KHOODEELAAR! updating the analysis of Gordon Brown's flawed 'stimulus'. Northern Rock to pay bonuses!
By © Muhammad Haque
1750 Hrs GMT
London Monday 23 February 2009
How is “Northern Rock still paying bonuses” material to the campaign against Crossrail scam?
It is a material item of evidence in the campaign against Crossrail hole scam.
It matters very much.
What “Northern Rock paying bonuses” is about is also what Brown’s Crossrail funding is about
It is about the Brown-fronted Blairing regime paying out big bonuses to big businesses as a whole at the expense of the ordinary public
That is a giant abuse of office and of power. And that is wrong. And that is a big mistake that will cause further deeper economic problems.
Khoodeelaar! is against that abuse.
Khoodeelaar! is about preventing that abuse and waste and the consequences.
[To be continued]
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Monday, February 23, 2009
CRASS role comments for Crossrail by wannabe-mayor Nicki Gavron: confirming idiocy and her alliance with the liars
CRASS role comments for Crossrail by wannabe-mayor Nicki Gavron: confirming idiocy and her alliance with the liars
KHOODEELAAR! will comment fully on Nicki Gavron shortly
"Crossrail levy 'sliding scale' suggested
Katie Daubney, PlanningResource, 23 February 2009
Mayor of London Boris Johnson should consider levying Crossrail funding on a sliding scale, according to the London Assembly's Planning and Housing Committee.
In its response to the consultation on proposed alterations to the London Plan to help fund Crossrail, the Committee recommends that developers should contribute according to how much an area is expected to benefit from Crossrail, and on developments along the route both within and outside the Central Activity Zone (CAZ).
The committee feels that some parts of the CAZ will not benefit as much from Crossrail as some of the major centres outside the Zone.
Spreading the charge across more areas of London would alleviate the burden – and possible deterrent effect - on potential developers in the CAZ.
Planning and Housing Committee chairwoman Nicky Gavron said: The mayor needs to look outside the Central Activity Zone for Section 106 contributions and seriously consider charging the levy on a sliding scale, or risk overburdening areas that may not even see real benefits from Crossrail, like parts of Southwark, Lambeth and Hackney.
The full committee response can be read here.
KHOODEELAAR! will comment fully on Nicki Gavron shortly
"Crossrail levy 'sliding scale' suggested
Katie Daubney, PlanningResource, 23 February 2009
Mayor of London Boris Johnson should consider levying Crossrail funding on a sliding scale, according to the London Assembly's Planning and Housing Committee.
In its response to the consultation on proposed alterations to the London Plan to help fund Crossrail, the Committee recommends that developers should contribute according to how much an area is expected to benefit from Crossrail, and on developments along the route both within and outside the Central Activity Zone (CAZ).
The committee feels that some parts of the CAZ will not benefit as much from Crossrail as some of the major centres outside the Zone.
Spreading the charge across more areas of London would alleviate the burden – and possible deterrent effect - on potential developers in the CAZ.
Planning and Housing Committee chairwoman Nicky Gavron said: The mayor needs to look outside the Central Activity Zone for Section 106 contributions and seriously consider charging the levy on a sliding scale, or risk overburdening areas that may not even see real benefits from Crossrail, like parts of Southwark, Lambeth and Hackney.
The full committee response can be read here.
KHOODEELAAR! TOLD YOU SO! That CRASSrail-peddling London E Standard has no standards at all...
And this absence of standards of rigour, ethics, relevance, prudence, responsibility, sustainability, fairness, morality, ethics democracy and accountability from the alleged journalism of the standardsless London EVENING STANDARD is left unmitigated even by the occasional occurrence of truthful reporting in some of the title’s [=’newspaper’] contents.
Such as applies to the one published today with Mira bar Hilel’s by-line
"
Warning over Crossrail levy
Mira Bar-Hillel
23.02.09
BORIS Johnson's plans to charge property developers millions in a special "Crossrail levy" could force them to abandon schemes.
The Mayor wants to raise up to £300million towards the cross-London link by charging developers £19.80 per square foot on new office projects in central London.
But the levy has angered developers who say they are reeling from the credit crunch and the collapse of London office rents.
Land Securities said the levy will add £20million to its £1billion Victoria Interchange scheme, and may lead to it being scrapped.
A spokesman for the Mayor said: "The Mayor will consider each case in light of its individual circumstances."
Link to:
Reader Views (2) Add your view
Here's a sample of the latest views published. You can click view all to read all views that readers have sent in.
If extra office space is built in central London it will cause more office workers to commute. Just how will they get here? It should be obvious to all, including the developers, that Crossrail is needed. Any developer arguing otherwise is incompetent. Any developer arguing that just because he is creating the need doesn't mean that he should contribute to the solution, is arguing for other taxpayers' cash to end up in his over-stuffed pockets.
- Nigel, London
I hope the developer levy and our hard earned taxes will be used to employ all available and appropriately skilled UK firms, managers, engineers and labour on Crossrail, many of whose survival depends on securing work on this project.
UK firms can provide all the capabilities and skills to deliver CrossRail, and it would be surprising if European or US firms could provide the same services more cheaply, given the current dollar and euro exchange rates.
- mike, london
Add your comment
"
Such as applies to the one published today with Mira bar Hilel’s by-line
"
Warning over Crossrail levy
Mira Bar-Hillel
23.02.09
BORIS Johnson's plans to charge property developers millions in a special "Crossrail levy" could force them to abandon schemes.
The Mayor wants to raise up to £300million towards the cross-London link by charging developers £19.80 per square foot on new office projects in central London.
But the levy has angered developers who say they are reeling from the credit crunch and the collapse of London office rents.
Land Securities said the levy will add £20million to its £1billion Victoria Interchange scheme, and may lead to it being scrapped.
A spokesman for the Mayor said: "The Mayor will consider each case in light of its individual circumstances."
Link to:
Reader Views (2) Add your view
Here's a sample of the latest views published. You can click view all to read all views that readers have sent in.
If extra office space is built in central London it will cause more office workers to commute. Just how will they get here? It should be obvious to all, including the developers, that Crossrail is needed. Any developer arguing otherwise is incompetent. Any developer arguing that just because he is creating the need doesn't mean that he should contribute to the solution, is arguing for other taxpayers' cash to end up in his over-stuffed pockets.
- Nigel, London
I hope the developer levy and our hard earned taxes will be used to employ all available and appropriately skilled UK firms, managers, engineers and labour on Crossrail, many of whose survival depends on securing work on this project.
UK firms can provide all the capabilities and skills to deliver CrossRail, and it would be surprising if European or US firms could provide the same services more cheaply, given the current dollar and euro exchange rates.
- mike, london
Add your comment
"
KHOODEELAAR! TOLD YOU SO!
0905 Hrs GMT London Monday 23 February 2009:
Khoodeelaar! evidential note: KHOODEELAAR! TOLD YOU SO! And we have been saying that the ‘benefits’ that the Crossrail scam-touting clique on Tower Hamlets Council has claimed are NEVER going to materialise. They could not do so with the Crossrail scam being what it is. With today’s comments on Gordon Brown’s piece in the Sunday Guardian [Oops! the ‘Observer’] [22 February 2009] it is even clearer that Brown is in serious trouble as a credible steward of the Govt ship. He is hardly likely to be confirmed as a ‘serious’ steward now. Why? Because he has been far too imprudent far too often for far too long. And as even Robert Peston said, Brown is now waddling in a mess of his own imprudence! Peston did not say it. He only said ‘the mess we are in’. Khoodeelaar! has just said it!
[To be continued]
Thousands of foreign workers exploiting British jobs market
Foreign workers are taking 130 jobs a day which are not advertised to British workers, figures show.
By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor
Last Updated: 7:44PM GMT 22 Feb 2009
Figures last week showed the foreign workers' share of the jobs market has almost doubled under Labour, with 3.8 million now employed in Britain Photo: GETTY
The number of workers taking advantage of 'intra-company transfers' has increased by almost half in four years.
The system allows international companies to transfer their staff to the UK for supposedly limited periods of time.
But they do not have to advertise the post in the UK first and staff can stay for up to three years, plus a possible extension of two years after which they can apply for settlement.
Critics warned it meant companies had no incentive to hire and train British workers to fill the posts instead, deepening the row over the use of migrant labour.
The figures will further fuel the row over foreign labour as the recession deepens and comes ahead of more damaging immigration and population statistics to be published tomorrow.
The move also appears to contradict the recommendations of the Home Secretary, who said skilled jobs should not be given to immigrants before being advertised to British workers.
Sir Andrew Green, chairman of Migrationwatch, an independent group which monitors population flows, said: "This scheme is wide open to abuse and, in any case, is bound to reduce opportunities for British workers.
"It is absurd for the Government to describe this points based scheme as 'tough'."
Figures released to MPs showed 48,010 applications for intra-company transfers were approved in 2008, up 47 per cent on the 32,770 given the go ahead in 2004 and the equivalent of 131 arriving every day.
Overseas employees can be transferred to the UK provided they have worked for the sponsoring company for at least six months. They are also supposed to have knowledge specific to that company but there is no requirement for the job to be advertised first in Britain.
They can also work for up to 20 hours in supplementary employment provided it is in the same profession and do not need to demonstrate they speak English unless they want to stay longer than three years..
In 2006, a report by the trade union, Amicus, found that three quarters of work permits issued for IT occupations in 2005 were for intra company transfers.
Shadow work and pensions minister James Clappison, who unearthed the figures, said: "There are questions as to why there has been such a dramatic increase in the numbers in the last few years.
"It clearly calls for an explanation."
But Neil Carberry, head of employment policy for the CBI, said: "Those who enter the UK under these terms are usually highly skilled workers needed for very specific, short-term projects or secondments before they return home.
"They still have to meet strict immigration requirements. While there has been an increase, the UK is a globalised economy and 48,000 is a tiny part of a labour market of 30m."
A Government spokesman said: "Intra-company transfers are an important part of making the UK an attractive place in which to do business, and therefore keep industry and the economy moving.
"The rules around these transfers were developed following consultation with businesses, and workers must display the appropriate level of earnings and qualifications."
Figures last week showed the foreign workers' share of the jobs market has almost doubled under Labour, with 3.8 million now employed in Britain.
Workers not born in Britain account for one in seven jobs after more than 1.8 million foreigners were added to the labour force over the past decade.
The Daily Telegraph told last November how tens of thousands of immigrants are taking jobs in Britain every year without them being advertised here first.
The Home Secretary Jacqui Smith yesterday announced plans to review whether skilled foreign workers should be restricted solely to those occupations that have labour shortages.
The independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) will look to see if there is an economic case for such a move.
As disclosed by the Daily Telegraph on Saturday, Ms Smith also announced tighter restrictions on highly skilled migrants to cut the number of workers coming each year and new requirements for employers to advertise jobs in JobCentre Plus offices before bringing in labour from outside Europe.
The Home Secretary said: "A flexible immigration system, rather than an arbitrary cap, is better for British business and the British economy."
However, shadow immigration minister Damian Green said: "Jacqui Smith is just tinkering around the edges of the immigration system. If she wants to control the numbers entering the country legally then should introduce a limit as a Conservative Government would. If she wants to control illegal immigration better, she should introduce a border police force. For the moment, she is just floundering in reaction to public anger."
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Khoodeelaar! evidential note: KHOODEELAAR! TOLD YOU SO! And we have been saying that the ‘benefits’ that the Crossrail scam-touting clique on Tower Hamlets Council has claimed are NEVER going to materialise. They could not do so with the Crossrail scam being what it is. With today’s comments on Gordon Brown’s piece in the Sunday Guardian [Oops! the ‘Observer’] [22 February 2009] it is even clearer that Brown is in serious trouble as a credible steward of the Govt ship. He is hardly likely to be confirmed as a ‘serious’ steward now. Why? Because he has been far too imprudent far too often for far too long. And as even Robert Peston said, Brown is now waddling in a mess of his own imprudence! Peston did not say it. He only said ‘the mess we are in’. Khoodeelaar! has just said it!
[To be continued]
Thousands of foreign workers exploiting British jobs market
Foreign workers are taking 130 jobs a day which are not advertised to British workers, figures show.
By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor
Last Updated: 7:44PM GMT 22 Feb 2009
Figures last week showed the foreign workers' share of the jobs market has almost doubled under Labour, with 3.8 million now employed in Britain Photo: GETTY
The number of workers taking advantage of 'intra-company transfers' has increased by almost half in four years.
The system allows international companies to transfer their staff to the UK for supposedly limited periods of time.
But they do not have to advertise the post in the UK first and staff can stay for up to three years, plus a possible extension of two years after which they can apply for settlement.
Critics warned it meant companies had no incentive to hire and train British workers to fill the posts instead, deepening the row over the use of migrant labour.
The figures will further fuel the row over foreign labour as the recession deepens and comes ahead of more damaging immigration and population statistics to be published tomorrow.
The move also appears to contradict the recommendations of the Home Secretary, who said skilled jobs should not be given to immigrants before being advertised to British workers.
Sir Andrew Green, chairman of Migrationwatch, an independent group which monitors population flows, said: "This scheme is wide open to abuse and, in any case, is bound to reduce opportunities for British workers.
"It is absurd for the Government to describe this points based scheme as 'tough'."
Figures released to MPs showed 48,010 applications for intra-company transfers were approved in 2008, up 47 per cent on the 32,770 given the go ahead in 2004 and the equivalent of 131 arriving every day.
Overseas employees can be transferred to the UK provided they have worked for the sponsoring company for at least six months. They are also supposed to have knowledge specific to that company but there is no requirement for the job to be advertised first in Britain.
They can also work for up to 20 hours in supplementary employment provided it is in the same profession and do not need to demonstrate they speak English unless they want to stay longer than three years..
In 2006, a report by the trade union, Amicus, found that three quarters of work permits issued for IT occupations in 2005 were for intra company transfers.
Shadow work and pensions minister James Clappison, who unearthed the figures, said: "There are questions as to why there has been such a dramatic increase in the numbers in the last few years.
"It clearly calls for an explanation."
But Neil Carberry, head of employment policy for the CBI, said: "Those who enter the UK under these terms are usually highly skilled workers needed for very specific, short-term projects or secondments before they return home.
"They still have to meet strict immigration requirements. While there has been an increase, the UK is a globalised economy and 48,000 is a tiny part of a labour market of 30m."
A Government spokesman said: "Intra-company transfers are an important part of making the UK an attractive place in which to do business, and therefore keep industry and the economy moving.
"The rules around these transfers were developed following consultation with businesses, and workers must display the appropriate level of earnings and qualifications."
Figures last week showed the foreign workers' share of the jobs market has almost doubled under Labour, with 3.8 million now employed in Britain.
Workers not born in Britain account for one in seven jobs after more than 1.8 million foreigners were added to the labour force over the past decade.
The Daily Telegraph told last November how tens of thousands of immigrants are taking jobs in Britain every year without them being advertised here first.
The Home Secretary Jacqui Smith yesterday announced plans to review whether skilled foreign workers should be restricted solely to those occupations that have labour shortages.
The independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) will look to see if there is an economic case for such a move.
As disclosed by the Daily Telegraph on Saturday, Ms Smith also announced tighter restrictions on highly skilled migrants to cut the number of workers coming each year and new requirements for employers to advertise jobs in JobCentre Plus offices before bringing in labour from outside Europe.
The Home Secretary said: "A flexible immigration system, rather than an arbitrary cap, is better for British business and the British economy."
However, shadow immigration minister Damian Green said: "Jacqui Smith is just tinkering around the edges of the immigration system. If she wants to control the numbers entering the country legally then should introduce a limit as a Conservative Government would. If she wants to control illegal immigration better, she should introduce a border police force. For the moment, she is just floundering in reaction to public anger."
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Labour's failure to curb immigration betrays our future
New BNP resurgence fears
Migrant permits to be cut
Foreign workers' share of job market doubles
Thousands of foreign workers taking British jobs without them being advertised
This financial crisis is now truly global
Foreign worker figures released to embarrass Brown, Whitehall sources claim