Those Budget leaks. Who should you believe?
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Many different predictions have been made about measures likely to be included by UK Chancellor Gordon Brown in his Budget on Mar 17, 1998. The Mail newspaper, for example, predicts that the 80,000 pounds sterling ceiling at which directors pay 35% tax on luxury cars will be removed. The Sunday Times predicts that Brown will use the 700 million pounds sterling that would be raised by means-testing middle-class benefits to increase the level of child benefit for the first-born child by more than inflation. The Observer predicts that additional funding will be found for health and education.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1998
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Why reform of the labour markets is the key to economic growth
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It is widely acknowledged that the labour market is the key element in economic developments in the UK at present. If the number of jobs continues to rise and there are clear signs of earnings growth accelerating, then another rise in interest rates will be implemented. The labour market will also play a vital role in the government's longer-term economic plans. It will be necessary to boost workforce productivity, as well as investment and innovation, if the trend rate at which the economy can grow is to be increased.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1998
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