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Darling fury at Brown £40bn state loan plan [08/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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A row over a £40bn plan for State-backed mortgages to tackle the housing crisis has fuelled the feud between Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling
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Foreign blow to £1bn fuel aid for the poor [08/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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Foreign energy companies operating in Britain are threatening to wreck a £1bn plan to help low-income families pay their soaring fuel bills
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Stock market week: Woe for Wimpey [08/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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Britain's biggest builder, Taylor Wimpey hit the headlines this week with the news that its profits had collapsed by a harsh 96% over the first half of 2008
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Credibility in question as MPC bickers [08/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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An unprecedented third successive three-way split is looming at the monthly meeting of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee this week
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Networks hit cheap mobile calls [08/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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Authorities are using a controversial electronic device to slash the cost of mobile calls, while Ofcom is helping to shut down firms offering the same service to businesses
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Whoops, gas bill is £2.5m out [08/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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Britain's leading centre for accurate measurement is caught up in a High Court battle - after its gas meter was misread for nine years
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B&B boss set to quit [08/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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Rod Kent is poised to stand down as chairman of Bradford & Bingley after a torrid time at the helm of the troubled lender
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Brown plans a new era of council housing [08/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown is preparing to unveil the first measures of his economic recovery package with emergency moves ushering in a new era of council housing
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Credit card cheats turn into conjurers [08/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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Banks have been hit by a new fraud in which thousands of pounds at a time is conjured out of thin air as swindlers use cheques drawn on defunct accounts
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Thousands in chaos as Zoom is grounded [08/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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Hundreds of passengers have been stranded and tens of thousands more left with worthless tickets after the collapse of budget airline Zoom
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Energy giants complete fuel price rises [08/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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Npower and Scottish Power have both hiked the price of gas and electricity for a second time this year, becoming the last of the big suppliers to raise prices
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Give carers £110 a week wages, MPs demand [08/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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Relatives of the sick and elderly should be paid a salary of up to £110 a week for looking after them, MPs are demanding
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Mobile call receivers face charges [08/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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Mobile phone users face being charged to receive calls and texts under plans being considered by Ofcom
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North-South divide 'widest for 60 years' [08/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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The North-South divide is now greater than at any time since the Second World War, according to new research
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Organic food sales fall 20% [08/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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Organic food sales have slumped as families struggling with the credit crunch switch to cheaper groceries
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Two Abbey workers trousered £120,000 [08/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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Two bank workers stole thousands of pounds from cash machines by stuffing bundles of notes down their trousers
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Set Spottiswoode on the with-profits con [08/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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UK economy: Darling to get out red pen [08/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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Hetherington: £47,000 for shares worth just £100? [08/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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