Polly Toynbee’s written a strong piece in the Guardian this morning, clearly inspired by her (reasonable) reaction to the royal wedding. She concluded: Few yet realise the
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Look at this graph: Growth in Total Health Expenditure Per Capita, U.S. and Selected Countries, 1970-2008 Look who is at the bottom of this pile:
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Whilst lots got excited by the royal weeding more than 50 Facebook pages were shut down against their owners will. The full list is here.
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The FT’s reporting free banking is getting harder to find. Bonuses cost a lot, you know. And you’re paying for them.

The Wall Street Journal has reported: The Obama administration is lobbying European allies to adopt anticorruption laws that require energy companies to disclose payments to
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Martin Wolf in the FT, today: To eliminate the fiscal deficit, without another recession, prolonged economic weakness, or both, the UK must generate a surge
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The FT has reported: At the end of last year, the health department asked hospitals to make efficiency savings of 4 per cent a year
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The House of Commons library has issued a new briefing sheet on VAT abuse involving the Channel Islands. It’s available here. The main point is
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