Alistair Darling, stress reliever
This is very good. Mark Hoban, the shadow parliamentary secretary to the Treasury, has dug out the Treasury's figures for staff illness caused by stress.
It shows an intriguing trend.
Here are the figures:
Jan - 198 working days lost to stress-related illness
Feb - 163
Mar - 155
Apr - 123
May - 168
Jun - 192
Jul - 131
Aug - 129
Sept - 84
Oct - 121
Nov - 85
Dec - 89
As James Kirkup of the Telegraph notes, 'that suggests a significant decline in stress at HMT since the middle of last summer.'
Just as, of course, our new chancellor took over. I always thought Alistair Darling was a nicer chap than Gordon.
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