General election 2010: Nick Clegg defends party stance on Europe
General election: Nick Clegg says poll points to end of 'tired' politics
Voters are starting to believe that the May 6 General Election may produce a break from the ''tired choices'' offered by the two parties which have dominated British politics, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg said.
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General Election 2010: Vote Nick Clegg, get Gordon Brown, say Tories:
The Tories claim Gordon Brown could lose the election but remain Prime Minister for five more years thanks to a Lib Dem surge inspired by Nick Clegg's TV debate triumph.
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Election 2010: how Nick Clegg changed the game overnight for the Liberal Democrats
Nick Clegg's performance last Thursday night transformed his party's chances in the general election – and poses a serious threat to Tory hopes of victory As he was driven in a Special Branch car to Manchester at 6.30pm on Thursday evening, the last phone call Nick Clegg made before arriving at the ITV studios was to his three young boys. There was no mention during the conversation of the big ...
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General Election 2010: Louis Theroux claims he was Nick Clegg's 'fag' at public school
Louis Theroux, the documentary-maker, has claimed he used to wake Nick Clegg up in the morning when they were at boarding school together.
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General election 2010: Nick Clegg defends party stance on Europe
Nick Clegg has defended his party's pro-European stance after being accused of trying to take Britain into a "super-state".
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Identity fraud
Identity fraud 'is set to soar' says Experian
Identity fraud is likely to accelerate in 2010 as organised criminals target the rich, according to a report.
Some 72% of ID fraud in 2009 came in the second half of the year with company directors and business owners the most at risk, Experian found.
The credit reference agency said that the number of ID fraud victims rose by 20% in 2009 compared with 2008.
London remained the UK's crime hotspot area but Salford, Manchester and Cardiff were also vulnerable, it said.
Recession effect
Experian also noted a rise in the proportion of fraud cases when people manipulated their own information in order to access financial services such as credit.
The company estimated that these numbers would increase owing to lower levels of lending and the potential for more unemployment in 2010.
"Attempted fraud is on the increase and the nature of the threat is changing," said Nick Mothershaw, of Experian.
"Organised criminal fraudsters are moving into the mass-market, looking beyond those with obvious wealth towards lower-value but more vulnerable targets.
"At the same time, financial stress brought about by the recession is driving increasing numbers of people to commit fraud to maintain their lifestyles."
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Categories: The future Tags: 2010, crime hotspot, identity fraud, recession affect
housing market 2010
2010 housing market recovery ?
The begining of 2010 has seen some improvement in the uk housing market. People's confidence seems to have returned to pre uk recession levels.
Recent figures show that around 81% of people expect house prices to rise during the coming six months, predicting average house prices to increases 5.4%, according to property website Zoopla.co.uk.
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unemployment 2010
Unemployment in 2010
Unemployment will continue to rise in the new year, Work and Pensions Secretary Yvette Cooper predicted.
With figures showing almost 2.5 million people out of work in the three months to September, Ms Cooper said that total would keep growing in 2010.
The Government does not make formal forecasts on jobless figures, she told Sky News Sunday Live, but added: "We do expect unemployment to keep increasing in the new year."
As Chancellor Alistair Darling puts finishing touches to Wednesday's Pre Budget Report, Ms Cooper also said she hoped youth unemployment would fall in the second half of 2010.
The number of 16 to 24-year-olds out of work has reached a record high of 943,000, meaning almost one in five are not employed.
But recent figures have shown a slowing in the rate of rising unemployment, and Ms Cooper said: "I think if we see current trends continue and if we have a big further push to help, particularly on youth unemployment, and if we see employers also helping us and that's what I think should be our priority now. I do think we should be aiming, particularly for youth unemployment, to try and get youth unemployment falling in the second half of next year rather than see it rising for four or five years after the recession which is what happened in the 1980s. "We must never go back to that."
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