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80% - Government target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

79% - Increase in Government use of private charter jets this year.

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42% - The "Falkands Effect" on Mrs. Thatcher's share of the vote in 1983.

52% - The "Gordon Brown Effect" on David Cameron's current popularity!

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£1bn - Additional annual revenue raised by changes to Vehicle Excise Duty from 2010.

£1.9bn - Britain's additional annual contribution to the EU from 2010.

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£50,000 - Proposed threshold for protecting bank deposits.
£21,000 - Upper capital limit for free nursing care.

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£392m - Cost of failed marketing campaign to promote Universities to poor students.

£400m - Increase in annual grant for students from poorer families.

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£6.5bn: Revenue raised from residential Stamp Duty last year.

£100m: Government help offered to first time buyers in the next Queen's speech.

PS Is it appropriate for the Government to encourage first time buyers when house prices are starting to fall!?!

Social Care

As Scottish Prime Minister Gordon Brown has no responsibility for social care provision in Scotland since devolution, why is he worried about social care in Britain as opposed to just England!?!

PS Number crunching!

£6bn social care shortfall in England within 20 years.

£6bn Annual UK contribution to the European Union from 2011.

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33% - Confiscation rate for assets of convicted drugs dealer.

40% - Higher rate income tax.

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48,217 - Teachers who think they deserve a pay rise.

511,671 - Pupils who think they don't.

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£120m EU flood aid to be given to the UK.

£300m DEFRA's forecast EU fine for mismanagement.

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'No two-tier NHS' under reforms.

NHS 'now four different systems'!

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75,000 - CIPD net forecast for new jobs in 2008.
275,000 - CEBR forecast for jobs taken by migrant workers in 2008.

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£450m - UK "Development funding" for Afghanistan announced today.

£30m - Unaffordable cost of funding Police pay rises agreed through arbitration.

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64.1% - Vladimir Putin's share of vote in Russia.
35.3% - Tony Blair's share of vote in 2005.
0.0% - Gordon Brown's share of vote in 2007.

"Merging of the state and a political party is an abuse of power and clear violation of international standards." - Goran Lennmarker, head of the OSCE’s Parliamentary Assembly.

Crony row as Labour peers grab lucrative quango posts.

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20,000 - Peter Hain's target for reducting incapacity benefit claimants thanks to "tougher work tests".

2,400,000 - Incapacity benefit claimants in the UK.

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5% - The most 'Gifted and talented pupils' to receive special help in England.

25% - The most gifted and talented pupils awarded 'A' grades at A-level in 2007.

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3 years: Wasted at secondary school by too many pupils "failing to make progress".

2 years: Proposed increase in school leaving age for pupils.

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11 years - Minimum time spent at school in the UK.
11 million - Number of adults unable to add up two three-figure numbers in the UK.

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16: Working hours needed for a single mother to earn £487 a week after tax credits.

116: Working hours needed for a two-parent family to earn £487 a week on the minimum wage.

Will the Conservative Party ever challenge this injustice!?!

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5 % - Increase in number of English schools judged to be failing.

10% - Pay rise demanded by National Union of Teachers.