Articles, tagged with "prime minister gordon brown", page 1
New Regulations Over Lending To be Announced
This week will see announcements made by the UK’s financial regulator, the Financial Services Authority, with regards to mortgage lending. Regulations over lending are to be tightened up to make sure that lenders are only giving out loans to those that ca...
UK Financial Condition Recovering After Recession
The UK economy received a huge recession blow in 2009 when Prime Minister Gordon Brown confessed in public that the British Government had been unsuccessful in anticipating the financial crisis. According to the statistics back then, the British economy h...
Ex Pm Gordon Brown Criticises Leaders Who Justify War Policy With Religious Faith
Ex Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been desribed in Blair's memoirs as having no "emotional intelligence" and as "maddening"!
Many folks wonder if he (Brown) has had a Charisma by pass operation particularly the poor Labour supporter he called a bigot ...
Milibands New Shadow Chancellor
Labours new shadow chancellor, Ed Balls can justly claim that he has plenty of experience at HM Treasury and, after all, he was Gordon Brown's closest and perhaps only true political ally.
So close indeed that Gordon Brown when Prime Minister considere...
Diagnosis Malignant Mesothelioma Claims the Lifestyle of Labour MP John MacDougall
Labour MP John MacDougall died of Malignant Mesothlioma, triggered by asbestos exposure. This had once again highlighted the inadequate prognosis of mesothelioma victims. All ex-shipyard staff are cautioned by Mesothelioma-Junction.Com to immediately cons...
Is Ed Miliband A Tax Expert?
So what can be said about Ed Miliband the new Labour leader and his belief that the VAT rise from 17.5% to 20% is the wrong tax at the wrong time?
Is it in fact that Ed Miliband is the wrong leader at the wrong time?
Before we consider that questio...
Is Ed Miliband A Man Of Yesterday?
Ed Miliband the Labour leader has stated that "David Cameron is squeezing the living standards of ordinary families, he wants to make it easier to sack workers and he is letting the banks off the hook."
Dealing first with the Banks, this is absolute ba...
The Effects of Climate Change on Indian Farming Show That it's Time for Global Co-operation
Copyright (c) 2011 Alison Withers
Former UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, within months published a book on what he believes needs to be done to avoid another catastrophic 2008-style global economic meltdown.
In Beyond the Crash, Brown argues strong...
Is all this bullying stuff just a lot of bull...?
Recent accusations of bullying and uncivil behaviour on Prime Minister Gordon Brown has cast a long shadow on 10, Downing street, these accusations portray Mr Brown as a screaming, hostile and intimidating person who flings missiles, shoves people around ...
The politics of Tartan
David Cameron missed the opportunity to wear a kilt in the Cameron tartan on his first visit to Scotland a Prime Minster which took place just a few days into his new appointment. While Cameron's old Etonian background and his royal connections are well ...
How To Negotiate With Spiritual Wisdom
The British public have woken up to an entirely novel spectacle this year; politicians talking to one another. Instead of bickering and exaggerating their differences through loud speakers, they are actually sitting down and treating one another with mutu...
Currency exchange remains a key factor for many expats with UK Pensions and QROPS.
Continuing our daily look at factors affecting currencies allows some insight into market conditions affecting exchange rates. Cash and income timing for UK Pensions and QROPS should be considered to maximise the Pension, QROPS and investment income and b...
Gordon Brown Fails Army
It was reported in the British press in March 2010 that British Soldiers "would be alive" if they had the right equipment. Gordon Brown failed to increase their funding in real terms.
The relatives of the first female soldier Cpl Sarah Bryant who was ...
UK Paye Reclaims
One of the reasons for this was in the Daily Telegraph on the front page of the business section of Tuesday 9th March 2010.
One of the reasons was in the Daily Telegraph on the front page of the business section of Tuesday 9th March 2010.
The headli...
What next for child trust funds?
Child Trust Funds (CTFs) were introduced by the government in 2005 to give children a good financial start in life, and in the few years since they've launched, the take-up has been ever increasing.
According to The Children's Mutual - a provider of ch...