Official Metropolitan police figures contradict Boris Johnson's wild claims on police officer numbers. New research has discovered Boris Johnson's re-election website has falsely claimed there are 722 more police officers operating in London than the latest official figures reported by the Metropolitan Police. The Tory mayor's official campaign website, BackBoris2012.com is currentl...
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LabourMatters on 18th Jan 2012 (via labourmatters.com)
EU finance ministers are to hold a conference call this afternoon to finalise the details of a €200bn contribution aimed at boosting the IMF’s capacity to help ailing eurozone countries. Of this amount, €150bn is to be provided by eurozone central banks. The UK is to be asked for a contribution of around £25bn (€30bn), notes the Telegraph.
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OpenEurope on 19th Dec 2011 (via openeurope.org.uk)
Iain Duncan Smith says tackling child poverty by boosting family income through benefits is too narrow and "looks set to have failed".
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BBCPolitics on 2nd Dec 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
"We used to think that you could spend your way out of a recession and increase employment by cutting taxes and boosting government spending. I tell you in all candour that that option no longer exists." James Callaghan
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ManInAShed on 30th Nov 2011 (via atoryblog.blogspot.com)
Plans to deal with an acute shortage of affordable homes in England by boosting the house-building sector are set to be revealed by the government.
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BBCPolitics on 21st Nov 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
Lord mayor to emphasise Square Mile's importance to the 'real economy'
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FT on 18th Nov 2011 (via ft.com)
Once again Europe is trailing the United States, Japan and South Korea when it comes to boosting innovation and meeting EU targets of devoting 3% of GDP to research and development. More »
The European Commission presented today (30 November) its €80-billion research funding programme for the decade - Horizon 2020 - with the aim of boosting research, stimulating innovation and simplifying the way scientists and smaller businesses can get funding for EU-backed projects. More »
As the European Commission prepares to review its freshwater policies, an organisation working with industry and farm groups launched a water stewardship programme yesterday (24 November) aimed at boosting efficiency and protecting Europe’s river basins. More »
A standard part of the Keynesian analysis is that when you want to do a bit of fiscal boosting (which is, recall, just increasing the gap between what the government hands out and what it takes in) then, whether you’re going to do it by handing out benefits or reducing taxes, you want to make
