July 20, 2010, Posted by S.O.S at 8:09 pm
Drugs firms accused of profiteering by raising prices by ONE THOUSAND per cent Millionaire who raised the price of widely-used drugs by 1,000% over two years says: ‘I don’t have to justify my profits to anyone’ Drugs companies making everyday medicines for the NHS are facing claims of profiteering after imposing huge price rises for [...]
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April 14, 2010, Posted by S.O.S at 5:34 am
Lord Sugar has donated £400,000 to Labour’s re-election campaign just months after being handed a peerage by Gordon Brown. The Government’s enterprise tsar confirmed he has given the party his biggest ever sum in a bid to help it win a historic fourth term in power. The donation by the star of BBC show The [...]
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March 21, 2010, Posted by S.O.S at 1:11 pm
Labour has promised a crackdown on lobbying by ex-ministers after several of its senior MPs were filmed apparently offering their services for cash.
Ex-cabinet minister Stephen Byers was among retiring MPs interviewed by a fictitious US lobbying firm as part of secret filming operation for a television documentary. He told an undercover reporter he had secured [...]
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February 13, 2010, Posted by S.O.S at 9:23 pm
A senior arms lobbyist is gaining access to ministers, MPs and peers inside Parliament using a research assistant pass allotted to a member of the House of Lords who benefits financially from one of his companies, The Independent has learnt.
Robin Ashby, who is chairman of a defence consultancy firm that offers to ask questions of [...]
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