If this is true then Alastair Darling will throw a small crumb in the right direction today: Chancellor Alistair Darling is due to announce in
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I’ve made my hopes for the Pre-Budget Report pretty clear: infrastructure led job creation, support for those unemployed, help for those with mortgage difficulties, and
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The Green Party and the Green New Deal Group published their pre-budget report today. I have contributed to this, although I am not a member
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These are my links for November 21st: FT.com / Companies / Banks – L&G supports Barclays issue through gritted teeth – Cowards

As the FT has reported: The vehicle that funded Northern Rock’s ambitious expansion of mortgage lending has been cut loose by the state-run bank –
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The IMF have published a new paper on tax incentives given by developing countries to attract foreign direct investment. They say: Tax concessions have been
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There’s a new tax haven – Anjouan. Note that the web site is available in Chinese. No guessing who they’re aiming at.

Vince Cable has treated Senator Frank Walker of Jersey with the respect he deserves. According to a Jersey Evening Post report: LIBERAL Democrat Treasury spokesman
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Forbes was way ahead of the pack on this one: What television lacks in entertainment it makes up for in irony these days. A new
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