Number crunching Nu Labour press releases

Press releases are great, especially New Labour ones. According to one about they're council home improvement scheme, by 2010 they "will have improved 3.6 million homes" with over £40bn investment which will make them "fit for the 21st century".

Besides the fact that works out to less than £1500 spent per home (which won't buy much even with bulk discounts), the best part of the press release is left to the "Notes for Editors" section. The notes state that "it may make sense to continue beyond 2010 in order to deliver value for money or achieve wider objectives."

Translation: By 2010 we'll have spent very little per home making them fit for the 21st century unless we havn't.