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Chancellor praises ABAC’s ‘statewide brand’

Moultrie Observer--Local News (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009

Chancellor 'ducking big decisions' as main measures delayed till after election

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling has announced a pay squeeze for millions of public sector workers and a national insurance hike as he tried to rebuild shattered public finances.

Chancellor 'ducking big decisions' as main measures delayed till after election

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | yesterday

CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling has announced a pay squeeze for millions of public sector workers and a National Insurance hike as he tried to rebuild shattered public finances.

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Iain Gray 'humiliated' after Chancellor refuses multi-million pound advance

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday

Labour's Holyrood leader has been "humiliated" after Chancellor Alistair Darling ignored his pleas for Scotland to be handed a multi-million pound advance, it has been claimed.

Britain's chancellor unveils pre-budget report

People Daily (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer on Wednesday unveiled his pre-budget report, revealing anew one-off tax on bankers' bonuses, an increase in Value Added Tax, a forecast fall in GDP of 4.75 percent for 2009, and higher-than-expected government borrowing requirement of 178 billion pounds for this year. Chancellor Alistair Darling, the UK's finance minister, revealed his pre-budget...

Pre-Budget report: the Chancellor's grim fairytale taxes even the most credulous optimist

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Chancellor confirmed in numbers what we already knew in reality: that the country's economic position is grim. We are almost 5pc poorer than a year ago and the Government is having to borrow 12pc of GDP - around £175bn - this year and next.

Chancellor extends youth training guarantee

News from People Management (Free subscription) | yesterday

The chancellor has announced that unemployed young people will have to wait only six months to be guaranteed a work or training placement, rather than a year.

Chancellor admits recession is worse than expected

EADT24 - News (Free subscription) | yesterday

CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling admitted today that the recession was far deeper than he had predicted and announced a public sector pay squeeze to help pay off spiralling national debt.

Chancellor Alistair Darling today warned there was "still uncertainty" for the UK economy

Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday

CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling today warned there was "still uncertainty" for the UK economy but predicted a return to growth by "the turn of the year".

Chancellor unveils tax-and-spend plan

icWales (Free subscription) | yesterday

ALISTAIR DARLING yesterday unveiled a tax-and-spend pre-Budget report aimed at setting the scene for the General Election.

Liverpool News: Chancellor Alistair Darling today warned there was "still uncertainty" for the UK economy

Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk - Liverpool News (Free subscription) | yesterday

CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling today warned there was "still uncertainty" for the UK economy but predicted a return to growth by "the turn of the year".

Chancellor set to reduce dependence on financial services

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009

CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling will today outline measures to reduce the UK economy's dependance on the financial services.

Chancellor set to reduce dependence on financial services

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009

CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling will today outline measures to reduce the UK economy's dependance on the financial services.

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Bankers bonuses targeted by British chancellor in pre-budget report

People Daily (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

The headline announcement in Wednesday's pre-budget report (PBR) by British Chancellor Alistair Darling was a one-off tax on bankers' bonuses of 50 percent. There had been much pre-budget speculation about what the chancellor, the British finance minister, would do faced with the return of large bonuses for bankers. The chancellor told the House of Commons in his PBR that he would...

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U.K.’s Chancellor Alistair Darling is Levying a 50% Tax on Bank Bonuses!

Spook And Muffin's Relaxed Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday

Chancellor Darling of the United Kingdom has decided that a one-off 50% tax on bonuses paid by banks is right and necessary. Chancellor Alistair Darling has announced plans for a one-off super-tax on bankers’ bonuses as part of his pre-Budget report. He introduced a temporary levy of 50% on any individual discretionary bonus paid above £25,000. Mr Darling [...]

• Darling unveils plans to cut UK’s ballooning debt - Finance Markets
• Bankers’ bonuses hit with temporary tax - Banking Times: Daily Banking News