Friday, 18 February 2011 10:16
'A Labour-run council jacked up the salary of its chief executive by 7 per cent yesterday in defiance of calls for pay cuts. Paul Walker’s inflation-busting rise takes his pay to £168,000. Last night, the decision was condemned by trade unions as ‘morally indefensible’ and the Tories as unjustifiable.
The increase, in Hartlepool, comes as other Labour-led councils in the North are saying Government cuts mean they have no choice but to reduce services for children, the elderly, leisure and libraries, because they have no bureaucratic waste to slash.'
Friday, 18 February 2011 09:17
What bollocks it all is - 'make-believe shit'
Friday, 18 February 2011 08:17
'Global food prices have hit "dangerous levels" that could contribute to political instability, push millions of people into poverty and raise the cost of groceries, according to a new report from the World Bank.
The bank released a report Tuesday that said global food prices have jumped 29 percent in the past year, and are just 3 percent below the all-time peak hit in 2008. Bank President Robert Zoellick said the rising prices have hit people hardest in the developing world because they spend as much as half their income on food.'
Read more: World Bank: Food Prices at 'Dangerous Levels'
Friday, 18 February 2011 05:48
'Anthony Graves, who was jailed on wrong convictions, could have received USD 1.4 million in compensation but was found not eligible for it because the words “actual innocence” were not stated in the documents ordering his release.
"No one disputes the fact that the man is actually innocent. And the USD 1.4 million payment that he's due according to the state's formula hardly makes up for the loss of freedom for most of his adult life,” Texas GOP Gov. Rick Perry said.'
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