Friday, 15 November 2013

On election, Cameron said the cuts were temporary, and not ideological. Now he’s saying they’re permanent, and ideological

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Chris meets an enthusiastic supporter of the lean state...
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Thursday, 14 November 2013

Rip-off News round-up. Our pick of the last week's media (Thu 14th November)

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Has Cameron just admitted Austerity is a cover for permanent cuts? David Cameron said, in his speech at the Lord Mayor's Banquet, ...
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Tuesday, 12 November 2013

Bedroom Tax: Cuts to the Spare Room Subsidy (might!) save £470m. But the new Help To Buy subsidy costs £12bn. That means it’s not about cutting the deficit

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Saturday, 9 November 2013

The Home Office's GREAT Club helps top foreign business executives avoid...what exactly?

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In November 2013 the Home Office launched a GREAT Club . Yes, the capitals in GREAT and C are appropriate - the name of the club is "G...
Friday, 8 November 2013

Cameron said 25% of the budget to build the new Universal Credit IT system would go to Small/Medium-sized businesses (SMEs). So far it’s 1%

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KJ, Fee and Chris know why...
Thursday, 7 November 2013

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

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More than 5 million people in the UK are paid less than the living wage The number of those earning below the cost-of-living benchmark ...
Tuesday, 5 November 2013

The cost of infrastructure: Big Corporate has become the government's tax collector

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Saturday, 2 November 2013

Graphs at a glance: Tax Freedom Day, over the last 50 years the tax burden under Labour has been lower (gasp!) than under the Tories

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It is commonly assumed that the Labour Party is more into taxing us than the Conservatives. Perhaps it is down to assumptions about redistri...
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Friday, 1 November 2013

Both Cameron and Miliband promise to stop billions in corporate rip-offs. Oh yeah?

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Fee, Chris and KJ try not to forget the oldest marketing trick in the book...
Thursday, 31 October 2013

Rip-off News round-up. Our pick of the last week's media (Thu 31st October)

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What recovery? Households are no better off than during recession as incomes flatline and essential costs soar Confirming what cash-str...