Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Update - Labour lead at 3
by YouGov in Political Trackers and Politics
Tue July 8, 2014 6 a.m. BST

Latest YouGov / The Sun results 7th July - Con 34%, Lab 37%, LD 9%, UKIP 13%;

the NHS is at breaking point down to immigrants. time get out of the stinking EU
eu countries releasing prisoners if they leave the country and no one speaking out .

Unfortunately for you, it looks like a referendum would choose to stay in the EU. There have been quite a few polls on the matter and all show the likely result would be NO to leaving.

Israel have some men with balls good on them .and do not hide behind babies and old women .hamas are cowards

I go out ever night and do meet a lot of people and they all want out

I am afraid that the people you meet are not a representative sample.

Ohhhhhhh yes they are who gave you the right to play God Hays!!!!!!!!!.

Just because youve seen a Tory backed poll dont presume the people of this country think the same.

Personaly in the last 2 years ive got to the position where I dont believe a thing this present Tory government or its backers say. They are cheats and liars.

No doubt Mays 2 enquirys will find nothing aswel.

DWP Spends £4.8m on Outside Consultants as Bill Quadruples
Posted on July 7, 2014 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady
Reposted from International Business Times



Iain Duncan Smith is in charge of the Department for Work and Pensions(Reuters)
The Department for Work and Pensions almost quadrupled the amount it spent on consultants between 2014 and 2013, according to an analysis of official figures by IBTimes UK.

The ministry’s records revealed that the total cost of non-payroll consultants/consultancy hit £4.8m ($8.2m, €6m) in May 2014, up from £1.29m a year before.

The increase represents a 273% hike in the amount spent on outsider advice for the DWP, which is the largest government department in the UK with a 96,008 strong workforce.

However, the official figures failed to disclose how many non-payroll consultants/consultancies worked for the ministry.

Meawhile, the data also revealed that the grand total cost for non-payroll and payroll workers for Iain Duncan Smith’s department dropped by more than £15.2m over the same period.

The records showed that the DWP’s total payout was more than £212m in May 2014, down from £227m in May 2013.

“It’s good to see that the total staff bill is being trimmed, as savings desperately need to be made,” Jonathan Isaby, chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, told IBTimes UK.

“However, the increase in the bill for consultants is a cause for concern for taxpayers.

“Consultants are sometimes necessary, but it’s crucial that the department retains staff with the necessary expertise to cut out a lot of the big fees.”

The Department for Work and Pensions had not responded to a request for comment at the time of publication.

The figures follow a warning from the National Audit Office that the DWP could overpay contractors of one of its flagship welfare reforms by £25m in bonuses due to contract “flaws”.

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Bonus ‘Flaws’ Mean DWP Faces Overpaying Work Programme Contractors by £25m
The independent parliamentary body said that The Work Programme, which provides support, work experience and training for up to two years to help benefit claimants find and stay in work, is not working as the Department for Work and Pensions intended it to, with regard to incentive payments.

“Flaws in contracts and performance measures have led to unnecessary and avoidable costs,” a report from the NAO said.

“The DWP may have paid contractors £11m in the period to March 2014 for performance they may not have actually achieved and could overpay contractors £25m over the remainder of the programme unless it changes its approach.”

But the NAO said that the ministry has recognised where it has needed to make changes to contracts.

A DWP spokesperson said: “The Work Programme is helping more people than any previous employment programme and has already helped half a million people start a job and 300,000 into lasting work.

“The NAO says that we’ve already saved more than £40m over and above any previous employment programme, and that we’ll save £450m on benefits compared with any scheme that has gone before.”

Cynic my new pad just outside Rhodes Town, now fully refurbished. You said dont buy it. What a bargain. I paid peanuts for it and its now worth ....god knows.
Going out for 2 weeks very soon........

hays . doctors. nurses. teachers .managers . directors . farmers , are you saying these people are fools .
645 members at our club and all sick and fade up with liars now in power .
all good members and will help people honest .

jil seymore our new mep farmers daughter clever and honest now we want her husband to stand as our MP he will take 75% of the votes a cert to win

Thats nothing GF ,this is my new pad in Florida ..

Liars thats the main thing people in general think of the Tories and what will lose them the next GE.

They have no trust in the Bullingdon Boys.

Just look at Osbourne his brother converts to Islam as he has married an Islamic girl and Goeorge goes all out to Cover It Up.

WHY?

No reasons really he just doesnt want to be seen to be associated with Islamic people. He really thinks it will lose him votes.

Pathetic. How silly.

Looks like our very, very hard working lady MP, Andrea Leadsom, is about to get herself a cabinet position in the forthcoming reshuffle.

Currently, she is Economic Secretary to the Treasury and is probably much more business savvy than the Chancellor.

Cameron has said he wants more women in the cabinet and would like for it to be at least 1/3 female.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10946652/David-Cameron-to-promote-women-to-Cabinet-as-he-readies-for-tough-election-fight.html

Very nice jimmy. Very nice indeed.

I had one just down the road but the Beckhams moved into the area and I didnt want my pad to devalue in worth so I sold it straight away.

Riff Raff like that are spoling parts of the US.

I know it's terrible ,i told Obama and Clooney to sling their hook from here when i moved in .

Mass immigration to parts of Britain HAS driven down wages of the poor and put pressure on services, official report finds
Migration Advisory Committee says parts of the country 'struggling to cope'
Influx of foreign workers has 'negative impact on the wages of the low paid'
Government advisors also attack 'feeble' penalties on firms breaking law
Reveals companies can expect HMRC investigation just once in 250 years
Employers hit with prosecution for not paying basic wage every million years

Indeed Jimmy Indeed jimmy, these plastic types are the blight of the old wild west.

I blame them for the migration of the buffalo over the border and into Mexico.

Just no prime hunting anymore these days.

My new chauffeur ,

87% of migrants pay no taxes .

Very nice very nice jimmy.

Does she work by the hour or is she on the lump?