Fortuna » labour http://thefortuno.com The World of Fortune To You Sat, 09 Apr 2011 23:03:15 +0000 en hourly 1 Scotland Yard moves in: Four MPs and a peer face criminal investigation for expenses fraud http://thefortuno.com/scotland-yard-moves-in-four-mps-and-a-peer-face-criminal-investigation-for-expenses-fraud/ http://thefortuno.com/scotland-yard-moves-in-four-mps-and-a-peer-face-criminal-investigation-for-expenses-fraud/#comments Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:16:51 +0000 admin1 http://thefortuno.com/scotland-yard-moves-in-four-mps-and-a-peer-face-criminal-investigation-for-expenses-fraud/ At least two Labour MPs and a Labour peer are to be investigated over alleged fraud in their claims.

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]]> http://thefortuno.com/scotland-yard-moves-in-four-mps-and-a-peer-face-criminal-investigation-for-expenses-fraud/feed/ 0 ‘You can best serve the party by stepping down’: Labour MPs tell Brown to go now after Hazel Blears joins the quitters http://thefortuno.com/you-can-best-serve-the-party-by-stepping-down-labour-mps-tell-brown-to-go-now-after-hazel-blears-joins-the-quitters/ http://thefortuno.com/you-can-best-serve-the-party-by-stepping-down-labour-mps-tell-brown-to-go-now-after-hazel-blears-joins-the-quitters/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:40:49 +0000 admin http://thefortuno.com/you-can-best-serve-the-party-by-stepping-down-labour-mps-tell-brown-to-go-now-after-hazel-blears-joins-the-quitters/ An e-mail is circulating among Labour MPs encouraging Gordon Brown to step down as Prime Minister.

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‘You can best serve the party by stepping down’: Labour MPs tell Brown to go now after Hazel Blears joins the quitters

]]> http://thefortuno.com/you-can-best-serve-the-party-by-stepping-down-labour-mps-tell-brown-to-go-now-after-hazel-blears-joins-the-quitters/feed/ 0 As Labour plotters plan to replace Brown, Charles Clarke’s shock demand: Ed Balls must be sacked http://thefortuno.com/as-labour-plotters-plan-to-replace-brown-charles-clarkes-shock-demand-ed-balls-must-be-sacked/ http://thefortuno.com/as-labour-plotters-plan-to-replace-brown-charles-clarkes-shock-demand-ed-balls-must-be-sacked/#comments Sun, 03 May 2009 14:54:27 +0000 admin http://thefortuno.com/as-labour-plotters-plan-to-replace-brown-charles-clarkes-shock-demand-ed-balls-must-be-sacked/ Gordon Brown’s future as Prime Minister was looking increasingly uncertain last night as his Labour enemies plotted to sack him and install Health Secretary Alan Johnson in No10.

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]]> http://thefortuno.com/as-labour-plotters-plan-to-replace-brown-charles-clarkes-shock-demand-ed-balls-must-be-sacked/feed/ 0 Now let them stay! Humiliating defeat for Brown forces rethink over Gurkhas… but news comes too late for one hero http://thefortuno.com/now-let-them-stay-humiliating-defeat-for-brown-forces-rethink-over-gurkhas-but-news-comes-too-late-for-one-hero/ http://thefortuno.com/now-let-them-stay-humiliating-defeat-for-brown-forces-rethink-over-gurkhas-but-news-comes-too-late-for-one-hero/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:47:55 +0000 admin http://thefortuno.com/now-let-them-stay-humiliating-defeat-for-brown-forces-rethink-over-gurkhas-but-news-comes-too-late-for-one-hero/ Gordon Brown is dealt a crushing Commons defeat by Labour rebels over the Government’s betrayal of veterans.

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Now let them stay! Humiliating defeat for Brown forces rethink over Gurkhas… but news comes too late for one hero

]]> http://thefortuno.com/now-let-them-stay-humiliating-defeat-for-brown-forces-rethink-over-gurkhas-but-news-comes-too-late-for-one-hero/feed/ 0 Alistair’s living in Wonderland: Darling refuses to cut spending, hits rich with 50p tax rate and pins his hopes on recovery fantasies http://thefortuno.com/alistairs-living-in-wonderland-darling-refuses-to-cut-spending-hits-rich-with-50p-tax-rate-and-pins-his-hopes-on-recovery-fantasies/ http://thefortuno.com/alistairs-living-in-wonderland-darling-refuses-to-cut-spending-hits-rich-with-50p-tax-rate-and-pins-his-hopes-on-recovery-fantasies/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:22:26 +0000 admin1 http://thefortuno.com/alistairs-living-in-wonderland-darling-refuses-to-cut-spending-hits-rich-with-50p-tax-rate-and-pins-his-hopes-on-recovery-fantasies/ The Chancellor drove a stake through the heart of New Labour yesterday by stinging top earners with a new 50p tax rate. Experts said the move – resisted for a decade by Tony Blair – was largely symbolic.

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]]> http://thefortuno.com/alistairs-living-in-wonderland-darling-refuses-to-cut-spending-hits-rich-with-50p-tax-rate-and-pins-his-hopes-on-recovery-fantasies/feed/ 0 Back to the future: Darling gambles on 1970s-style tax raid against the rich http://thefortuno.com/back-to-the-future-darling-gambles-on-1970s-style-tax-raid-against-the-rich/ http://thefortuno.com/back-to-the-future-darling-gambles-on-1970s-style-tax-raid-against-the-rich/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:15:04 +0000 admin1 http://thefortuno.com/back-to-the-future-darling-gambles-on-1970s-style-tax-raid-against-the-rich/ The Chancellor drove a stake through the heart of New Labour yesterday by stinging top earners with a new 50p tax rate.

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