Rich Man, Poor Man...

The Queen is set to receive an inflation-busting 22 per cent;pay rise over two years, according to new official figures. This is set against another picture where The British Red Cross is to start distributing food to hard-up families for the first time since the Second World War as it warned that thousands face cuts to their household budgets. It is also interesting;how the papers are trying to create confusion? The recession caused a surge in binge drinking among the unemployed, new research shows. Britons typically drank less due to the economic downturn as wage packets shrank. But, according to a study published in the European Journal of Public Health, those without work were more likely to turn to alcohol.We also looked at a story of huge weight loss. A woman who lost more than 21 stone through weight loss surgery says saggy skin left by the NHS-funded procedure has turned her life into a nightmare. Natalie White, 48, is demanding NHS bosses fund more surgery to remove the excess skin from her stomach, arms and legs after she shrunk from 35 stone to 13st 11lb following a sleeve gastrectomy. She said: 'In the summer, it's a nightmare. The skin rubs and leaves rashes all over my stomach. Two Russian millionaires ran up a bar bill of 130, 000 we are led to believe. Could it be a publicity stunt? This is when levels of inequality have reached unprecedented heights in Russia, with more than a third of its wealth concentrated in the hands of just 110 super-rich people, says a new report.-and they nearly all owe their wealth to President Vladimir Putin. He's allowed trusted businessmen to gain exclusive rights to the nation's vast natural reserves. I supppose they have had to work to make their fortunes....