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RBS sell-off investigation ruled out
Government admits prospect of selling off bank remains distant, despite speculation over potential sale of rival group LloydsThe government has ruled out a broad investigation into whether Royal Bank...
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Royal Mail staff to be offered up to £2,000 each as part of privatisation
Communications union says postal workers will not 'sell their souls' for a 10% stake in the 'great British flog-off'More than 100,000 postmen and women will be promised a personal windfall of up to...
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International Monetary Fund upgrades UK growth forecast to 0.9%
IMF says UK economy will expand faster than previously forecast this year, while global growth estimate is cut to 3.1%Britain is on course to grow at a faster pace than expected this year, the...
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The UK economy's looking up – but no one's told manufacturers | Heather Stewart
There is a danger Britain's long-awaited recovery once again be built on debt-fuelled, unbalanced growthThe sun's out, there's a hotshot Canadian in Threadneedle Street, and the housing market's on the...
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The Royal Mail sell-off plan is daylight robbery of our postal service | John...
This mess of a privatisation shows a Thatcherite Tory party hellbent on destroying a national institutionCome trade unionists, lefties inside and outside the Labour party, disillusioned Lib Dems,...
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Royal Mail: The coalition's commitment to privatise by next April is defeatist
Cable's argument that the loan, and any subsequent funding, would be better used in schools and hospitals is not compellingRoll up, then, for the great Royal Mail share sale. The government has...
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Royal Mail privatisation will not affect postal delivery – Vince Cable
Business secretary says postal service sell-off will not threaten universal service obligation to deliver to 29m UK homesThe Royal Mail's duty to deliver to all 29m homes in the UK will survive...
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Royal Mail privatisation: don't tell Sid – warn him | Editorial
As the details of the privatisation become clearer, the reasons for its sale recede further into fuzzinessA household name put up for sale. An age-old public utility to be floated on the stock market....
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Why I'm leaving the Liberal Democrats | Richard Grayson
Compromise in politics is important, but there's no point being in a party that clings to tiny achievements and caves on big issuesLast weekend my membership of the Liberal Democrats was due for...
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The young v baby boomers: the Peasant's Revolt of our age? | David Priestland
HSBC's Stephen King compares today's intergenerational struggle with medieval unrest. He's got the wrong rebellionStephen King, the HSBC chief economist who rivals his namesake novelist with his flair...
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George Osborne says deficit can be eradicated without further tax rises
Chancellor dismisses IFS warning that further tax rises are inevitable after 2015 general electionThe government can eradicate the deficit without further tax rises after the next general election, the...
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G4S and Serco: key players in criminal justice privatisation
The two outsourcing firms, caught up in overcharging claims, have become close to indispensable to the governmentWhen G4S's contract to provide security for the London Olympics last summer went wrong...
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UK motor industry's £1bn initiative set to create thousands of jobs
Government and industry will invest £500m each over next 10 years in advanced research centre and apprenticeshipsA £1bn motor industry initiative that could create thousands of jobs has been announced...
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Read my lips: George Osborne's tax pledge is bad economics | Jonathan Portes
No tax rises if the Tories win in 2015, Osborne says. This may sound attractive, but it is neither credible nor responsiblePromising not to increase taxes if you win the next election, as George...
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This privatisation of the Royal Mail would be a national disaster | Will Hutton
The Royal Mail must remain in British ownership and remodelled like Germany's Deutsche PostBritain is 159th in the world league table that ranks investment as a share of GDP. This is not new. Owners of...
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Network Rail of the roads revealed as coalition plans £28bn spree
Move is part of George Osborne's aim to stimulate growth with infrastructure investment but campaigners fear for habitatsThe coalition is taking radical action to kickstart stuttering infrastructure...
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Amartya Sen: India's dirty fighter
Half of Indians have no toilet. It's one of many gigantic failures that have prompted Nobel prize-winning academic Amartya Sen to write a devastating critique of India's economic boomThe roses are...
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UK workers' wage squeeze is longest since the 1870s
High inflation and stagnant pay for many workers mean real wages have fallen for 40 months, according to the TUCBritain's workers are suffering the most protracted squeeze on their incomes since the...
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Cost of living: the endless squeeze
British workers and their families are suffering the fiercest squeeze in decades, with inflation at 2.9% and wages rising (at the last count) by only 0.9%A week on Thursday, government statisticians...
View ArticleTax dodging: we can, and should, do better | Mark Zirnsak
Mark Zirnsak: As sunlight is the best disinfectant to corruption, so transparency is one of the best deterrents to tax evasion. Australia shouldn't be afraid to demand even moreMark Zirnsak
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