Peter Luff

Former executives of MG Rover stall publication of report into conduct

Christine Buckley, Industrial Editor The former bosses of MG Rover, who made an estimated £40 million from the business, have stalled the publication of a government report into their conduct. The Times has learnt that the...

MPs cheer as Post Office awarded Card Account contract

MPs today cheered the Government's decision to award a new contract for a card account used by millions of people to receive benefits and pensions to the Post Office. Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell said the...

UK faces blackouts within 10 years after government 'dithering' and closure of coal power plants

Nine of the country's 9 of UK's oil and coal fired power plants to close by 2015 because of an EU directive designed to limit pollution and associated acid rain. Energy experts fear the country is not building enough new power...

Mandelson: 'Financial crisis could help save Post Office'

Business Secretary Peter Mandelson is urging Gordon Brown to save the Post Office network by allowing it to provide a new range of government services and financial products, according to a report. In a leaked letter to the...

Delays in awarding POCA contract 'destabilising' Post Office

Delays in awarding a contract to handle millions of pension and benefit payments through a card account are "destabilising" the Post Office, MPs warned today. A Government decision is eagerly awaited on the future of the Post...

Post offices at risk if they lose account task, MPs say

The post office network could face thousands of closures if it loses a vital contract, MPs fear. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is to decide soon whether to renew a contract with Royal Mail, owner of the postal...

Worcestershire villages in windfarm battle

Villagers in rural Worcestershire are fighting plans for a wind farm on local farmland. Residents in The Lenches, Harvington, Norton and Lenchwick in the Vale of Evesham are boycotting plans to build ten turbines measuring 125...

Fair Pint and FSB to speak first at pubco inquiry

Anti-pubco group and small business trade body to present to MPs - second session set for December 9 Anti-pubco campaign group Fair Pint and the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) will be given a chance to voice their...

Track improvement plan approved

Rail bosses have agreed to improve services for passengers using the Cotswold Line by doubling up sections of the track. The line, which runs between Worcester and Oxford, currently has three large stretches of single track....

David Hencke: The great nuclear bail-out

Poor overloaded taxpayers. Not content with being lumbered with enormous debts to bail out failing banks and huge bills for rising unemployment, the government has just landed us with the potential for an unlimited bill for any...

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