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Govt faces compensation backdating pressure
Labour backbenchers maintain 10p pressure

Leading Labour rebels Frank Field and Greg Pope are continuing their campaign to ensure income tax compensation is backdated. The pair met with chancellor Alistair Darling yesterday and, in a statement last night, revealed they are maintaining pressure on the government over the issue. Two weeks have passed since Mr Darling and Gordon Brown were… Read more »

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Fourteen overseas territories favour British sovereignty
Govt ‘neglecting’ overseas territories

Britain’s 14 overseas territories are being poorly managed by the government, MPs have said. A report from the Commons’ public accounts committee (PAC) says regulation needs to be improved for the territories’ financial services industries. Some, like Bermuda, are major financial centres but investigations and prosecutions of money laundering need to be tightened, the report… Read more »