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Alistair Darling (born 28 November 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 1987, currently for Edinburgh South West. He was Chancellor...
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RBS can be privatised 'within a year'
News Source: BBC | 18 days agoFor the first three months of the year, it made a profit at the operating level, before tax and after tax, which may be a unique occurrence since the crash of 2008. And although its pre-tax profit of £826m is less than it ought to be generating on a -
Where would you rather live: small-government Somalia or big-government ...
News Source: New Statesman | 28 days agoCritics of big government talk as if it's beyond question that the state's involvement with our lives is a bad thing...From New Labour to Blue Labour, from compassionate conservatives to neoconservatives, the consensus is that big government is bad -
Labour attacks Osborne over "£2bn tax cut" for the banks
News Source: New Statesman | 1 month agoChris Leslie, the shadow financial secretary to the Treasury, plans to raise the figures when the Commons debates the second reading of the Finance Bill later today. He said: On top of last week's tax cut for millionaires, this is effectively a tax -
Is VAT suffering a mid-life crisis at 40?
News Source: BBC | 1 month agoTo mark the anniversary, VAT expert Colin Corder takes a look at some of the more bizarre rules surrounding VAT and asks if VAT legislation is in need of an overhaul. VAT was originally touted as the "simple tax" but it has become one of the most -
North Sea oil bonanza 'unlikely'
News Source: BBC | 1 month agoA think tank has rejected suggestions that Scotland could be on the brink of another oil bonanza. The Scottish government claimed that North Sea production could generate a great deal more in tax revenues than had been estimated...It added that a -
Damage limitation in Cyprus
News Source: BBC | 2 months agoNearly everyone involved in the deal for Cyprus hammered out on Saturday now agrees it was a mistake...Goodness knows, the European authorities have made mistakes before in their handling of the eurozone crisis. Some, like the initial reluctance to -
AUDIO: Darling criticises Cyprus levy plan
News Source: BBC | 2 months agoLenders 'doing everything you should not do' on Cyprus 19 March 2013 Last updated at 05:02 ET Parliamentarians in Cyprus are to meet for an emergency session to discuss plans to bail out the country's banks, which were imposed by international -
Britain's AAA rating downgrade intensifies pressure on sterling
News Source: The Independent | 3 months agoBritain's loss of its prized AAA credit rating intensified the pressure on sterling today despite another rally for London's top flight shares index. The currency weakened during overnight trading in Asia, leaving it at a 31-month low against the US
