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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2012
Local Government Pilgrims Face the Axe
Maude Reforms to Be Recommended Across Local Government
Eric Pickles has just announced that Frankie Maude’s reforms to Whitehall Pilgrims are to be recommended across all local government. Speaking as the first ever Cabinet minister to address the fringe Freedom Zone, Pickles highlighted a poster found in his department as an example of just why taxpayers’ money shouldn’t be going to unions:“I don’t mind the idea, I like the tumble of politics. I even like idea of trade unions – my family were all trade unionists. But what they did, is they paid for it themselves.”Fox joined in the fight, with a rousing bashing of the principle that the taxpayer should ever pick up the tab for a public sector worker not to do their job.The clock is ticking. It is the Pilgrims’ eleventh hour…
UPDATE:
Liam Fox tells fringe event that Labour kept trade union subsidies "beautifully hidden". He adds: "This is corrupt and it needs to stop."
Unions will still receive more than 500m in government subsidy under a Conservative government, trade union reform campaign claims.
Jacob Rees Mogg’s Conference Fashion Tips
A gentleman should never let a tacky lanyard ruin his look. Especially when your conference pass can just as easily be worn on a watch chain…
How Many Britons Are Net Recipients of the State?
Poll-leading Mitt Romney’s hopes of defeating Barack Obama were written off by many when he attacked the 47% of Americans who don’t pay federal income tax last month. At the time Guido’s own number-crunchingrevealed that 46% of the British electorate are dependent on the state:
Now a report by the Centre for Policy Studies has found that 53.4% of UK households receive more in benefits than they pay in taxes. That figure has gone up by almost 10% since 2000:
This is why the IDS-Osborne battle is so significant…
Now a report by the Centre for Policy Studies has found that 53.4% of UK households receive more in benefits than they pay in taxes. That figure has gone up by almost 10% since 2000:
This is why the IDS-Osborne battle is so significant…
A Sindy journo is set to quit over a late payment and up to 70Guardian hacks could face the sack…Find out why on MediaGuido…
Unions’ Pilgrims Spin Unravels, Again
Last the night the BBC website ran what was basically a press release from Mark Serwotka’s PCS union damning Francis Maude’s decision to wield the axe over Pilgrims:
“An official pointed to government figures which, he said, showed the subsidy raises money. For every £1 spent on full-time trade union officials negotiating with employers, resolving grievances and dealing with health and safety issues, the official said, between £3 and £9 was generated for the wider economy.”It turns out these “government figures” are from 2007, under Gordon’s Labour government. What a surprise they backed taxpayer cash being spent on unions.
Guido hears that the Beeb are getting it in the neck from the Cabinet Office for failing to check this out. Union spin unravels once again…
MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012
Dre Watches Boris From the Rafters
Well it looks like Craig Oliver was the only one not smiling at the Boris rally…
Osborne’s Speech Word Cloud
Tories were quick to spot last week that there was no mention of the “deficit” word in Ed Miliband’s conference speech. Ed Balls’ political advisor is claiming, similarly, that there is no mention of “growth” in Osborne’s speech.
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