Prime Minister Gordon Brown has confirmed the date of the Budget as March 24 with speculation mounting that the general election will be 6 weeks after - on May 6.
The Treasury is set to confirm the Budget date later in a written statement to MPs. Meanwhile, in the build-up to the budget, Chancellor Alistair...
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on 03-10-2010
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The Office for National Statistics has today announced that Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) rose to a 14-month high of 3.5% in January - as widely expected.
The rise in inflation has been driven by higher petrol costs and the effects of the reduction in the standard rate of VAT.
Meanwhile, CPI fell 0...
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on 02-16-2010
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Leading economic think tank, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), is warning the Government that if it plans to halve the budget deficit over the next four years, much tighter spending controls are required.
In his latest Pre-Budget Report, Chancellor Alistair Darling pledged...
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on 02-03-2010
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In an interview with Sky News, HSBC chief executive Michael Geoghegan has warned of the dangers of the new super tax, introduced by the Government to claw back some of the bailout funds used to rescue the banking industry.
The warning comes just a week after London Mayor, Boris Johnson, warned that high...
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on 01-20-2010
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