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Germans told to stockpile food and water for civil defence
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Banking Doom
UK heading for new financial crisis 'on grander scale than 2008' with Bank of England 'asleep at the wheel', says ASI | Business News | News | The Independent I blame Brexit and Global Warming. -
oh dear (tm): Millions face 'retirement crisis' over pensions tax raid
"Millions of middle-class workers will face a "retirement crisis" if George Osborne pushes ahead with a multi-billion pound raid on pensions, a new analysis has found. The Chancellor is considering plans to end more generous rebates for higher rate taxpayers on pension contributions and replace... -
oh dear: George Osborne's buy-to-let raid risks damaging UK economy
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/house-prices/12154769/George-Osbornes" George Osborne’s multi-billion-pound raid on landlords risks damaging Britain’s economic recovery, according to a committee of MPs. The Commons Treasury select committee (TSC) said the Chancellor’s... -
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I'd rather have a bowl of coco pops
Coco bonds: what are they and why have they hit bank shares? - BBC News The idea that the public will never again be called on to bail out the banks is not only untrue but a dangerous assertion. -
Bank of England poised to act if household debt spirals
"Bank deputy Sir Jon Cunliffe warns consumer debt remains 'large by historic standards', leaving the economy 'vulnerable to shocks' Bank of England policymakers will act "sooner rather than later" to curb credit growth, if the recent rise in household debt starts to gather pace, a top... -
oh dear: Financial market turmoil could blow a hole in Osborne's budget plans
Financial market turmoil could blow a hole in Osborne's budget plans, says IFS Chancellor's 'inflexible' budget surplus rule could come at a high cost, warns IFS, leading to big tax rises ( :eek ) or spending cuts (AtW's comment: yeah right) " Financial market turmoil and slower pay growth... -
Buy-to-let DOOM: investors 'to sell 500,000 properties' as confidence plummets
"Landlords will sell 500,000 properties in the next 12 months, according to new research from buy-to-let investor trade body the National Landlords Association (NLA). It says landlord confidence is at its lowest ebb since the dark days of the banking crisis. The proportion of landlords looking... -
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Migration crisis is putting the UK at grave risk.
Migrant crisis: EU at grave risk, warns France PM Valls - BBC News Can't we just send them all home? Start with the French. Confiscate all their property. Should reduce government debt a bit.... -
The pound seems rather poorly
Is it just going to drop and drop and drop? It seems a bit odd to me that with China struggling, [mostly foreign-owned] oil tanking, etc, the pound is weakening so substantially. Or was the 1.40 period the abnormality and we're just back where we 'should' be? -
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Oil - How low can it go?
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10 warning signs for investors 2016
10 warning signs for investors in 2016-—commentary- PurpleGorilla
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Buy to let stamp duty surcharge and other related news
Buy-to-let homes face higher stamp duty: Autumn Statement: Buy-to-let homes face higher stamp duty - BBC News Good article showing the differing opinions on the BTL market: theRatandMouse - London's property blog- Martin@AS Financial
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So who on CUK is voting Labour?
Most lot here call themselves free spirits and consider themselves intelligent. Can all those cartoon socialists come forward and show us their crack? :yay:- FatLazyContractor
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Will The Housing Market Pick Up After The Election ?
Interested on fellow CUKers thoughts on the above. I hearing differing views that generally the housing market goes quiet leading up to a general election and then picks up after. What are people's thoughts - is it a case of sit tight and see what happens for now or go for what is currently... -
OK, you can all start to panic now
BBC News - Ebola case confirmed in Glasgow hospital Put up your barricades, break out your shotguns, and go and hide in the cellar with your Army surplus tinned food :frown -
Got a sniffle?
It's probably bird flu. Or suityitis. BBC News - Bird flu confirmed at Yorkshire duck farm- mudskipper
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Ebola outbreak: Nurse infected in Spain
It's getting closer. Wonder who else she has been in contact with before the diagnoses, and who the 'contacted' have been in contact with and so on. And our government thinks ISIS is the bigger worry... BBC News - Ebola outbreak: Nurse infected in Spain- scooterscot
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Another large leak at Fukushima
Linky The bozos are about to start extracting spent rods, normally shifted around by robotic devices with millimetre precision so they don't touch. These rods are damaged, bent and about to be removed manually. By these people. That can't measure a pot and fill it with water. If these rods...
