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Brown hints at rethink on inheritance tax

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Brown hints at rethink inheritance tax - Gordon Brown hinted yesterday that he might have try match Conservatives' vote winning plan inheritance tax Household income sees ten-year squeeze - Households are suffering biggest squeeze finances decade because of tax rises higher bills, research has shown



Brown hints at rethink on inheritance tax  [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Gordon Brown hinted yesterday that he might have to try to match the Conservatives' vote winning plan on inheritance tax
Household income sees ten-year squeeze  [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Households are suffering the biggest squeeze on their finances in a decade because of tax rises and higher bills, research has shown
Market report: Monday latest  [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
11.45:Shares in copper miner Kazakhmys tumbled 4% today after one of its mines was devastated by a flood
Lifeline thrown to Northern Rock  [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Growing hopes of a long-term rescue of Northern Rock saw its shares gain 14½p to 173p today as investors weighed several new options for its future
Credit crunch could clip Darling's wings  [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
The City's spiralling fortunes are set to carve a hole in Treasury revenues, limiting the scope for tax giveaways in tomorrow's Pre-Budget Report
Monday view: give with one hand, take with the other  [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Last week, the Conservatives tested the proposition that a 'give with one hand and take with the other' tax policy could still win votes
EDF to build UK nuclear plant  [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
French power giant EDF has promised it will deliver Britain's first new nuclear power station in more than a decade by 2017 and have a total of four built by 2025
ITV phone-in probe to show millions duped  [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
ITV chairman Michael Grade will publish a censored version of a report exposing the shocking extent of its premium-rate phone-in scandal, with millions of viewers duped
Flaw at heart of 'fraud-proof' chip and Pin  [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Revealed: How the banks have secretly opened a door to fraudsters while claiming the security system is watertight and victims have only themselves to blame
Lifeline thrown to Northern Rock  [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Growing hopes of a long-term rescue of Northern Rock saw its shares gain 14½p to 173p today as investors weighed several new options for its future
Why won't lender let me pay my debt?  [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Tom Rose has £55,000 of credit card and loans debt and is desperately trying to arrange to pay it all back. But one loans company is blocking this by refusing to negotiate
Low energy LED bulbs to last 100 years  [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
The lighting industry is working on a 'third generation' of energy-efficient LED light bulbs that are designed to last a lifetime
Darling plots more tax for super-rich  [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Alistair Darling is expected to reveal plans to take more tax from private equity tycoons in response to Tory plans to charge £25,000 a year for 'tax-lite' status
Pre-Budget report set as growth slows  [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Chancellor Alistair Darling today announced he will deliver his first pre-Budget report on Tuesday, as he prepared to cut forecasts made by Gordon Brown just eight months ago
Northern Rock survival hopes  [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Northern Rock could yet survive as an independent bank as sources close to the troubled group confirmed that bosses were still exploring a rescue that would thwart bidders
Banks suffer but real world thrives  [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
What is going on when the value of companies operating in the real economy appears to be soaring while there is blood on the financial carpet?
Tempting deals, but who will pay?  [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
New business is the lifeblood of banks and building societies but you cannot fail to balance the books forever, says the Mail on Sunday personal finance editor
Time's up on the golden era  [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Promises of a golden financial era look dim with not much stability and now prosperity starting to look shaky as well says the Mail on Sunday economics editor
Midas share tips: SThree; Gyrus  [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Recruitment firms tend to suffer at the hint of a downturn, but SThree could we worth a look says the Financial Mail's stock picker. Plus a look at medical firm Gyrus