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Darling scraps 2p fuel duty increase - Chancellor Alistair Darling announced today that the 2p increase in fuel duty will be scrapped



Darling scraps 2p fuel duty increase  [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
Chancellor Alistair Darling announced today that the 2p increase in fuel duty will be scrapped
Banks' £152 a year from each customer  [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
High Street banks make £2.6bn a year from overdraft charges on 'complex and uncompetitive' current accounts, a report said today
Market report: Wednesday latest  [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
12.00:Shell-shocked investors returned today hoping to gain some bargains in the wake of yesterday's sell-off that saw prices slump to the lowest in almost three years
Government to buy houses builders can't sell  [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
Ministers today unveiled plans to buy up homes which housebuilders hit by the global economic downturn are unable to sell
Oil on the slide amid growing US fears  [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
The oil price continued its slide today amid deepening worries about the state of the US economy
Payout order for victims of Equitable Life  [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
The Parliamentary Ombudsman will tell the Government to pay compensation to one million people who lost money through the near-collapse of Equitable Life
Wolseley to axe 6000 jobs as profits crash  [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
Six thousand jobs are being axed at Wolseley, the world's largest plumbing group, after profits crashed by hundreds of millions of pounds
Drivers face £5 toll on London motorways  [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
Toll lanes may be introduced on motorways around London under a £6bn congestion-busting scheme announced today
Lenders beg Bank to rebuild market  [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
The mortgage industry is calling on the government to take urgent action to kickstart the housing market
Credit crunch could hit Tories' tax cuts  [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
A Conservative government may have to make public spending cuts if the economic gloom deepens, David Cameron signalled today
Co-op seals £1.6bn Somerfield takeover  [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
Supermarket chain the Co-operative Group agreed a £1.56bn takeover of rival Somerfield today
Big Brother project 'threat to privacy'  [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
Plans for a massive database snooping on the entire population were condemned yesterday as a 'step too far for the British way of life'
'Rip-off ' cost of texting to UK could fall 70%  [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
The cost of sending a text message home while in other parts of Europe could be slashed by more than 70%
Inflation at nearly twice Bank's target rate  [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
Prices are now going up at the fastest rate since May 1992, calling into doubt the Bank of England's ability to control inflation
Good times are over, UK is told  [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
Soaring inflation and fears about the safety of the banking system sent share prices plunging in London, Asia and New York yesterday
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Evil lurks as the Google halo slips over privacy  [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
Inflation: Prepare for the big squeeze  [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
Cameron's thinking on insolvency is flawed  [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]
Midas share tips: Telecom Plus and Carrs  [07/16/2008 01:17 PM]