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LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 17: Alistair Darling, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, arrives at Number 11 Downing Street on March 17, 2010 in London, England. A report by the European Commission has criticised Alastair Darling's programme to cut the... View Photo »
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British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling (L) and Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg (R) chat on March 16, 2010 during a break of an Economy and Finance Council meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels. European finance ministers were poring... View Photo »
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As Alistair Darling puts the finishing touches to his Budget Brian Wheeler delved into the archives... 1970 - ROY JENKINS, LABOUR A giveaway budget would be "a vulgar piece of economic management below the level of political sophistication of the... Full Article at BBC News
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Alistair Darling, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has plenty of competing demands this Budget Of course, the figures are still shocking, with Britain heading for a record deficit and with borrowing hitting a new high for February. Let us hope and pr Full Article at The Telegraph
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Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling will deliver the government’s new budget on Wednesday 24 March at 12.30pm, and you can follow his speech as it happens on the Which? Money 2010 budget liveblog. Which? Money editor James Daley and Which? Full Article at Which
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(Adds Rasmussen comments starting in eighth paragraph.) March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Hedge fund and private equity rules haven’t been dealt a lethal blow by delays requested by U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown, according to the European Union lawmaker spon Full Article at Business Week
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Copeland MP Jamie Reed said the government was right to stimulate the economy with a variety of measures including the VAT reduction and car scrappage scheme. But he warned investment needs to continue to help bolster the “fragile economy”. Mr Reed... Full Article at North West Evening Mail
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Darling has lost an element of surprise from next week’s Budget with today’s figures showing that borrowing was less than expected last month and yesterday's figures revealing a marked fall in unemployment. Everyone can be sure now that, serious... Full Article at Times Online
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LONDON (AP) - Public sector debt in the United Kingdom climbed above 60 percent of GDP in February as government agencies borrowed another 12.4 billion pounds ($19 billion), the Office for National Statistics said Thursday. The figure, however, was arou Full Article at WCAX
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As the General Election looms, the Conservatives are determined to allay fears that theirs is a party of Philistines set on slashing funding for the arts. Alistair Smith met the top Tory duo who are passionate about art for art’s sake Sat opposite me in Full Article at The Stage
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The borrowing fi Full Article at Centre Daily Times
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The past two years of public finance figures have been pretty grim for Alistair Darling. Lows have included, busting unbreakable fiscal rules; watching borrowing reach a peacetime record; and accepting Britain’s debt is no longer internationally respect Full Article at Money Supply | Financial Times Blogs
