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Growing number of workers come out in support of hospitality strikes on 4 October
The BFAWU to ballot Wetherspoons workers at two pubs in Brighton.
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By Alex Stevenson and Ian Dunt The City’s bankers found themselves £800 million worse off this morning after chancellor George Osborne unexpectedly hiked taxes. The bank levy, a permanent annual tax rather than a windfall levy, was originally being phased in to the full 0.075% rate. This morning Mr Osborne scrapped the incremental rate with… Read more »
By Peter Wozniak A ministerial meeting with Britain’s biggest banks has been overshadowed by the stormcloud hanging over the business secretary. The talks were postponed yesterday when the chancellor was stuck in New York after he became a victim of the adverse weather conditions disrupting air travel. Debate over the Christmas round of bank bonuses… Read more »