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£6 billion spending cuts to be announced today

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    #31
    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    BBC News - George Osborne to outline

    £6 billion is just enough to hit the fragile recovery while not making a dent on the £160 billion deficit

    When the lobbying fails and the rating agencies are forced to rate the UK down, then the real pain will start.

    FFS We're completely bust, Labour ave truly shafted us.
    banks are doing okay however. We should be very very happy that £300Bn of our debt has gone to them. I imagine many bankers are on the Costa del Sol having a few Pimms.
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      #32
      Originally posted by lilelvis2000 View Post
      banks are doing okay however.
      FFS, of course they are doing ok now - they pay saves 0.05% but they still charge borrowers 5%+ - I doubt their margins were ever that high FFS

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        #33
        Originally posted by lilelvis2000 View Post
        banks are doing okay however. We should be very very happy that £300Bn of our debt has gone to them. I imagine many bankers are on the Costa del Sol having a few Pimms.
        Bit early for that. There is Henley, Ascot and Wimbledon to get through yet before anyone goes abroad. Mabye in the second half of July.
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          #34
          Originally posted by fullyautomatix View Post
          Cut the enormous paper pushing assholes sitting on their arses all day in plush offices doing nothing but drink tea and chat up hotties ( who do nothing but wear short skirts and flirt with their managers)


          BTW, which hottie mentioned the enormous bit?

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            #35
            Cuts ? hahahahaha

            The gravy train rolls on!

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            Pigs. Snouts. Trough. Nothing changes.

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              #36
              Originally posted by Flashman View Post
              Cuts ? hahahahaha

              The gravy train rolls on!

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              New today. Apply now!

              Pigs. Snouts. Trough. Nothing changes.
              I've got 3 eyes, 2 heads and four left feet. Do I qualify?
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                #37
                Originally posted by SantaClaus View Post
                I've got 3 eyes, 2 heads and four left feet. Do I qualify?
                Only if you're an ethnic minority lesbian.

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                  #38
                  Cuts now announced

                  And in other news, Northern Rock savers lose their guarantee
                  Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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                    #39
                    The use of first-class travel by civil servants will be restricted. Quangos that overspend on first-class travel could have the money deducted from their budgets.

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                      #40
                      and in further news No refunds for ID card pioneers

                      There will be a bill to abolish the cards, along with electoral and parliamentary reform - a move to equally-populated constituencies and to the Alternative Vote system - in the Queen's Speech tomorrow.

                      But thousands of people persuaded to buy an ID card should not expect a refund the Sunday Telegraph reports.
                      Oh, and

                      Several big IT projects are also likely to get the chop as part of the wider search for savings.
                      Last edited by Sysman; 24 May 2010, 14:35.
                      Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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