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Brown defends borrowing and Vat cut

London :: United Kingdom | about 22 hours ago

Gordon Brown has defended his plan to inject billions of pounds of borrowed money into the economy to try to stave off a deep recession. The Prime Minister said that failure to act immediately could cause permanent damage. The Prime Minister said that...

Tags: Gordon Brown, Alistair Darling, general election, Labour, Bloomberg, U.K

Resurgent Brown eyes biggest political prize

London :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago

In place of 'prudence', the mantra that has been his party's watchword since the early 1990s, Darling will make a series of spending and tax pledges that Gordon Brown, in times gone by, would have dismissed not just as 'Old Labour', but as politically...

Tags: Gordon Brown, Labour Party, taxe bombshell, Mr Brown, prime minister, David Cameron, VAT, Alistair Darling

Darling ready to admit taxes must rise

London :: United Kingdom | 2 days ago

Darling will say that "adjustments" will have to be made, though it is unclear whether these will be slated for 2010 or 2011...Treasury officials are reported to have described the effect the £120bn would have on the economy as a "mammoth shock" as tax...

Tags: economy, news, Gordon Brown, Britain, Bank of England, Alistair Darling

Shimon Peres awarded honorary knighthood

London :: United Kingdom | 3 days ago

Britain's Queen Elizabeth awarded President Shimon Peres honorary knighthood Thursday in an official ceremony in Buckingham Palace, London. Nobel Peace Prize winner Peres met the queen at the ceremony after which the two held a private meeting. Peres...

Tags: Shimom Peres, Shimon Peres, Britain, queen elizabeth, honorary knighthood, Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace, president shimon, Gordon Brown, peres met, David Miliband, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles, Israeli

UK to Offer Help to Small Businesses

London :: United Kingdom | 3 days ago

British finance minister Alistair Darling will unveil measures next week to help small businesses cope with the toughest economic conditions since the 1930s, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. He will underwrite new loans to small firms and extend...

Tags: budget report, Treasury Committee, Alistair Darling, Gordon Brown, Mr Brown, CBI Director-General, Britain, Richard Lambert, business leaders, tax cut, 10p tax, Bank of England, Treasury, European Investment Bank, CBI

Darling cuts costs to upstage Tories

London :: United Kingdom | 4 days ago

A new front in the political battle over the economy will be opened today when Labour tries to trump David Cameron's plans for finding big savings in government spending to keep down taxes. The Treasury's drive to reduce Whitehall waste has found between...

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Brown pledges tax cuts to soften downturn

London :: United Kingdom | 4 days ago

The Prime Minister today promised tax cuts to boost growth in the economy as the Tories accused him of planning a "borrowing binge". Ahead of next Monday's critical Pre-Budget Report, Mr Brown said there would have to be "fiscal expansion" to help hard...

Tags: David Cameron, Labour, match labour, tax cuts, Mr Brown, Gordon Brown, spend policy, promised tax, prime minister, today promised, matching labour, Labour Party, budget report

Wall Street Journal: Iceland Abandoned

Reykjavík :: Iceland | 5 days ago

As recently as last year, Iceland was considered an economic success story. After 16 years of free-market reforms, it was one of the world's 10 richest and freest countries. Efficiently managing its fish stocks -- elsewhere operated with huge losses --...

Tags: Gordon Brown, economy

Tories cut Labour spending pledge

London :: United Kingdom | 5 days ago

Mr Cameron's decision to drop the pledge is aimed at being able to avoid the "tax bombshell" he says would follow plans for big borrowing rises. He said he wanted to build a "low tax, low debt economy for the long term".

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China Says Tibetan Separatism 'Doomed'

Beijing :: China | 5 days ago

China has harsh words for Tibet, saying it will never allow independence for a region that is internationally recognized as part of Chinese territory. Beijing's comments Tuesday came as Tibetan exiles hold a meeting in India to decide the future of their...

Tags: China, Gordon Brown, Afghanistan, DRC, Chinese Foreign Ministry, Tibet, Beijing, tibetans exiles, Dalai Lama

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