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The figures will be bad news for the government which is due to start cutting public spending in earnest early in 2011, and will cast doubt on market expectations that the Bank of England will raise interest rates in the first half of …

Irish voters look set for a general election on Friday, February 25, after the minority Government and main opposition parties struck a deal to put Budget 2011 into law. – Karameloo News U.K. – Latest World News and UK News Headlines.

LONDON (Reuters) – Almost a third of Britain’s small and medium-sized companies say they will need more funding to cope with the government’s increase in VAT sales tax, a survey showed on Monday. – Karameloo News U.K. – Latest World …

LONDON (Reuters) – Almost a third of Britain’s small and medium-sized companies say they will need more funding to cope with the government’s increase in VAT sales tax, a survey showed on Monday. – Karameloo News U.K. – Latest World …

LONDON (Reuters) – Former prime minister Gordon Brown asked police last summer to investigate whether messages on his phone had been illegally intercepted, a source said on Sunday, escalating a row that has embarrassed the government.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli inquiry cleared the government and military on Sunday of wrongdoing in the bloody seizure of a Turkish aid ship that tried to breach the Gaza blockade, saying passengers were to blame for the violence.

David Cameron is to set out his determination to modernise public services, saying he wants reform to be a legacy of his government. – Karameloo News U.K. – Latest World News and UK News Headlines.

Cabinet minister Philip Hammond said the award, which follows claims that the Government has backed down in its battle with the banks, was “not welcome news ”. Mr Daniels is entitled to a £2.3 million maximum bonus, set at 225% of salary …

Mr Justice Wyn Williams, sitting in London, ruled the Government’s current policy on detaining families with children pending deportation was not unlawful, but – in Tuesday’s cases – it had not been applied by the UK Border …

The Government must take action to ease the suffering of people with long-term pain, according to a report from the Patients Association. – Karameloo News U.K. – Latest World News and UK News Headlines.