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Pre-Budget Report 2008: High earners to pay 45p tax and families get benefit boost

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Pre-Budget Report 2008: High earners to pay 45p tax and families get benefit boost - Higher child benefit is being rushed out for millions of families while the wealthy face a new 45p top rate of tax, to be announced in the Pre-Budget Report



Pre-Budget Report 2008: High earners to pay 45p tax and families get benefit boost  [11/24/2008 01:17 PM]
Higher child benefit is being rushed out for millions of families while the wealthy face a new 45p top rate of tax, to be announced in the Pre-Budget Report
Jaguar asks for £1bn lifeline as sales fall  [11/24/2008 01:17 PM]
Jaguar Land Rover has held secret talks to plead for a £1bn loan, joining the ranks of struggling car makers across the world
Stock market report: Monday latest  [11/24/2008 01:17 PM]
10.55:The rescue plan for one of the world's biggest banks gripped investors today and enabled share prices to kickoff the week on a firm note
Pre-Budget Report: VAT cut to boost economy  [11/24/2008 01:17 PM]
A sharp cut in sales tax is at the centre of plans to stop the economy grinding to a halt. But will it work?
Mortgage market set for boost from Crosby  [11/24/2008 01:17 PM]
The mortgage market is set for a multi-billion-pound boost, as the Chancellor takes up recommendations from the Crosby report
Storm over energy bill payment hikes  [11/24/2008 01:17 PM]
Britain's energy suppliers are sitting on a £4bn cash pile they have taken from customers' bank accounts without their consent
Treasury urged to act on Equitable Life  [11/24/2008 01:17 PM]
The Government has been urged to let Equitable Life policyholders know whether they will receive compensation for losses from maladministration
Call for Bank of England to lend to firms  [11/24/2008 01:17 PM]
The Bank of England has been told it should lend directly to companies to unblock the financial markets and kick start a recovery
A to Z of the Sunday newspaper  [11/24/2008 01:17 PM]
Here's our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this Sunday
Pre-Budget tax cuts will go down to the wire  [11/24/2008 01:17 PM]
Ahead of the pre-budget report on Monday, Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling clash over tax cuts in the face of huge government borrowing
Shop insurers signal High St collapses  [11/24/2008 01:17 PM]
Retail insurers are withdrawing cover amid fears that a slowdown in spending this Christmas will lead to a spate of high profile failures on the High St
M&S leads sales panic  [11/24/2008 01:17 PM]
Marks & Spencer, who slashed all prices by 20% in a one-day sale on Thursday, has revealed a startling slowdown in sales
Chancellor to delay repossession orders  [11/24/2008 01:17 PM]
The Chancellor will use his Pre-Budget Report to launch a massive effort to keep people in their homes as the recession hits
Can the Footsie end 2008 above 4000?  [11/24/2008 01:17 PM]
London shares have hit the skids again but can the market rebound to close above the all-important 4000 mark this year
Christmas overtime is axed for part-timers  [11/24/2008 01:17 PM]
The retail sector has shed the equivalent of 100,000 full-time workers as it cuts back on part-time staff this Christmas
The mismatch behind our misery  [11/24/2008 01:17 PM]
Bank of Eon will happily sign you up  [11/24/2008 01:17 PM]
Midas share tips: Tell Sid about the Centrica cash call  [11/24/2008 01:17 PM]
Deflation fears overblown  [11/24/2008 01:17 PM]
The pension shadow over Brown's halo  [11/24/2008 01:17 PM]
Hetherington: Glaswish Land Sales, Vehicle Seller UK  [11/24/2008 01:17 PM]
The case for big tax rebates  [11/24/2008 01:17 PM]
There is little doubt now that the government intends to use the Pre Budget Report on Monday to deliver a fiscal stimulus