BBC News Business Secretary Vince Cable defends Royal Mail saleBBC NewsBusiness Secretary Vince Cable has defended the privatisation of Royal Mail, despite criticism from the spending watchdog. Mr Cable said it had achieved its primary objective of selling the shares and reducing the risk to taxpayers. It came after the …

Royal Mail Sale 'Left Taxpayer Short Changed By £750m' – NAO ReportHuffington Post UKRoyal Mail's privatisation left taxpayers short changed by £750 million as ministers were "too cautious" in their pricing of the business at just 330p-a-share, a hard-hitting official report has found. The National Audit Office, the government's public …

Business secretary insists the privatisation was a success but Chuka Umunna says taxpayers were 'disgracefully shortchanged to the tune of hundreds of millions of pounds' More: continued here

Slate Magazine Big-Box Stores Make Billions Off Food Stamps. Often It's Their Own Workers …Slate MagazineBallard's food stamp card, officially known as an Electronic Benefit Transfer, or EBT, card, had been recharged with $340 that night, a moment she'd been anticipating. As frugal as she tries to be, her food …

Vince Cable has said the "last thing" he intended to do was apologise for the Government's undervaluation of the Royal Mail (Other OTC: ROYMF – news) . The Business Secretary said the Government was right to take a "cautious" approach to the sale and had it not done so it …

Royal Mail was 'undervalued & sale left public short-changed'ITV News… sale left public short-changed'. The National Audit Office has completed its independent assessment of the way in which the sale of Royal Mail was conducted and has come to the clear view that the government sold the company for less …

By Neil Maidment LONDON (Reuters) – Britain sold off Royal Mail too cheaply, the spending watchdog said on Tuesday, prompting the main opposition Labour party to accuse Prime Minister David Cameron's government of failing to look after the interests of taxpayers. Britain's decision to sell a 60 percent stake in …

Oregon food stamps, welfare numbers rose after long-term unemployment aid …The OregonianAlthough not substantial, the January increases were some of the most sizable since Oregon began to see a slow and steady decline in the number of food stamps and welfare recipients. The Oregon Department of Human Services saw a …

MELAKA, April 1 (Bernama) — The Melaka Immigration Department arrested four Indonesians at the Banda Hilir Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) Complex here for having forged social visa stamps in their passports. More: continued here

Politico Ryan Budget Would Cut Food Stamps and Medicaid DeeplyNew York TimesWASHINGTON — Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin on Tuesday will lay out a tough, election-year budget that purports to come into balance by 2024, in large part through steep cuts to Medicaid and food stamps and the full …