Tony keeps it tight
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Blair's Labor Party will be unable to reach its spending goals unless it limits increases in the public wage bill, an action likely to alienate public-sector unions. Controlling public wages could also lead to difficulty recruiting and retaining public employees such as teachers, nurses and doctors.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1997
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Mr Brown serves up a surprise; Britain's reform of financial regulation is certainly bold. Is it smart?
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The Labour Party's Gordon Brown has given the Securities and Investments Board (SIB) wide new powers. The SIB will take over the duties of four regulatory boards governing the supervision of the Bank of England, the stock and bond markets and other financial services institutions.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1997
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