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Treasury could rip up Gordon's golden rule - The Treasury is considering ripping up Gordon Brown's public borrowing rules, so the Government can take on more debt



Treasury could rip up Gordon's golden rule  [07/18/2008 01:17 PM]
The Treasury is considering ripping up Gordon Brown's public borrowing rules, so the Government can take on more debt
Gas bills will top £1,000 a year - report  [07/18/2008 01:17 PM]
Gas bills are set to rise by 66% to more than £1,000 a year, taking total energy costs to £1,600, families have been warned
Market report: Friday latest  [07/18/2008 01:17 PM]
12.30:Just days after Trinity Mirror was forced to deny speculation that it had broken its banking covenants comes news of a broker's upgrade
Bank pair raise £8bn - but may need more  [07/18/2008 01:17 PM]
Two of Britain's leading banks, HBOS and Barclays, secured a combined £8.5bn in fresh capital but there was immediate concern that they may need to seek yet more
'Pay up or we'll sue' - Equitable victims  [07/18/2008 01:17 PM]
Lawyers warned yesterday that they will sue the Government if it fails to pay compensation to Equitable Life's victims
Mortgages tumble 21% as buyers stay put  [07/18/2008 01:17 PM]
The mortgage crunch has seen lending in the traditional spring home buying period tumble by a fifth year-on-year
BBC to cut licence fee after digital switch  [07/18/2008 01:17 PM]
The TV licence fee will be reduced in 2013 once the digital switchover has been completed, Ofcom said last night
Going on a summer holiday ... at home  [07/18/2008 01:17 PM]
The urge for long-haul holidays in exotic locations has taken a major hit thanks to the credit crunch and the Terminal 5 fiasco
House price 'agony' hits middle classes  [07/18/2008 01:17 PM]
Middle Britain will be hit harder by falling house prices than the rest of the country, research shows
Cost of card fraud soars to £535m  [07/18/2008 01:17 PM]
The cost of credit and debit card fraud soared to a record high of £535m last year, the latest crime figures revealed yesterday
£7,000 more to raise a boy than a girl  [07/18/2008 01:17 PM]
Bringing up a son costs £7,000 more than raising a girl - because boys need to be kept in gadgets and sporting equipment, says a study
The £24 M&S suit starts High St battle  [07/18/2008 01:17 PM]
Marks & Spencer has cut the price of selected men's suits to only £24 as a new price war breaks out among embattled High St stores
Shops feel crunch as spending moves online  [07/18/2008 01:17 PM]
Consumers are increasingly shopping online to try to beat the credit crunch, new figures reveal
From M&S knickers to a £4.4m Bombay food dream  [07/18/2008 01:17 PM]
Shilpa Shetty's favourite Indian restaurant today joins forces with the takeaway Gordon Ramsay rates the best in London
Spectre of inflation haunts UK and US  [07/18/2008 01:17 PM]
A welter of grim economic reports on both sides of the Atlantic has underlined the threat to Western living standards posed by rising inflation
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Labour's borrowing binge  [07/18/2008 01:17 PM]
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