Alistair Darling

Battle for the nation’s savings

Graham Beale is right to raise concerns about the unusually generous interest rates being offered by National Savings & Investments and other state-backed organisations. The Nationwide Building Society chief is being crucified...

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National insurance tipped to rise in Darling tax clawback

Published Date: 21 November 2009 CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling is set to target national insurance and inheritance tax in next month's Pre-Budget Report as he looks to plug gaping holes in the public purse, experts have...

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Struggling markets make predictions hard for future investment

Published Date: 21 November 2009 LAST month, the Investment Club's paper and pencil analysis (Papa) was looking for a resolution of the current financial market trends, up or down. It thought this would come about if the FTSE...

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CBI boss's memo to Gordon Brown: when you're in a fiscal hole, stop digging

Richard Lambert says even the Conservatives are not ambitious enough about cutting the Britain's deficit Richard Lambert can see for himself the hole into which public money is being poured. Outside the CBI's offices in...

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Gordon Brown's financial delusions will cost Britain dear

Gordon Brown The PM still won't admit that too much state spending is economically destructive, says Jeremy Warner. In the dying days of Gordon Brown's Government, this ancient saw seems truer than ever. Everyone, that is,...

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PM's cabinet meets in Nottingham

Prime Minster Gordon Brown and his top team of ministers have travelled to Nottingham for a Cabinet meeting. Mr Brown took questions from an invited audience at the Albert Hall ahead of the meeting. As part of the visit,...

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Views on the news: the Queen's speech, train fares and Archie Norman

In a stormy week all round it has been pretty grim at Westminster where the winds of change are blowing. "Gordon, your time is up and there won't be a replay!" concluded taxfree , following the Queen's speech. "This speech is...

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The ranks of the 50p tax rate rebels are swelling but will they really all leave?

Wealthy Britons left, right and centre have pledged to move abroad in protest at Labour's 50p rate of income tax. The artist Tracey Emin has said she will move to France if the 50p tax rate is brought in Photo: Getty The actor...

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EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: New ITV boss will need his biggest ten-gallon thinking hat when he faces...

Formidable: ITV chairman will need all his skills to deal with star earner Cowell Archie Norman as new ITV chairman? He encouraged Asda staff to wear 'thinking hats' during brain-crunching sessions, demonstrating they were not...

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Financial education to get £2bn boost

The government is planning to spend nearly £2bn on its flagship money education scheme to improve financial literacy across the nation. Labour wants to create an education body outside the Financial Services Authority to...

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