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Alistair Darling's shocking admission: British economy is at a 60-year low - ...
Credit crunch hits the Uk with Bank place London. With the dramatic downturn of the housing market, it will lead to 2 million unemployeed at christmas, Worst scenario since 1945. Photo shows Transport secretary...Government relents and scraps fuel duty rise
The UK government has cancelled a planned 2p rise in fuel tax in light of the ever increasing petrol prices. However the timing to the decision, coming as it does shortly before the very important by-election in Glasgow East, has being deemed suspicious. Gordon Brown may be...Gordon Brown's 'deeply gloomy' taste in art revealed
Brown's choice in art is conventional in many respects and shows a good solid taste if perhaps a little dark. The Hodgkin piece with typically the painting going on to the actual frame is an interesting choice. "...Summer strikes for unions
800,000 public sector workers, including school dinner ladies and council trash collectors, are going to stage a strike in the UK next month. The union, Unison, is just one of many that are threatening to stage a "summer of discontent" of strikes over the skyrocketing cost of...Golden girl gets top job at French TV news
"One of France’s top news anchors, Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, will bid farewell to viewers this summer and be replaced by the darling of the French media, Laurence Ferrari.PPDA as he is more affectionately known has been a familiar face on prime time news for more than three...UK diesel 'most costly after tax'
"UK diesel prices are the cheapest in western Europe before tax is added, Government figures revealed.But once taxes are imposed on the fuel, the average price at the pump is higher than any other European Union...Paper or Plastic?
British Chancellor Alistair Darling announced yesterday plans to charge for one time use plastic shopping bags. "I am convinced that we can eliminate single-use disposable bags altogether” he stated. " "Given...Rebels await chancellor’s offer
The simplest way to take people out of poverty is to raise the tax threshold, the point at which you start paying tax. Promises to help the low paid in a years time is a year too late..."Faced with the threat of a...
Wolf Seconded To Henhouse Security
After several dozen chickens in the Global Banking Henhouse disappeared under mysterious circumstances British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling will urge the Wolf from the International Monetary Fund to... March 12 - Darling delivers his first UK budget
Residents of the UK should be prepared for higher taxes on alcohol and the worst polluting cars, and potentially a tax on flights when the UK budget is unveiled March 12.This will be the first budget for new... Apology as data on millions lost
Story Highlights Personal, banking information of half of UK's population was on lost disks Disks were missing for 3 weeks before being noticed, Treasury chief says Customs and Revenue chief resigns over error Treasury chief insists no signs of criminal involvement UK govt mislays personal details of half the nation
Hmmnnnnn....remarkable!"The personal details of half of Britain have been mislaid by the government, finance minister Alistair Darling said on Tuesday, in another major blow to an administration reeling from the Northern Rock banking debacle.
The opposition... Unveiling The New Delta Goodrem
"It was the red carpet debut of the new Delta - sexy, smouldering and all grown up. But try as she might, posing for photographers at the Opera House before a special preview concert last night, Delta Goodrem is no Pussycat Doll. Three years after the release of her second... Seven Cabinet members admit taking cannabis
"Seven cabinet ministers have taken Cannabis (drug), it emerged today after Home Secretary Jacqui Smith admitted she smoked cannabis at university.
Four other members of the Cabinet, including the... About 2,500 post offices to close, the government has confirmed.
The main concern is rural Post Offices, they are a lifeline and a social meeting place for villages, take them away and people will have to travel into towns, causing even more vehicle traffic and Post Office queues...
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