Budget 2008
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Editor's picks
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Alcohol taxes increase to help raise £1.7bn for child poverty targets, as chancellor raises borrowing and promises stability
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If you could have listened to Darling without falling asleep you would have gleaned the impression that the UK was an earthly economic paradise
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Retailers braced for rush to buy alcohol as smokers and drinkers are targeted
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13 Jul 2008:
Edmund King: Backdated changes to vehicle excise duty don't promote greener travel – just punish the car choices hard-up families already made
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20 May 2008:
Robert Fox: There's no military rationale for the government's colossal projected spend on new military hardware; it's driven by political expediency
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15 May 2008:
The chancellor's handout is a temporary fix for the 10p tax crisis, but there are better and fairer solutions
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14 May 2008:
PM unveils surprise £2.7bn package of tax cuts designed to end the 10p tax band rebellion
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13 May 2008:
Martin Kettle: The government's mini-budget was a step in the right direction, but it would have been even better to have apologised for the 10p tax fiasco
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11 May 2008:
Energy suppliers are threatening to shut down the UK's only consumer helpline dedicated to tackling fuel poverty
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11 May 2008:
'But human bodies are sic fools,
For a' their colleges and schools,
That when nae real ills perplex them,
They mak enow themselves to vex them.' -
20 Apr 2008:
They are shutting down at record rates, but an institution that dates back to Roman times will survive by changing, writes Simon Caulkin
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13 Apr 2008:
William Keegan: Blair's departure and the elevation of Brown have not yet produced a government of which we can be proud
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3 Apr 2008:
Frank Field: Gordon Brown expects millions of low-income families to pay for his abolition of the 10p tax band - but it will rebound on Labour at the polls
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27 Mar 2008:
Robert Fox: Our defence budget is designed for a nation at peace, not one fighting in two serious wars. Brown must take some responsibility and begin to prioritise
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16 Mar 2008:
Drivers are coming under increasing pressure to switch to low-carbon-emitting cars
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16 Mar 2008:
People owning investment bonds issued by life insurance companies advised to hold on to them
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16 Mar 2008:
Homeowners may be able to insure themselves against a fall in the value of their home under new proposals
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16 Mar 2008:
We are facing a global financial crisis and last week it got a whole lot worse, with US banks being bailed out, markets in panic and millions losing their homes. Heather Stewart, Nick Mathiason and Heather Connon look at the potentially disastrous backdrop to Alistair Darling's promise of stability in his Budget
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