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Barclays boss warns of exodus of the bankers
The president of Britain's second largest bank has issued a veiled threat that the country's elite financiers could join a mass exodus from the City of London if the Government pushes ahead with a bonus supertax today.
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'Growth, jobs and fairness' to shape Pre-Budget Report new
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
"Growth, jobs and fairness" will be the key elements of today's Pre-Budget Report, Chancellor Alistair Darling told a special meeting of Cabinet today.
Parents plan to sue buggy maker new
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Parents who claim their children's fingertips were severed by Maclaren buggies today announced plans to sue the beleaguered British-based manufacturer.
'Doherty and his cronies were in some way culpable'
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Kevin Rawlinson: Sheila Blanco is determined to prove that her son Mark was pushed to his death
127 dead as bombers aim for heart of government
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Five devices including three suicide bombs bring carnage to Baghdad ministries on the day national elections are announced
Darling under fire as UK edges nearer to credit downgrade
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Chancellor told to cut budget deficit as Moody's warns on country's rating
Critics round on Hague over trip to corrupt isles
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Andy McSmith: Shadow Foreign Secretary refuses to disclose reason for his visit to Turks and Caicos
Form MI5 officer's memoir appeal to be held in secret new
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
A former MI5 officer fighting for the right to publish his memoirs today lost his battle to have the case heard in open court.
Police resume river search for missing clubber new
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Police will dredge a river for a second time today in search of a nightclubber who went missing 10 days ago.
Chief executive stepping down at easyJet new
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
The boss of low-cost airline easyJet is to leave the company next summer, it was announced today.
Hannibal actor Brian Cox to play Speaker of the House of Commons in expenses drama new
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Brian Cox, the actor best known for his roles as Hannibal Lecter and the corrupt CIA boss in two of the Bourne movies, was today lined up to play former House of Commons Speaker Michael Martin.
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