We can't stay silent anymore -

'Customers pay' as banks rebuild - Banks and building societies are trying to rebuild their profits at the expense of customers, according to a finance website. [Front Page News]

New rules 'threat to High Street' - Traditional stores could be put at risk from out-of-town shops under proposed changes to planning rules, say MPs. [Front Page News]

Putting people before cuts - As I mentioned earlier in the week, I’m in a form of Purdah right now – for practical purposes out of broadband connection a lot of the time. It’s not something I find especially comfortable – which is odd as for the vast majority of my life this would have made no difference to me whatsoever.

Can the debate on cuts get any more shallow? - The Other TaxPayers’ Alliance | Ill communication.
Good stuff from The Other Taxpater’s Alliance.
Always worth reading. [Tax]

Who shot Russian human-rights campaigner Natalia Estemirova? | World news | The Guardian -

More forced into part-time jobs - The recession has forced almost a million people to take a part-time job because they cannot find full-time work, figures show. [Business News]

Pirate sites return in legal form - Download sites Kazaa and The Pirate Bay look set to join Napster in being resurrected as paid-for services. [Front Page News]

Bosnian Serbs guilty of burnings - Two Bosnian Serbs are convicted of war crimes, including burning women and children alive, during the Bosnian civil war. [Front Page News]

Delhi vows to rid streets of beggars before 2010 Commonwealth Games -