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Nick Clegg: UK can still influence competitiveness agenda
Deputy PM has been criticised by Eurosceptics and some of his own party but insists he will keep a level headAt the end of a momentous week in European and British politics, the charge sheet against...
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Revealed: how City fees are eating into our pensions
Traders' hidden charges leaving pensioners and savers worse off, Treasury warnedHighly paid City traders are depriving pensioners and savers of thousands of pounds through high management fees that are...
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Chris Riddell wishes you the compliments of the seasonChris Riddell
View ArticleShould it be harder to get a mortgage? | Poll
The FSA has outlined plans that would make getting a mortgage tougher, in order to prevent a return to the kind of risky lending that preceded the 2008 crash. Is it right to do so?
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Get ready for massive tax cuts for corporations across Europe
That's fine, says Phillip Inman, but it should be matched with a proper tax on wealthSoon there will be no such thing as corporation tax. Among the first items on the shopping list of reforms outlined...
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George Osborne needs to end this bankers' welfare | Lydia Prieg
The Vickers recommendations do not go far enough – Britain's bloated mega-banks still threaten the economyThe chancellor, George Osborne, responding to the Vickers report, seems to think it's "mission...
View ArticleGerman foreign minister: 'there is no hidden agenda against the City of...
William Hague and Guido Westerwelle, foreign ministers for Britain and Germany respectively, insist relations remain strong despite the UK veto
View ArticleGeorge Osborne unveils major bank shake-up - video
In an address to MPs on the Vickers' report into banking, the chancellor revealed wide-ranging proposals to shake up UK banks
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Business taxation: self assessment | Editorial
Louis XIV's finance minister defined taxation as plucking the goose so as to obtain the most feathers with the least hissingA few days ago, David Cameron warned that 2012 would be the harshest year...
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HMRC has a cosy relationship with the tax avoidance industry | Prem Sikka
MPs have criticised the agency but remained silent on its links with the big accounting firms that help companies avoid taxThe public accounts committee report on the operations of Her Majesty's...
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Labour party shadow cabinet agonises about economic message
As Ed Miliband faces polls that show many blame hard times on Labour, party wrestles with effort to change perceptionsLabour high command has been holding a series of discussions on why the party has...
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Public borrowing figures boost chancellor's deficit hopes
Public sector borrowing, excluding financial interventions such as bank bailouts, fell to £18.1bn in November, which is £2.3bn lower than the previous yearChancellor George Osborne inched closer to...
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Deficit, national debt and government borrowing - how has it changed since 1946?
How bad is the deficit really? As new figures show it's worsening, we bring you all the data going back to the 1940s• Get the dataWhat's happened to the deficit? Data released by the Office for...
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To solve these global economic problems, we need to look for local answers
Tony Greenham of the New Economics Foundation is right to point out that the timescale handed to the banks to get their houses in order allows them too much time to lobby against the proposed Vickers...
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UK GDP since 1948
Gross domestic product is the economic output of Britain. We compare GDP now and in the past• Get the dataUK GDP for July to September of 2011 has been revised from a 0.5% increase to 0.6% the Office...
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Privatising Margaret Thatcher's funeral would be a fitting tribute to her...
The Iron Lady herself would surely agree that poor taxpayers should not be further burdened in these times of austerityMargaret Thatcher's close ideological ally Ronald Reagan famously said the 10 most...
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Ed Balls: autumn statement was game-changer for Labour
Labour ahead of electorate on economy, shadow chancellor says as he promises to set out party's deficit-reduction strategyEd Balls has claimed the autumn statement in which the government had to admit...
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Ed Balls says voters will turn to Labour on economy
• George Osborne's deficit confession a 'game-changer'• Shadow chancellor rejects idea of Miliband-style photoshootEd Balls has claimed that the autumn statement, in which the government was forced to...
View ArticleMartin Rowson's coalition and City nativity – cartoon
David Cameron's EU treaty veto threatens to isolate Britain, while coalition slashes feed-in tariff incentives for solar installationsMartin Rowson
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Economics review of the year 2011
The eurozone's future hung in the balance, the US saw its credit rating downgraded, Japan's earthquake rocked markets and fiscal failings forced out two prime ministersJanuaryThe year begins with a...
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