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Pre-Budget 2007 - the winners and losers [10/09/2007 01:17 PM]
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Health and security look certain to be the big winners when Alistair Darling presents his first Pre-Budget Report to the Commons this afternoon
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House prices 'set to fall by thousands' [10/09/2007 01:17 PM]
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Leading economists are predicting a property market squeeze will wipe £13,000 off the value of a typical house and say a price crash is possible
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Market report: Tuesday latest [10/09/2007 01:17 PM]
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13.00:Northern Rock got a timely fillip today with bid talk and more support from the taxpayer aiding the shares
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British Gas no longer the cheapest [10/09/2007 01:17 PM]
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Customers will be able to benefit from cheaper gas and electricity bills this winter after British Gas prices were undercut by rival Scottish and Southern Energy
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Tax credits 'too flawed' to help poorest [10/09/2007 01:17 PM]
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Tax credits are fundamentally flawed, making children poorer and keeping parents out of jobs, according to a scathing Whitehall report
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Pensions? We'd rather invest in our homes [10/09/2007 01:17 PM]
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Millions are spending a fortune on home improvements because they fear their pensions will not be adequate to finance their retirement
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Sainsbury's praises migrant workers [10/09/2007 01:17 PM]
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Sainsbury's said yesterday that it will employ more immigrant workers because they have a 'superior' work ethic
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IMF slashes growth forecast for UK [10/09/2007 01:17 PM]
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The International Monetary Fund dealt a blow to the Chancellor on the eve of his pre-Budget Report by slashing its growth forecast for the British economy next year
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Brown hints at rethink on inheritance [10/09/2007 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown hinted yesterday that he might have to try to match the Conservatives' vote winning plan on inheritance tax
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Lifeline thrown to Northern Rock [10/09/2007 01:17 PM]
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Growing hopes of a long-term rescue of Northern Rock saw its shares gain 14.1p to 172.6p today as investors weighed several new options for its future.
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Flaw at heart of 'fraud-proof' chip and Pin [10/09/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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ITV phone-in probe to show millions duped [10/09/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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Monday view: give with one hand, take with the other [10/09/2007 01:17 PM]
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Last week, the Conservatives tested the proposition that a 'give with one hand and take with the other' tax policy could still win votes
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Why won't lender let me pay my debt? [10/09/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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EDF to build UK nuclear plant [10/09/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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Lifeline thrown to Northern Rock [10/09/2007 01:17 PM]
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Growing hopes of a long-term rescue of Northern Rock saw its shares gain 14.1p to 172.6p today as investors weighed several new options for its future.
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Good time to reward savers [10/09/2007 01:17 PM]
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Alistair Darling has an unenviable task today. Ideally, he would have something to say which would lift the spirits in Labour's heartlands after the on-off election debacle
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30 second guide to alternative investments [10/09/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Daily Mail City Team explain alternative investments
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