The First Division Association is the union for all the UK’s most senior civil servants: the Association of Revenue & Customs its division for the
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Ireland: A recession of the banks, by the banks, and for the banks
Deserving a mention – to show the unthinkable is now thinkable
I’m not sure I buy into this by Greg Philo and in yesterday’s Guardian yet, largely because it is probably too simplistic, but it has
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Who gains from the closure of the Audit Commission, and why?
I noted the demise of the Audit Commission on Friday, and said: The audit functions of the Commission will be moved to the private sector.
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PFI rebate needed
Jesse Norman MP writing in the FT says: [W]hat we need now is a new voluntary code promising a modest across-the-board rebate [on PFI costs].
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Aviva should say no to RSA, for Norfolk
Insurer RSA is bidding to buy Aviva’s general insurance business. Aviva is, of course, the daft name for Norwich Union. It is still heavily based
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Where there’s muck there’s……
The FT notes: Barclays has agreed to pay $298m to US authorities to settle investigations relating to transactions that the bank facilitated between countries facing
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Standing upon money as upon islands
This came to my attention from the Christian web site Ekklesia, largely I admit because I am mentioned in it, but that’s not the reason
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Any coincidence?
From the Guardian’s letters page this morning: I note that £238m of PAYE was overpaid in 2009-10, up 148% on the previous year. This couldn’t
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