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November 27, 2009
Charity begins at home
Rich man: School leavers are not fit for work, says M&S chief Sir Stuart Rose.
His company is one of the country's biggest employers, with a 65,000-strong regular workforce as well as 20,000 Christmas temps.
It comes weeks after Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy called the education system 'woeful' and said employers were too often 'left to pick up the pieces.'
In an outspoken attack in London yesterday, Sir Stuart, 60, said: 'They cannot do reading. They cannot do arithmetic. They cannot do writing.'
It comes weeks after Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy called the education system 'woeful' and said employers were too often 'left to pick up the pieces.'
In an outspoken attack in London yesterday, Sir Stuart, 60, said: 'They cannot do reading. They cannot do arithmetic. They cannot do writing.'
Poor man: Recession 'is even worse than feared': Chancellor predicts steepest slump ever.
Last night Treasury sources indicated that Mr Darling will sharply downgrade his economic predictions in the December 9 statement, forecasting a slump of 4.75 per cent for 2009.
That would rival the worst year of the Great Depression of the 1930s, highlighting the terrible toll the banking crisis has taken.
That would rival the worst year of the Great Depression of the 1930s, highlighting the terrible toll the banking crisis has taken.
Beggarman: Mapping out the strain on your NHS: 243 sick babies treated in one London hospital ward.... and just 18 mothers come from Britain.
The map was put up by hospital administrators to 'celebrate the ethnic diversity' of the sick children treated there, each at a cost of £1,400 a day. It shows dramatically how the NHS now treats patients from every corner of the globe.
The 243 mothers are from 72 different nations. They include Mongolia, the remotest regions of Russia, Japan, Africa, South America, swathes of Asia, Australasia and even Papua New Guinea.
Only 18 mothers said they were from Britain.
The 243 mothers are from 72 different nations. They include Mongolia, the remotest regions of Russia, Japan, Africa, South America, swathes of Asia, Australasia and even Papua New Guinea.
Only 18 mothers said they were from Britain.
Thief: Health and safety forces council to swap traditional Christmas tree for £14,000 'traffic cone'.
From a health and safety point of view, it is the perfect Christmas tree.
There are no sharp needles, no unwieldy branches and no chance of it falling over and hurting someone.
But according to residents who have to look at it, there's also no festive spirit in this Christmas tree.
There are no sharp needles, no unwieldy branches and no chance of it falling over and hurting someone.
But according to residents who have to look at it, there's also no festive spirit in this Christmas tree.
Because it is a Holiday Cone.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at November 27, 2009 07:43 AM
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