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Scientific adviser backs sacked drug 'tsar'
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago
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The Government’s chief scientific adviser said today that he agreed with the sacked drugs “tsar” Professor David Nutt when he said that cannabis is less dangerous than alcohol and cigarettes. Professor John Beddington, the most senior scientific adviser...
Tags: David Nutt, Alan Johnson, professor david, John Beddington, Prof Nutt, scientific adviser, drug adviser, professor john, THE UK, Gordon Brown
Labour recession hopes 'a myth'
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago
Credibility Shadow chancellor George Osborne said the UK was in the deepest recession since 1945 after the economy shrank 0.4% between June and September. It had "destroyed the myth" that ministers had a recovery plan, he said. Chancellor Alistair Darling said he...
Tags: THE UK
Plugging pension gap swallows pay-ins
London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
Credibility THE UK's biggest companies are set to spend as much plugging pension deficits this year as they set aside to meet future benefits for current staff, research showed today...The group said the research was a clear illustration of how unaffordable defined...
Tags: THE UK, final salary, salary pensions, stock market
FA facing £100m void as Setanta collapses
London :: United Kingdom | 5 months ago
Credibility THE Football Association needs to cover a £100 million gap in its finances to minimise the effect on grass-roots football after Setanta went into administration. Setanta's collapse was confirmed yesterday afternoon and the FA will now sell off the rights...
Tags: Setanta Sports, Setanta GB, THE UK, sport broadcast, England, Great Britain
Eurozone sees bleak employment outlook
Brussels :: Belgium | 7 months ago
Credibility Joblessness in the 16-country region rose from 8.7 per cent of the workforce in February to 8.9 per cent in March, the highest since July 2005, reported Eurostat, the European Union’s statistics office.
Tags: Eurostat, European Union, highest level, THE UK, data agency, eurostat data
Bootle forecasts mini-revival for manufacturing
London :: United Kingdom | 7 months ago
Credibility THE UK's battered manufacturing sector is set for a mini-revival when the economy recovers, a leading City economist forecast today. Roger Bootle, economic adviser to Deloitte and managing director of Capital Economics, set out a vision for the UK economy...
Tags: THE UK, Roger Bootle, city economist, manufacturing sector
UK factory gloom deepens further
London :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
Credibility The Confederation of British Industry's industrial trends survey showed orders balance dropped to -43, the lowest level since July 1991. The balance shows the difference between those reporting a rise and a fall in new orders...Jonathan Loynes, UK economist...
Tags: survey showed, industry trends, THE UK, trends survey
Tesco weathers the storm as profits rise
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility Tesco today unveiled a big rise in profits despite "powerful economic headwinds". The company reported a ten per cent rise in profits in the first half of its year. Tesco said UK like-for-like sales rose by four per cent excluding fuel during the second...
Tags: Tesco PLC, THE UK, Britain, half profits, powerful economic, cent rise, excluding fuel, profits rise, cent excluding, net profits
Britain's Centrica lifts domestic energy prices
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility British energy firm Centrica said Wednesday it would hike domestic gas prices by 35 percent and electricity prices by nine percent because of the rocketing cost of wholesale energy. The owner of British Gas said in a statement that wholesale costs were...
Tags: prices, gas, gas price, oil, THE UK, energy price, wholesale energy, Britain, Centrica, soaring wholesale
British inflation soars as recession looms
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility King had to write an open letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling last month after inflation reached 3.3 percent in May. He will write another one if the rate still exceeds 3 percent in July...The inflation rate jumped after food, transport...
Tags: Bank of England, pay rises, Mervyn King, monetary policy, THE UK, consumer price, inflation rate, policy committee, records began
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