BBC News Royal Mail workers to get free shares in planned saleBBC NewsPostal workers are set to receive millions of pounds' worth of Royal Mail shares when the company is privatised later this year. Business Secretary Vince Cable said employees would be given 10% of shares as part of a stock market flotation. He …Can…
Newspaper review: Mixed reaction to Royal Mail sell-offBBC NewsGovernment plans to sell-off the Royal Mail in the biggest privatisation for 30 years have sparked a mixed reaction in today's papers. The Guardian has misgivings about "thrusting another bit of the public realm into private hands at a bargain price … More: continued here
FOOD STAMPS: More than 400,000 Iowans are on food stamps, today known as food assistance. The federal program distributes close to $75 billion to more than 46 million Americans, half of whom are children. Tension over food stamps only heightened last month after the U.S. House defeated the farm bill, with members of both parties…
TORN OVER FOOD STAMPSIowa City Press CitizenSusanna Harrison first enrolled in the food stamp program at the age of 17 when she moved out of her mother's house. Without food stamps, she said, her five children, ages 2 through 16, would eat nothing but spaghetti. / Rodney White / the Des Moines …and more » More: continued…
Royal Mail privatisation: don't tell Sid – warn himThe GuardianAs the details of the Royal Mail privatisation become clearer, the reasons for its sale recede further into fuzziness. Is it a financial basket case – the grim picture painted by Richard Hooper's reviews? Actually, no. As the government's own document … More: continued here
LONDON — The Royal Mail can trace its history back 500 years to the time of Henry VIII, and its bright red “pillarboxes” grace streets across the UK — from the Scilly Isles to Scotland. More: continued here
Consult with the residents in the affected communities and I am sure there will be consensus that it makes more sense to close the Jackson Square P.O. rather than North Weymouth. More: continued here
Post Office violated man's rights by banning gun from parking lot, judge rulesFox NewsIn 2010, Bonidy's lawyer sent a written inquiry asking if he would be prosecuted under the USPS regulation if he carried his gun into the Post Office or stored it in his vehicle in the public parking lot when picking up his…
Royal Mail: The coalition's commitment to privatise by next April is defeatistThe GuardianRoll up, then, for the great Royal Mail share sale. The government has embarked on "an irrevocable course", says business secretary Vince Cable. A small battalion of investment banking advisers has been hired. There's a deadline to get the deed done by … More:…
ThinkProgress Breaking up the farm bill is hard to doWashington PostAs you can see, the farm bill isn't purely a “farm” bill. About 80 percent of the bill actually goes toward food stamps for the poor and other nutritional programs — a long-standing arrangement that explains why the farm bill has historically gotten …The Republican…