The current uncorrected political course means another banking crisis is inevitable, cautions Prem Sikka
Archive for March, 2011
Financial weapons of mass destruction still primed to detonate
By Prem Sikka /Friday, March 18th, 2011The feeling is remutual as bailed-out bank reports huge losses
By Keith Richmond /Friday, March 18th, 2011Trade unions are piling on the pressure to remutualise Northern Rock in the wake of the losses – £232 million – reported by the nationalised Newcastle-based bank.
Berlusconi’s ‘dolce vita’ enrages a nation
By Andrea Mammone /Friday, March 18th, 2011The antics of its Prime Minister have made Italy a laughing stock, but still he clings to power, writes Andrea Mammone
Ken Livingstone
By Ken Livingstone /Friday, March 18th, 2011The Tories want you to pay for their austerity
Malice in blunderland
By Ian Hernon /Friday, March 18th, 2011Spin-doctors are going to have their work cut out putting a positive gloss on the Budget, says Ian Hernon
Labour and doctors warn of calamity to come over Government’s health service revolution
By Bernard Purcell /Friday, March 18th, 2011The Government’s proposed radical restructuring of the NHS in its Health and Social Care Bill – opposed by many of the doctors whom ministers say will benefit – will lead to delays in care for patients as GPs and surgeons not only become tied up in bureaucratic red tape but vulnerable to charges of operating cartels with preferred providers and hospitals, Labour has cautioned.
That was the bad week that was
By Tribune Editorial /Friday, March 18th, 2011What a week it has been for the Government. Everything David Cameron, Nick Clegg, George Osborne and their colleagues in this coalition of the damned turn their hands to seems to crumble to dust.
Human shield by Bunday
By Tribune Web Editor /Friday, March 18th, 2011Cartoon by Andy Bunday. More at www.tribunecartoons.com
‘Phoney war is over’ says TUC leader Barber as unemployment tops the 2.5 million mark
By Bernard Purcell /Friday, March 18th, 2011Unemployment figures published this week showed more than 2.53 million were out of work – a 10-month high of over 8 per cent – in the three months to January, the largest number since 1994.