Labour has attacked the government over what it claims was a "botched" Royal Mail sell off that cost taxpayers hundreds of millions in potential revenue, as the communications firm's share price sits over 70% higher than at its flotation. Business Secretary Vince Cable had played down the initial leap in …
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With the shares now worth 70 per cent more than the Government’s sale price – Vince Cable's words came back to haunt him after MPs said taxpayers had been short-changed. More: continued here
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WASHINGTON — Doctors are warning that if Congress cuts food stamps, the federal government could be socked with bigger health bills. Maybe not immediately, they say, but over time if the poor wind up in doctors' offices or hospitals as a result. More: continued here
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