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Tories 'jumping on EU bandwagon'
Inside Scotland, 2 hours 55 minutes ago / Chancellor Alastair Darling has accused the Tories of "jumping on a passing European bandwagon" to attack the Government over the budget deficit.
Darling hits back at Europe for attacking Labour's debt plan
Daily Mail - London - UK, 4 hours 33 minutes ago / Alistair Darling today hit back at a damning verdict of his plans to tackle Britain's huge deficit, insisting they are 'sustainable' and are the right course of action.
Petrol prices 'heading for record high'
The Independent - London - UK, 5 hours 19 minutes ago / Petrol prices will reach record levels this year, according to research by the AA.
Tories 'jumping on EU bandwagon'
The Daily Mirror - London - UK, 5 hours 33 minutes ago / Chancellor Alastair Darling has accused the Tories of "jumping on a passing European bandwagon" to attack the Government over the budget deficit.
Fuel tax rise will hit hauliers hard, MP warns Darling
NewsNow: Scotland, 7 hours 14 minutes ago / AN MP last night warned Chancellor Alistair Darling any further increase in tax on petrol and diesel fuel will hit motorists and hauliers across the north and north-east hard.
Brown faces the horror of the petrol pumps
The Spectator - UK, 10 hours 21 minutes ago / Yes, I know, cause and correlation aren't the same thing – but Mike Smithson's latest graph over at Political Betting is still incredibly striking.
Curb your spending, Brussels tells Gordon...
Times Online - Music, 10 hours 41 minutes ago / Gordon Brown was dealt an embarrassing blow last night when Brussels gave warning that Britain must do more to curb its spiralling debt.
Bill Jamieson: Where Chancellor Darling may not be in control of events
Scotsman.com, 19 hours 19 minutes ago / The Labour position can be justified on a Keynesian view about the necessity of governments to behave counter-cylically – tightening the fiscal stance when the economy is strong and letting deficits run when the economy – as now – has experienced a severe recession.
Capital gains tax fear sparks panic sales
FT.com, 21 hours 28 minutes ago / Investors are rushing to sell shares and property ahead of the Budget on March 24, in the apparently misguided belief that Alistair Darling is about to raise capital gains tax rates.
Sterling falls on fears UK economy will...
Times Online - Music, 22 hours 50 minutes ago / Sterling fell by nearly two cents this morning after a member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, warned that the British economy could shrink again.
BA: Strike will not stop flights
The Sun - London - UK, Mar 15, 2010 / DEFIANT British Airways plans to keep at least 60 per cent of its customers flying if crippling strikes go ahead this weekend, the airline said today.
Pension relief: Use it or lose it
FT.com, Mar 15, 2010 / The Budget is an antiquated piece of political theatre at the best of times.
Going down to the wire
The Northern Echo - Darlington - County Durham - UK, Mar 15, 2010 / WE are seeing the most interesting race for the Premier League title in years, with three teams all in with a genuine say in the destiny of the championship.
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MoneyWeek - UK, Mar 15, 2010 / Britain is in an awful limbo state just now.
Darling to help family in Mexican mystery
Edinburgh Evening News - Edinburgh - Midlothian - UK, Mar 15, 2010 / Henry Harvey, who lives in Balerno, is still desperate to find out how his mother Julia Howard, 77, died.
Ed Balls 'wants to expand 50p tax rate' to double the number of earners hit
World Press, Mar 15, 2010 / Ed Balls is leading a Cabinet charge to step up Labour's 'class war' by more than doubling the number of people hit by the new 50p tax rate in this month's Budget.
Manufacturers warn on new spending pledges
FT.com, Mar 14, 2010 / Alistair Darling will risk damaging business and market confidence if he makes new public spending pledges to boost Labour's election chances in his March 24 Budget, the EEF manufacturers' organisation warns on Monday.
Brown struck dumb by strike
The Sun - London - UK, Mar 14, 2010 / GORDON Brown remained silent over the union behind the British Airways strike yesterday despite a Minister warning it could destroy the airline.
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FT.com, Mar 14, 2010 / Succumbing to the "temptation" of a further fiscal stimulus will backfire, George Osborne warns on Monday, as he stakes out the political battlelines for next week's pre-election Budget.
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The Sun - London - UK, Mar 14, 2010 / GOVERNMENT ministers today urged both sides involved in the British Airways dispute to get round the table and talk - or see the airline go BUST.
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Alistair Maclean Darling (born 28 November 1953) is a British Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South West since 1987, and was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer on 28 June 2007. Prior to this, he held a number of Cabinet positions, being one of only three people to have served in Cabinet continuously since Labour was elected in 1997.
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Tuesday 03/16/10 06:49 PM EDT
hedge funds, saying they needed more time to get "isolated" Britain on board a compromise deal.
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BRUSSELS — British Treasury chief Alistair Darling hit back
Canadian finance chief warns US, others on deficit
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Tuesday 03/16/10 05:12 PM EDT
counterparts in the G-7 and believed all were working to reduce budget deficits.
But British Treasury chief Alistair Darling hit back at European Union calls for more aggressive
EU postpones hedge funds reform amid UK resistance
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Tuesday 03/16/10 02:38 PM EDT
Alistair Darling said Britain would try to seek more concessions in coming weeks because the current draft put forward by Spain also risked shutting U.S. funds out of the European
Britain rules out stronger deficit cuts
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Tuesday 03/16/10 02:30 PM EDT
BRUSSELS -British Treasury chief Alistair Darling on Tuesday hit back at European Union calls for more aggressive deficit cuts, saying such moves would risk tipping Britain
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Friday 03/12/10 08:12 PM EST
supervision.
British Treasury chief Alistair Darling has suggested that hedge funds authorized by regulators to operate in any one EU country should then be allowed a "passport
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