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Alistair Darling's stamp duty dithering froze housing market

timesonline.co.uk     24-Aug-2008   1 related          

Alistair Darling's dithering over stamp duty has “paralysed” the housing market, prompting a 20% fall in prospective buyers, estate agents claim. With house prices already falling at their fastest rate for 17 years, the...                    

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Taxpayers face £1bn Northern Rock loss

timesonline.co.uk     23-Aug-2008   4 related          

TAXPAYERS stand to lose at least £450m on the nationalisation of Northern Rock, according to warnings from the government’s own advisers. Goldman Sachs told the Treasury in February that losses to the public purse could...                    

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Labour wilts as battles over economy looms

timesonline.co.uk     24-Aug-2008          

Life does not get much better than this for the opposition. After years of seeing his predecessors baited and beaten by Gordon Brown, George Osborne is in the position of doing the goading. The job of shadow chancellor,...                    

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Bill Jamieson: Weight of trouble for 'Team GB'

scotsman.com     24-Aug-2008          

THE best measure of the ordeal now in store for the Government came in a brutal set of figures last week. What is set to 'do' for Gordon Brown and his coterie of advisers – 'Team GB' – already working on a recovery...                    

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Recession fear as economic growth hits zero

guardian.co.uk     23-Aug-2008   61 related          

Feeling the pinch: the House Builders Federation has called for a cut in interest rates. Photograph: Getty Images The City was braced last night for Britain's first recession since the early 1990s after the government...                    

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Leading article: Britain bears the full force of an economic storm

independent.co.uk     23-Aug-2008          

Given the waves of dire economic news that have been breaking over us in recent months, the latest bulletin from the Office for National Statistics hardly comes a surprise. But there is nevertheless something sobering...                    

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George Osborne interview We won't cross the finishing line exhausted

telegraph.co.uk     22-Aug-2008   12 related          

The Tories are already planning for government, George Osborne tells Robert Winnett. Mr Osborne has one of the best offices in Parliament and is drawing up detailed plans for when he becomes Chancellor. In an interview...                    

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Whitehall shelves home sales figures

thisismoney.co.uk     22-Aug-2008   5 related          

The move has added to fears over the quality of Britain's data after questions were raised about trade, growth and retail sales figures. It also prompted concern that forecasts for receipts could be thrown out of kilter...                    

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Catalogue of data blunders

independent.co.uk     22-Aug-2008          

The loss of a computer memory stick containing information on thousands of criminals is the latest in a series of embarrassing losses of confidential information. * The Department of the Environment revealed on December 11...                    

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Retail spending rises. Unbelievable!

guardian.co.uk     22-Aug-2008   18 related          

Retail experts reacted with incredulity yesterday to shopping sales figures that showed a rise in spending, despite all other evidence pointing to a downturn for the sector amid a squeeze on household budgets. Although official...                    

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