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RBS Cuts 1,400 Jobs, HSBC Co...
Edinburgh-based Royal Bank of Scotland plans to axe over 1,400 jobs during its next round of layoffs. The troubled financial services firm is currently 81 percent owned by taxpayers after it was baile...
Petrol Price Investigation &...
A recent inquiry into price fixing by major petrol companies such as BP and Shell has been called ‘limp-wristed and lettuce-like’ by a Conservative MP. Robert Halfon, an MP for Harlow, cla...
Profits over people in the p...
Recently a rumor has been swirling around the UK that secretary of health Andrew Lansley wants to get rid of the cap on the proportion of income that NHS institutions can earn. The cap currently sits...
Government reveals scheme to...
Government has revealed yet another plan to try to ignite the economy and have committed to providing £1 billion to be used by lenders to help them lower the cost of lending to both households and fi...