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Britain 'will lead the slump into recession' - Britain is forecast to be the only major economy that falls into recession this year as a crumbling housing market takes its toll



Britain 'will lead the slump into recession'  [09/03/2008 01:17 PM]
Britain is forecast to be the only major economy that falls into recession this year as a crumbling housing market takes its toll
Stamp duty cut is 'too little too late'  [09/03/2008 01:17 PM]
Gordon Brown's giveaway to homebuyers did little to brighten his prospects amid mounting evidence that Britain has plunged into recession
Market report: Wednesday latest  [09/03/2008 01:17 PM]
11.30:The FTSE 100 is expected to open 1.3% lower, according to financial bookmakers, after US stocks reversed sharp gains to end the session lower
Air profits to soar as oil price drops  [09/03/2008 01:17 PM]
Profits at British Airways, Ryanair and easyJet will make a dramatic recovery if the price of oil falls to $100 a barrel
£2m Tory death duty plan 'cuts tax for rich'  [09/03/2008 01:17 PM]
The Tories were accused of handing tax cuts to the rich yesterday over their pledge to let couples with assets of up to £2m escape death duties
Services pain eases and kills rates move  [09/03/2008 01:17 PM]
The slide in Britain's service industries' activity levels appears to be easing, making a change in interest rates less likely
Energy firms cool on Brown's fuel aid bid  [09/03/2008 01:17 PM]
Gordon Brown's hopes of persuading energy firms to give £100 to needy families were fading today
Deflated charges at blow-up dentist  [09/03/2008 01:17 PM]
The first inflatable dentist surgery is set to tour Britain undercutting the hefty prices charged by private dentists
England faces NHS 'apartheid' on parking  [09/03/2008 01:17 PM]
Parking charges were scrapped at Scottish hospitals yesterday - prompting angry claims that English patients once again face NHS 'apartheid'
Wealthy buyers shun UK homes  [09/03/2008 01:17 PM]
Wealthy property investors are turning their backs on the UK as the housing market lurches from one crisis to the next
Meet the credit crunch bride in a 5p dress  [09/03/2008 01:17 PM]
A bride has beaten the credit crunch by buying her dream wedding dress for just 5p on eBay
Sterling at historic low after Darling gloom  [09/03/2008 01:17 PM]
Chancellor's grave warning sends pound plunging, pushes up holiday prices and kills off hope of a rates cut
Oil price drops on relief as Gustav spares platforms  [09/03/2008 01:17 PM]
The price of oil fell as Hurricane Gustav swept quickly through the Gulf of Mexico's oil platforms without developing into a Category 5 storm
'Harrods' in the sky lands at Heathrow  [09/03/2008 01:17 PM]
Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya defies the credit crunch by launching a five-star airline
Thousand payouts a day for lost post  [09/03/2008 01:17 PM]
Royal Mail paid out more than £12m last year to angry customers whose post was lost, delayed or damaged
Counting cost of sterling slide  [09/03/2008 01:17 PM]
Allow doctor Pym the time to cure B&B  [09/03/2008 01:17 PM]
Brown boxed in for a bronze  [09/03/2008 01:17 PM]
More mortgage half measures  [09/03/2008 01:17 PM]
Midas share tips: Shire & Vectura  [09/03/2008 01:17 PM]
Hetherington: £47,000 for shares worth just £100?  [09/03/2008 01:17 PM]