Public Sector starts to strike, again, today. Today the BBC reported 250,000 (30,000 in Scotland) UK civil servants would strike for 48 hours, but the government had predicted minimal disruption to services. That’s nice to know – but what the hell do these people do when not on strike if the country doesn’t grind to [...]
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Chancellor Alistair Darling announced tax breaks for the oil and gas industry yesterday that could trigger new investment of £14billion before the end of the decade. The UK Government is to give the £1billion-plus tax boost to help kick-start production in remote gas fields west of Shetland – the last major area around Britain still [...]
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