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Prime Minister Gordon Brown on 7 April, after he delivered an election speech to Labour supporters in London's Centre Point building

8th April 2010 Parties square up as month-long election campaign begins

Business and the economy have dominated early campaigning as the UK prepares for a 6 May general election. On Tuesday the prime minister finally confirmed the widely anticipated date, leaving...

1st April 2010 Scrappage incentive runs its course

The Government's scrappage scheme, which offered a £2,000 incentive for the owners of older cars and light vans to trade them in for a newer model, has come to an end after 10 months. Hailed by...

25th March 2010 Business cautious on Budget's 'modest but helpful changes'

Business groups have given a mixed reaction to yesterday's Budget, Alistair Darling's last of this Government. In what many commentators see as a finely balanced, political budget ahead of this...

19th March 2010 Business group urges rethink on 'gridlocked' roads

Britain's roads are a cause of "frustration and delays" for business drivers and are costing the economy billions of pounds each year, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has said. And a...

12th March 2010 Relief as agreement settles Royal Mail dispute

Both Royal Mail and the union representing around 120,000 of its workforce have welcomed an agreement which settles their dispute over pay and working practices. The disagreement, which centred...

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