Pressure mounts for small business tax cut

A group of MPs and small businesses are tearing into Alistair Darling over an upcoming increase in corporation tax for small businesses.
The tax was announced by Gordon Brown in the 2007 Budget, and was controversial then, but now it is seen as cruel and unusual.
MPs, including Labour ones, have signed a petition to get the [...]

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Darling, Brown and Mandy: step up or step back

Recent events have turned the spotlight on the government’s anaemic response to UK businesses’ troubles.
Barack Obama says: “Yes we can!”; Gordon Brown says: “Let’s form a committee to discuss whether we can or not and then at a later date make a decision which will underpin ongoing discussions”.
Obama’s economic pledges may be a tad unrealistic: [...]

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