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Brown ally joins calls for windfall tax

One of Gordon Brown’s closest allies has joined calls for a windfall tax on energy companies. Former paymaster general Geoffrey Robinson appears on a petition of over 50 Labour MPs calling for energy and oil company profits to be directed towards lower income families struggling to keep their homes warm during the winter. The petition,… Read more »

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Unemployment and inflation on the rise
Unemployment and inflation on the rise

UK unemployment continues to increase as new figures show inflation figures remain well above target. Some 20,100 more people claimed government assistance for unemployment in July, taking the total to 864,700, new Office of National Statistics (ONS) figures show. The increase was the largest monthly rise since December 1992 and followed a similar rise in… Read more »