but no week alone is responsible for how we make our living as a country so after more than ten years of the conservatives in charge, what is the big picture? remember 2010? # you are amazing just the way you are. bruno mars was number one. to infinity and. we went to infinity and beyond for the third time at the cinema. and this freshfaced young man had just been made to the culture secretary. the culture secretary. we want to do things and do things better. we can only do that if we put the economy back on its feet and in particular restore the nation s finances. since then, though, on average, the economy has grown only by 1.5% per year, measly by historical standards but not bad compared to other countries. but look what has happened to wages in that time. at the end of 2010, the average take home pay was just under £600 a week in today s cash. but in december last year, it was £588, so by some measures, average wages are less then 12 years ago. and the average house now
i am confident when james later rejoined news corporation he thought the case had closed, too. these are subjects you ll no doubt wish to explore. and have explored today. this country has given me our companies and our employees many opportunities. i m grateful for them. i hope our contributions to britain will one day also be recognized. above all, i hope that we will come to understand the wrongs of the past and prevent them from happening again. and in the years ahead, restore the nation s trust in our company and in all british journalism. i m committed to doing everything in my power to make this happen. thank you. thank you. can i on behalf of the committee thank you for giving up so much of oour time this afternoon to come here. i would like to apologize again for the wholly unacceptable
when two members sent to prison in 2007 i thought this matter had been settled. the police ended their investigations and others told that news international conducted an internal review. i am confident when james later rejoined news corporation he thought the case had closed, too. these are subjects you ll no doubt wish to explore. and have explored today. this country has given me our companies and our employees many opportunities. i m grateful for them. i hope our contributions to britain will one day also be recognized. above all, i hope that we will come to understand the wrongs of the past and prevent them from happening again. and in the years ahead, restore the nation s trust in our company and in all british
emerges, or was there prior to that departure, you would have a different piece. but there s quite a that s an important point just to be clear about. my final question is it seems to me on the face of it that the news of the world was sacrificed in order to try to protect rebekah brooks position at news international. in effect, rather than her being having her departure being announced, the news of the world was offered up as an alternative to try to deal with the whole thing. do you regret now making that decision? do you regret closing the news of the world to try and save rebekah brooks? in hindsight, do you wish you accepted her resignation to start with in order that that paper with a fine tradition could probably continue and all of the people who are now out of work could still be in work? i regret very much the pain of people that will not be able to find work. the two decisions were totally unrelated, absolutely sxl totally unrelated. so when you cam