Sunday, 29 April 2012

Crisis, what economic crisis? Anger after £10m private jet deal to fly Eurocrat chiefs to engagements

High flyer: The Baroness Ashton of Upholland will be transported in style
Private jets will ferry senior Commissioners such as Britain's Baroness Ashton, pictured, President Jose Manuel Barroso, and their acolytes, between meetings.






They just can't stop making money! Rich List shows how the wealthy are defying the recession

Sunday Times Rich List
Despite the UK dipping into another recession, its wealthiest 1,000 people have become even richer over the past year, according to latest figures. There are 77 billionaires in the 2012 rich list this year.






Boris Johnson brands George Osborne 'the jaws of death' in extraordinary attack ahead of London mayoral elections

Mayor of London Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson (pictured) pitched himself as a tax-cutting Conservative today and said he was prepared to have rows with Conservative ministers on behalf of the capital.






The £5 TRILLION burden of state sector pensions: Laid bare for the first time, £180,000 bill facing every family in Britain

Dissenting voices: Public sector workers went on strike last year
The Office for National Statistics figures account for everything owed to Britons aged over 16, either in state pension entitlements or old age benefits built up working in the public sector.