Confirmed- England's position at the head of the European overcrowding league table was given by the highly authoritative House of Commons library, which examined figures from the Office for National Statistics and the EU's Eurostat.

 

British officials uncovered confidential documents detailing a growing black hole in the EU civil service retirement fund.

European Commission figures showed that UK taxpayers will be contributing £177million a year towards Brussels pensions by 2013 – a 16 per cent increase.

The documents estimated that the annual cost will double to £2billion by 2040, with Britain’s contribution soaring to £350million. The cash funds pensions averaging £57,194 a year.

Last night, fury erupted over the cost at a time when the British pensions system is in crisis and the EU has demanded that member states raise the retirement age to 70.

Emma Boon, of the Tax­Payers’ Alliance, said: “It’s unfair to saddle younger taxpayers with these ticking timebomb pensions, especially as Britons will now work longer and retire later.”

UK taxpayers will be contributing £177million a year towards Brussels pensions by 2013

European Commission figures

Euro MP Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party in the European Parliament, said: “This will be another millstone around our children’s and grandchildren’s necks. These people can increase our future liabilities, without having to suffer the consequences.”

And Mats Persson, of the think-tank Open Europe, said: “The EU’s pension system is unnecessarily generous, and completely out of step with demographic realities and the austerity measures facing public sector workers across Europe.

“The UK government must push hard for reform.”

Why can't we have this drug? Anger as cancer medication that saves thousands remains banned in UK

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Why can't we have this drug?

Avastin is used routinely in almost every country in the Western world - except Britain.

It can extend the lives of bowel cancer sufferers by at least two years and often much longer.

[Thanks to The Mail]

23 August 2010

It’s very strange. During the mad cow epidemic our government had the technology to trace a cow born three years earlier, tracking its entire history from farmyard to plate. But for years now they have been unable to locate hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who pitched up here looking for work or benefits. Rather than granting them amnesties (the Lib Dem solution) why not just give ‘em a cow?

On a different subject, someone pointed out that as we are determined to give Iraq a new Constitution, why not sell them ours (Magna Charta and the Bill of Rights etc)? We don’t need it anymore, because Brown and Cameron have saddled us with the Lisbon Treaty.

On yet another subject, here’s a date for your diary. UKIP is holding its annual conference at the Torquay Riviera Conference Centre on Friday 3^rd/Saturday 4^th September 2010. The TV and Press will be there, along with Lord Pearson, Nigel Farage MEP etc. Tickets are £20 for the Friday (£15 for Saturday). It’s open to the public, so everyone’s welcome, even Gordon Brown who’s probably at a loose end right now. Come in, Gord. Fix yourself a drink. You look like you need one...

The Riviera Centre is a great venue, with bars, brasserie, swimming pool, trade area, and main forum. For anyone with an interest in politics, it should be a really entertaining event. Doors open 9.30am on the Friday for 10 o’clock start. Please try to make it if you can. Open to all.

David Challice

UK Independence Party

For more details please FREEPHONE: 0800 587 6587 or visit www.ukip.org

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