to the Alternative Vote
Gordon Brown: I believe in a fair and democratic electoral system – David Cameron: I believe in sneaking in through the back door with Nick Clegg. Prime Minister David Cameron to oppose the referendum on electoral change from first past the post to the alternative vote on may 2011. It comes after Gordon Brown and the Labour […]
Theresa May Apologises After Policy Announcement to Media Before MP’s
Home Secretary Theresa May apologises after announcing non-EU Immigration Cap to the Media before telling MP’s. It comes after Speaker John Bercow looked into a complaint by a labour MP when the story was published in the newspapers on Monday. He said details given to journalists and were “similar” to a statement then made to […]
Leaked Treasury Figures Predicts 1.3m Jobs Lost – Report Claims
A report containing leaked treasury figures claims 1.3m jobs could be lost by 2015, the guardian newspaper has predicted that 120,000 public sector jobs and 140,000 private sector jobs could vanish annually for the next five years. Important Labour figures say the true cost of the budget was now clear. But the government says independent experts expect “unemployment […]
Chancellor George Osborne’s Axe Dangles Over Incapacity Benefit – But will It Be Cut?
Nothing is Safe From the Chancellor Not Even Essential Services. George Osborne has indicated that Incapacity Benefit (a benefit for disabled people under the state pension age) may be cut. George Osborne said he wants to protect those in “genuine need” while encouraging those who could work to do so. Currently in the UK over […]
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg Returns to Sheffield Hallam to Speak with Forgemasters
Wasn’t Young Clegg so Great Before the Election – But now he’s grown up he’s Public Enemy No.2 (second to David Cameron). Nick Clegg has had to ‘crawl’ back to his constituency to talk to business leaders about snatching the loan away from nuclear development company Forge masters. He spoke to Tony peddler chairman of the board, and at his constituency office […]
Pension Age to Rise to 66 in 2016 – and 70 in the Future
Put Back on your Slippers Gran – Your Going Back to Work I seriously don’t know what to say about this new coalition government policy, it’s good but must be applied with caution. There’s retired pensioners that can work (and want to) but can’t get employed because of their age, hopefully this could be put […]