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Observer repeating right-wing spin on inheritance tax

Andrew Rawnsley has an excellent article in today’s Observer on the changing politics of inheritance tax. In the era of deficits and looming austerity, the Conservative pledge looks less canny than when it was first announced in 2007, as if the one group that the Conservatives can find some tax...

Banks forced to reveal numbers of £1m staff

New laws created in the wake of Sir David Walker's report will compel banks to say how many of their staff earn more than £1m, but 'high end' earners' names will not be revealedBanks will be forced to reveal how many of their employees earn more than £1m a year under new laws expected to show t...

OECD: Darling can't afford giveaway

As budget deficit hits £11.4bn, economic thinktank expects a weaker upturn for Britain over next two yearsThe Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development today warned Alistair Darling that he could not afford pre-election giveaways, as official figures revealed that last month was the...

TomTom Adds Text-to-Speech to iPhone

A new upgrade to TomTom's iPhone GPS app attempts to bring its feature set up to its rivals'.

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UK urges divided G20 to reach climate finance deal

British finance minister Alistair Darling urged his G20 counterparts to work toward a $100bn deal on tackling climate change as developing nations held firm they did not want to talk about it ...