Author: Damien

1 min read 30 Apr 2010
 ""What did I say to be bigoted there? What was bigoted in that what I said? I just asked about national debt?" Pensioner Gillian (where are all these Eastern Europeans flocking from?) Duffy's shocked response to Gordon Brown's now infamous remark. I'm not sure Gillian ever got an answer to...

1 min read 26 Apr 2010
Around 120,000 customers hit by the collapse of the Christmas hamper firm Farepak have been offered an estimated 15p for every pound they lost. The amount is three times what they were expecting to receive, but at a total of around £4m ($6.2m) it is well below the £38m they...

1 min read 23 Apr 2010
The UK economy continued to recover from recession in the first three months of the year, according to official estimates. GDP grew by 0.2% between January and March, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. That was weaker than the 0.4% growth predicted by many economists, but the figure may...