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Just set limit order for 30k @ 33.95p having sold earlier this week.

Don't hold your breath, this government's still formalising a reply. If yer lucky you might get a statement before the next election.

CEO to oversee HBOS Reading branch fraud commitments.
Chief executive, Antonio Horsa-Osorio also said in his statement that he was now taking personal charge of compensation settlements for the HBOS Reading branch fraud scandal.
This is worrying, if he is personally overseeing the this, remember he personally oversaw the PPI debacle.
We all know how that ended, well actually It's still ongoing.
Just waiting for the announcement from Lloyds about any company that had an account at the Reading branch to get in touch about compensation.

It maybe the "right thing to do", but this would come at a financial cost to the bank.
Meanwhile the shareholders are currently bearing the financial costs, methinks there is more to come.

The Chief Executive of Lloyds Banking Group said the lender was resilient enough to absorb a spike in bad loans through the coronavirus crisis, in a statement at the bank's annual investor meeting on Thursday.
Antonio Horta-Osorio said supporting customers hit financially by the pandemic was the "right thing to do", but that this would come at a financial cost to the bank.
Lloyds faced criticism for a slow start in providing emergency loans to companies left out of pocket following a near-shutdown of the UK economy in March, but has stepped up its support in recent weeks.
Lloyds could face dissent from shareholders over its executive pay arrangements, after influential advisors ISS recommended investors block its pay policy over concerns about a switch to virtually guaranteed long term bonuses.
Voting results will be published later on Thursday.

Has anyone noticed how quite it's been on here so far today.
N.B. I did say so far. :~)

Since the 70's, the government has had a budget surplus in only six years.
This suggests to me that the UK economic model is broken or needs amending.
Can't see the UK playing down the national debt anytime soon, whatever policy's are adopted.
I guess that's true for most countries.

Don't forget Bailey your target is 2.0%....some chance.

Lot of UK data this morning, of note the CPI figure drop's below 1% first time in nearly four years I believe.

"Rishi Sunak warns of 'recession the likes of which we haven't seen'
Which only confirms the measures he's taken will not be sufficient to cover the fall in economic activity."
Snige, the way this reads to me is that any downturn in the economy can and should be covered by government spending. No more recessions then.
This, sounds mighty like one of your heroes quotes "the end of boom and bust."
We all know what happened next.

Again conflicting reports, no growth but its all good...... sometime in the future!!!

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Current conditions minus 93.5
Economic sentiment plus 51

Good job they don't always get closed then. :-))

Based on LSE daily tech chart

20th-21st Dec 11 - 23.8.
This one only appeared 3 days ago A1, or did I miss something?

Hands up anyone who took some profit b4 close.

Seismic, your style of posting is reminiscent of a former poster on here, in fact I have accused you of the same thing.
Are you saying that you have only been a member on here for one month?
Personally I find that hard to believe but I've accepted it...... for now.
Posters that return under a different name usually slip up and revert to their old ways.
It's not a problem for me but I guess they just want to wipe the slate clean and start again.
Surely there's no shame in appearing on here under a different tag, is there?

"An Exploration Permit application has been submitted."
Here we go again. Once you read that you know it's downhill all the way with more dilution.

As for restoring the drilling trenches and distributing pine seedlings Suzy, I wonder if they thought they would live to see these seedlings mature into towering tree's.

Rickets has gone so no more free milk, although I remember reading about its return. Yeah there was a stigma about having free dinners now it's a badge of honour like a decent smart phone.

Pensioner poverty is going to be horrendous a few years down the line.
Workers are just not contributing enough, the new government scheme is a start but is woefully inadequate.
Unless you're in a 'final salary scheme' there's a lot of heartache to come.

The dance has already started in some companies and it appears some companies from the top down which is almost unprecedented. The only reason I can conclude from that, is senior management will be on longer notice than the plebs.
With firms expected to contribute to their wages in three months time they're getting in early.

Yes I remember 43p man Suf. He actually bought quite a few Lloyds @43p and it went south, the last low time.
He vowed to sell when the SP recovered to 43p again, which is exactly what he did, had to wait a bit though but he got his money back.
If he had waited a bit longer he could have doubled his money.
Never heard of him since.