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Popcorn sales have probably skyrocketed as investors gazed transfixed at the market mayhem of 2020…

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(Image by: magnus) What has the UK government got against young people? Why is it obsessed with pulling up the drawbridge to anyone who’d like to buy a home but who can’t afford (or won’t pay) credit bubble prices? I will declare my interest: I rent, having decided several years ago that housing was too [...]

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As a saver whose income is modestly into the higher tax bracket, yesterday’s pre-budget report wasn’t great. Here are the main measures designed to get Labour re-elected and stimulate the economy: Spend now: Temporary cut in VAT, from 17.5% to 15% (until December 2009) Extra £60 to pensioners in January Early increase in child tax [...]

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