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Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:58:28 GMT

TUC calls for changes to taxation to cope with economic downturn
guardian.co.uk - 29 minutes ago
The TUC today urged the government to bring forward a series of "bold" measures to tackle the economic downturn including tax cuts for lower and average earners, an increase in the winter fuel allowance and higher pay rises for public sector workers.
Tax rich at higher rate, says TUC BBC News
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Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:13:19 GMT

Nationwide in talks over mergers - BBC News

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:11:10 GMT

Rethink laissez faire attitude that led to French power play
guardian.co.uk - 15 hours ago
The government's hopes of selling nuclear generator British Energy to the French have sparked back into life. Negotiations are still delicate, but on the balance of probabilities, it looks as though state-controlled EDF will bag its target this time, ...
EDF close to victory on British Energy Times Online
Path smoothed for resurrection of British Energy sale Independent
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:07:24 GMT

What stamp duty changes will deliver - The Observer

What stamp duty changes will deliver
The Observer - 15 hours ago
First-time buyers have at last exhaled after weeks holding their breath for any announcement of a stamp duty amnesty; but is the new air any sweeter?
If a tax cut won't do the trick, can anything save housing? Independent
Stamp duty move is not enough Scotsman
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:21:35 GMT

A sterling pounding but not a bloodbath - Times Online

A sterling pounding but not a bloodbath
Times Online - 16 hours ago
Friendless, lonely, unloved. No, not the opening line of my misery memoirs but poor old sterling, which is looking sicklier than an old green pound note.
Pound's decline proves a boon for business Financial Times
Hamish McRae: The slide in sterling may have spoilt our holidays ... Independent
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:04:28 GMT

Is Alex Salmond facing his poll tax? - Times Online

Is Alex Salmond facing his poll tax?
Times Online - 15 hours ago
Brian and Julia McVey don’t think of themselves as particularly wealthy but Alex Salmond does. The couple, who live in the middle- class suburb of Lenzie, in East Dunbartonshire, earn about £100000 a year between them but they still wince every April ...
Income tax could fund more teachers The Press Association
SNP should be spending council tax money on 10000 teacher, say Labour Glasgow Sunday Mail
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:08:06 GMT

777 crash inquiry urges changes - Financial Times

777 crash inquiry urges changes
Financial Times - 5 Sep 2008
By Kevin Done in London Aviation safety authorities in the US and Europe are to order airlines flying Rolls-Royce-powered 777s to make changes to their operating procedures in the wake of the crash by a British Airways jet at London Heathrow airport in ...
Corrections and clarifications guardian.co.uk
Global warming rules might have caused BA Heathrow plane crash ... Daily Mail
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Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:52:56 GMT

Civil service to ballot over strike action - Reuters UK

Civil service to ballot over strike action
Reuters UK - 1 hour ago
BRIGHTON (Reuters) - More than a quarter of a million workers across Britain's civil service will vote on strike action in protest at the government's strict pay policy, the Public and Commercial Services Union said on Sunday.
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:06:08 GMT

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:22:35 GMT

HMV lifted by in-home boom - Financial Times

HMV lifted by in-home boom
Financial Times - 5 Sep 2008
By Lucy Killgren Sales of computer games titles such as Grand Theft Auto IV and technology products underpinned a robust performance at HMV, as the boom in home entertainment products showed little sign of stalling.
HMV records slower sales growth as Waterstone's loses the plot guardian.co.uk
Game hits boost HMV revenues Scotsman
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