Saturday, 1 November 2014

Graphs at a glance: Oxford University study predicts nearly half of jobs will be replaced by computers in the next 10-20 years.

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We Britons are an optimistic bunch. The graph below by Glassdoor , a recruitment company, shows we  consistently believe our work colleagues...
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Thursday, 30 October 2014

Rip-off News round-up. Our pick of the last week's media (Thu 30th October)

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Does Osborne realise? Probably! Ipsos Mori poll shows 1 in 8 will cash in pension pot under reforms  More than 200,000 people will cash t...
Tuesday, 28 October 2014

Londoners get around ten times more of taxpayers’ money spent per head on capital investment than the rest of England

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Saturday, 25 October 2014

The most fearsome beast in the political jungle is you, the voter. Now is the time to wake up and roar!

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A long game is being played on the British public by the political classes. It is a game aimed at reducing our personal expectations from l...
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Thursday, 23 October 2014

Rip-off News round-up. Our pick of the last week's media (Thu 23rd October)

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Chair of the US Federal Reserve Janet Yellen says income inequality is un-American Yellen suggested that such a trend, unaddressed, was...
Saturday, 18 October 2014

Graphs at a glance: Why is it that unemployment is falling, but wages and income tax revenues aren't growing?

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In October 2014 the BBC reported that FTSE100 company directors earned 120 times the average wage. An earnings figure that has shot up sixf...
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Thursday, 16 October 2014

Rip-off News round-up. Our pick of the last week's media (Thu 16th October)

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MPs seek inquiry into £1m bonus of disability firm boss MPs have called for an inquiry into why a charitable scheme providing cars for ...
Sunday, 12 October 2014

Graphs at a glance: Is NHS spending really being protected? The data shows this is not true.

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Our politicians have got into the habit of pulling off shabby tricks to deceive the voters. Even when we don’t know we are being tricked...
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Friday, 10 October 2014

Two thirds of corporate profits since the 1980s have come from keeping wages down

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KJ, Fee and Chris discover how...
Thursday, 9 October 2014

Rip-off News round-up. Our pick of the last week's media (Thu 9th October)

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Dept of Energy & Climate Change fails taxpayer:  £16.6bn of Renewable Energy contracts awarded without competition The government...