Number Crunching
- 7 April 2011 05:06100343Here's something for our resident in-house right winger who thought dear old Maggie leaned far too much to the left Barry (but lovable) W to get his teeth stuck into,
1,000,000 extra people on the dole due to ConDem cuts.
15 times the poorest households in Britain will be hit more than the richest by government cuts, according to TUC research.
£25 billion - amount the public purse loses through tax avoidance by wealthy individuals and multinational companies especially those t***s in Jersey.
53,150 planned NHS job cuts, according to research by www.falseeconomy.org.uk.
£2,700 annual amount lost in tax credit cuts by a minimum wage couple with two kids after the cuts.
£2,226 annual amount lost by a typical pensioner couple due to the cuts.
28,000 police jobs to be lost throughout England and Wales in the next four years, according to the Association Of Chief Police Officers.
7,000 fire and rescue service jobs under threat in the next four years, according to the Fire Brigade Union, after 1,700 jobs lost in the last year.
170,582 council jobs under threat, according to GMB figures.
468,000 predicted private sector job losses as a result of spending cuts, according to PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
£20 billion - is the amount a fairer tax on UK banks would raise to protect the poorest from the worst of the cuts.
213% UK Government Debt as a proportion of GDP in 1948, when the NHS was created by a Labour government.
61.3% UK Government Debt as a proportion of GDP in 2011 as the Government slashes NHS jobs.
The true tale of Tory cuts.....Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter) - 7 April 2011 08:55100372other than the things mentioned above, everything seems to be going swimmingly.
- Brian Dixon
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7 April 2011 08:56100373like a brick.
- 7 April 2011 09:09100374Straight out of LabourList eh Marek?
Usual tosh we see from Labour. Not proper like for like comparisons, in total denial of their mendacity and the medicine needed to put right their incompetence. - 7 April 2011 11:08100397Barry
Figures sourced from Price ,Waterhouse and Coopers.the Fire Brigade Union,Association of Chief Police Officers etc.Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter) - 7 April 2011 16:30100448None of whom have a political axe to grind, of course.
Neither obviously do the TUC or the GMB.
Actually if you look closely at many areas of expenditure there will be very little in the way of actual cuts. Just that increases budgeted by the last 'government' have been knocked on the head. Public spending is budgeted to increase over the life of this parliament, not reduce, but to grow at a much slower pace. That means that living standards are bound to fall in the short term- the more they fall, the quicker they will recover when the private sector starts to take up the slack. All the gov has to do is make sure the private sector has what it needs to grow. Simples.I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson - Brian Dixon
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7 April 2011 16:32100451peter,whats that got to do with the price of onions. - 7 April 2011 16:34100452Everything Brian, if you can lift your level of debate above the price of onions.I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
- Brian Dixon
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7 April 2011 16:36100453the price of carrots have gone up 4% since january. - 7 April 2011 17:42100482seems a game of smoke and mirrors here, we keep being told that there are no cuts in the n.h.s. then we hear that efficiency savings of 10 of billions have to be made.
if the above is true then we are going to have a super efficient, superfast service. - 7 April 2011 17:46100485I have friends in the fire service and they are worried lives will be put at risk by the cuts , may be mps can take a pay cut as they care about the country so much .
- 14 May 2011 06:30106148Thought I'd use this number crunching thread to inform forumites that the cost cutting conservatives who before the election promised to cut! cut! cut! have decided to keep the House of Commons wine cellar valued at £2 million with some vintage bottles costing £10k a shot.
They critised Labour (both as bad as each other) but it would appear that being in government has not only given them a thirst for power but for also a thirst for a slurp or two of their favourite tipple..
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter) - Brian Dixon
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14 May 2011 06:34106149and i bet that most of the wine has come from our eu friends from france and germany.
- 14 May 2011 08:31106165Much of that wine is used to entertain VIPs Marek as you well know.
- 14 May 2011 08:51106169there is one bottle valued at over 10 grand been in the cellar donkeys years, cannot see the point of that.
- 14 May 2011 09:08106172Maybe Cameron will get it out for Barak Obama when he has him to dinner at no10 soon. He and HMQ have a big PR task to win over this man from his anti-British attitudes.
- 14 May 2011 09:19106173Marek, how did you develop this taste you have for poking tigers with sharp sticks??!! Please keep doing it - the consequences cheer me no end!!!!
- 14 May 2011 09:23106174So do I Bern....
- Ross Miller
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14 May 2011 10:19106176Why do we want to curry favour with Obama?
The US do us no favours and never have done - the special relationship is one way and not our way."Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
While loving someone deeply gives you courage" - Laozi - 14 May 2011 11:32106190Currying favour or increasing our influence? The latter is vital. I do not share your anti-Americanism Ross.