The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme: Another pointless quango
Government’s latest crackpot scheme: making businesses pay for the right to pollute.
The Equality Act: More expensive red tape
Labour left the country riddled with debt and drowning in a sea of pointless legislation.
The government’s answer to every problem: A licence
Licensing schemes are just another empty excuse for the government to go quango crazy.
Westminster: what gives?
MPs are adding sash windows and guest loos to their second homes. And we’re footing the bill.
Don’t civil servants know it’s a recession?
We’re living on beans on toast while civil servants “build relationships” over three courses and Chablis.
“Gissa job, Brown!”
Being an aristocrat’s crony is your ticket to a job in Cabinet. So how do plebs like us get a look-in?
The fat cats get the cream
Private sector workers cling to their jobs, while public sector fat cats lap up the big bucks. What gives?
What crackpot scheme will Brown throw our cash at next?
America’s New Deal bought bridges and dams. We get social cohesion websites.
Who’s watching the watchdog?
Northern Rock. HBOS. Bradford & Bingley: banks are going bust, but the watchdog’s sitting pretty.
Blame government fat cats for sky-high energy prices
Forget greedy energy companies. Regulation-happy bureaucrats are behind soaring oil and gas prices.
“Pay as you throw” tax is a waste
There’s only one place for the wasteful and costly “pay as you go” rubbish tax: the bin.
Data protection: the government’s double standards
The HMRC data leak has placed data protection well and truly in the spotlight. But is there one rule for government and another for business?