P*** up and brewery spring to mind

[The Farmer]

Here you go LB - Brown to sell student debts

How do private firms make money on this?

Do they increase interest rates on the loan thereby shafting the borrower?

[milanbenes]

it's a no brainer that the government will be held to ransom by the contractors as the deadline of the olympics gets closer and closer

remember the jubilee line trying to get finished by 2000 ?

building the olympics is a dream project for any developer company / civil engineer

Milan.

[Lucifer Box]

it's a no brainer that the government will be held to ransom by the contractors as the deadline of the olympics gets closer and closer

remember the jubilee line trying to get finished by 2000 ?

building the olympics is a dream project for any developer company / civil engineer

Milan.

Quite. As, rather stupidly, the size of the contingency fund has been made public, it is no longer a contingency as contractors' bills will expand to ensure it is used up. A contingency on top of that will be needed, and that will be another £5bn without even trying.

[Churchill]

in what world can you underestimate on this scale? why is it everything this lot touches turns to poo

How many billion is the trident replacement going to cost?

How much was spent on the new NHS GP computerisation scheme?

[The Farmer]

How much is being spent on the MoD DII project?