UK benefit fraud – statistics

Friday, May 18th, 2012

Uk benefit fraud figures released by the UKSA yesterday:

http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd2/index.php?page=fraud_error

Any level of benefit fraud is of course unacceptable but they estimate:

(1) A 2% overpayment of total benefit due to fraud & error

(2) A 0.8% underpaymeny of total benefit due to fraud & error

Hardly a crisis?

Posted under Society

Challenging the conventional wisdom RE benefit “cheats”

Friday, May 18th, 2012
Great insight from Owen Jones in the UK Independent today regarding benefit “cheats” - thanks to Suzy B for sending it on.

Posted under Society

Street sweeping records on the web

Friday, May 18th, 2012

Question to City Manager    City Council Meeting 14/05/2012

Q125.  COUNCILLOR NAOISE Ó MUIRÍ

Can the Manager please give me an update on plans to publish street cleaning schedules (including last/next date) to the web as discussed at the Environment SPC previously?

CITY MANAGER’S REPLY

The street cleaning schedules are now available on the Dublin City Council website www.dublincity.ie

Then search under:-

Waste

→ Street Sweeping

Click here to check your street sweeping schedule

Users can find the street sweeping information by searching by street name.  The street cleaning frequency, last and next sweep dates are also displayed.

 Contact:          Brian Hanney, Senior Executive Officer, Waste Management

Posted under Waste Management

ETS Walton, the atom and Marlborough St Bridge

Friday, May 18th, 2012

I support this campaign; the achievements of our literary greats are appreciated internationally, now it is time to acknowledge one of our greatest scientists:

http://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/item/27257-campaign-to-name-new-dublin/

Posted under Transport

The Bank of England

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

A curious insight into the Bank of England and its Governor…:

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/f853d068-94b7-11e1-bb0d-00144feab49a.html#axzz1v2PWKaps

” In the BoE, the governor and deputy governors’ palatial offices are located behind locked doors in “Parlours”, where senior staff are attended by “pinks”, doormen dressed in pink tail-coats with silver buttons and top hats. ”

ZZZZZzzzzz…..!

Posted under Economy