| He has been the labour historian most concerned with uncovering forgotten histories, including the histories of mutuals and friendly societies. |
| I don't know where he gets his figures from, but you don't have to be a rocket scientist to see that mutuals are strapped for cash right now. |
| It was not the mutuals that rushed into buying chains of estate agents and had to sell out in a hurry. |
| So I was already wondering, as this is one of the UK's very last mutuals, whether the time is right for me to break with convention and vote. |
| It believes, as Britain's biggest building society, that it must consistently demonstrate that mutuals are cheaper than plcs. |
| Between them, the former mutuals are holding either shares or cash bonuses which have still to be claimed by more than 500,000 former members. |
