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Image via Wikipedia Once again the commuter faces rising rail fares. It is all too easy to blame the rail companies for these increases for they merely work to a formula set by Government when it gives the franchises out. So, in many instances the Government will allow rail fares to increase only by 1% over the [...]

Image via Wikipedia The Labour party, led by Brown, have been accusing the Conservatives of being the do-nothing party. Well, that tripe has to end now. David Cameron has announced the end of taxes on savings (for those on basic rate taxes) and the increasing of tax allowances for older people by £2,000. Of course the Governments [...]

Image by bobster1985 via Flickr There is a very good blog post over on Conservativhome looking at the Bush years and trying to understand what went right and what went wrong. There are some interesting conclusions. Maybe history, as it does with many of its controversial leaders will treat George W better than the current press [...]

  Image by Ewan McIntosh via Flickr Any idea that the VAT cut has helped the economy climb out of this recession is a long way wide of the mark. David Cameron blasted the silly policy this morning by saying: I think this will go down in history as one of the most appalling wastes of money in [...]

This has been a welcome long break over Christmas and New Year. The changing face of the UK economy seems not to have dampened the spirits of those who went shopping after Christmas. There was, apparently, a 12% increase in  retail footfall in the last week of December and on the few occasions I ventured out [...]