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Speech on the “Green Investment Bank”

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A speech in committee on the so-called Green Investment Bank, which appears to have had a greater impact than I had forseen: 4.45 pm Steve Baker (Wycombe) (Con): I fear that we are, once again, gathered together to make our constituents poorer and to promote special-interest rent seeking. I am rather surprised that we are gathered together in this Committee. My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has pointed out that Opposition Members wish to use direct intervention in the […]

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EU fund of the day – Comenius

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  •   Jul-7-2012
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The first in a series illustrating how the EU spends your money in its own interests. Today, The Comenius Programme: Comenius: Europe in the classroom The Comenius Programme focuses on all levels of school education, from pre-school and primary to secondary schools. It is relevant for everyone involved in school education: mainly pupils and teachers but also local authorities, representatives of parents’ associations, non-government organisations, teacher training institutes and universities. Part of the EU’s Lifelong Learning Programme, the Comenius actions […]

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NHS management pays over the odds with tax payers’ money

A recent Telegraph article reported that the NHS is paying “extortionate” prices for basic computer equipment and services. It showed that the NHS buys computer equipment at an average 28% more than wholesale prices. This is a shocking misuse of tax payers’ money and shows that the state is often unable to purchase even the smallest of items without insulting hard-working people. Its aversion to buying commodities in a free market is stark: 4GB USB flash memory stick: NHS price […]

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How can we re-think government to deliver more for less?

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Via HMT – Spending Challenge, an attempt to “crowd source” government spending: The Spending Challenge is your chance to help shape the way government works. We need to reduce the deficit by cutting public spending in a way that is fair and responsible – and you can help. It could be something small that is quick and easy to put into action, or a more radical change to where and how government works.  Either way, please be as specific as you […]

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Quangos: the more we pay, the less we get – Telegraph

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  •   Jun-6-2010
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An understandable wave of shock ran through Britain last week when our new Government revealed the explosion in recent years of the pay given to our top public officials, 170 of whom now allegedly earn more than the Prime Minister. But the other side to this grotesque inflation in salaries is that it has been accompanied by a corresponding deterioration in the performance of almost every public body one can think of. via Quangos: the more we pay, the less […]

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DOGW: Celebrating 13 years of effective waste maximisation

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  •   Apr-1-2010
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Via ConservativeHome: More.

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You’ve been Fleeced!

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Via the Taxpayers’ Alliance: On Monday, Matthew Elliott and David Craig released their new book Fleeced! How we’ve been betrayed by the politicians, bureaucrats and bankers… and how much they’ve cost us, published by Constable. Fleeced! is the very first book to analyse the financial, fiscal and political crisis resulting from a decade spent under the stewardship of Gordon Brown and is a devastating indictment of Brown’s time as Chancellor and Prime Minister. The authors, who were the first to reveal the […]

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Recommended reading: “Freedom for Public Services”

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  •   Dec-21-2008
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The latest publication from the Centre for Policy Studies arrived today: “Freedom for Public Services” by William Mason and Jonathan McMahon. Better services at lower cost, and more fulfilling jobs for public servants, are quite possible. As ever, this CPS report is intelligent, brief, clear and insightful. The sheer scale of central regulation is shocking even as one who has begun to study the situation. Consider for example the list of regulators for the NHS: The Healthcare Commission Strategic Health […]

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FT.com: Brown reshuffles cabinet to tackle crisis

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  •   Oct-3-2008
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Mandelson’s return is unlikely to be popular. DEFRA becomes MAFF again with a new energy and climate change department. Caroline Flint moves to Europe Minister. Tony McNulty will face off Boris, but why is there a London Minister at all? If in doubt, reorganise? William Hague’s reaction is here. read more | digg story

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Poverty: how well is DWP helping people?

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Poverty in Britain remains horrifying. For example, about 7% of households cannot afford a single hobby or leisure activity and a quarter cannot manage to save £10 a month for rainy days or retirement. Bleak. But the DWP plans to spend just over £130 billion in 2008. Surely some mistake, so I did a quick calculation based on 2007 numbers: Now, as a first estimate, it appears that DWP manages to spend almost twice as much as the poverty threshold […]

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