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MPs condemn introduction of air passenger duty rise
Brown’s airline taxes under fire

Gordon Brown has come under fire from MPs for raising airline taxes before the House of Commons has a chance to approve them. A doubling of air passenger duty was a key plank of the chancellor’s pre-Budget report last autumn, and was hailed as proof of his commitment to environmental issues. But today the Treasury… Read more »

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ONS figures shows cost of living at ten-year high
Inflation rises to ten-year high

The cost of living has risen by three per cent, the highest level since records began ten years ago, new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show. The increase in consumer price index (CPI) inflation has been largely driven by higher fuel costs, partly due to the chancellor’s fuel duty hike on December… Read more »