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Proof emerged yesterday that Business Secretary Vince Cable knew he was selling off Royal Mail on the cheap.
Mr Cable cost the taxpayer £1 billion by setting the share price too low.
According to Freedom of Information requests, the 21 banks pitching to work on the floatation valued Royal Mail at between £4bn and £4.8bn.
It is rather strange that Labour continues to give prestigious roles to inappropriate, controversy-mired businessmen who are also major Tory donors. What could Labour possibly be hoping to get out of it, asks SOLOMON HUGHES
Politicians who continue to welcome contracts with US companies without considering the risks and consequences of total dependency in the years to come are undermining the raison d’etre of the NHS, argues Dr JOHN PUNTIS
