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From The Socialist newspaper, 4 August 2010
Rich just carry on getting richer
MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS in HSBC will look forward to big dividends as Britain's biggest bank saw its profits almost double to £7.2 billion over the six months up to June.
Meanwhile small businesses, hopeful home owners and workers say that the banks, despite huge government bailouts, will still not lend any money. Other banks display their wealth later in the week.
As RMT union general secretary Bob Crow said: "Network Rail bosses are being rewarded for cutting jobs and axing inspection, renewals and maintenance. They should be stripped of these grotesque bonuses."
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We need 'biggest movement since poll tax'
Anti-cuts campaign
'Radical' cuts require serious action
Waltham Forest's Labour council faces opposition
Coventry campaigners fight cuts of £140 million
Swansea trades council leads battle for services
Campaigners answer Bristol's 'Big Conversation'
Cuts news: Mental health services facing the axe
War and occupation
Afghanistan: US strategy in disarray
Accademies
Oppose divisive academies policy
Workplace news and analysis
Talks resume at British Airways
Angry workers strike over pay freeze and bosses' bonuses
Witch-hunted Unison activist wins tribunal
Workplace Debate
Unite general secretary election
Youth fight for jobs
We won't be a lost generation, fight for jobs and education!
No to privatisation of our universities
For real jobs, not slave labour
Environment and socialism
Profiting from wrecking the environment
Tamil Solidarity
Daily Mail admits guilt over smearing Tamil hunger striker
Socialist Party LGBT
Socialist Party events
Socialism 2010 - a weekend of discussion and debate
International socialist news and analysis
Love Parade catastrophe was entirely preventable
Garment workers demand a living wage
Socialist Party news and analysis
Tories put profits before patients
Rich just carry on getting richer
Review & Comment
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