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    <title><![CDATA[New Blow for Osborne as IMF Warns Austerity is Stunting UK Economy]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[IMF concludes UK visit by warning George Osborne: &#039;Slow growth could permanently damage medium-term growth prospects.&#039;]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Security Minister James Brokenshire: We are Tackling Cyber-Crime [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Home Office minister dismisses fears of police cuts undermining fight as FSB report reveals £785bn cost to small firms.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Stephen Hester: RBS Balance Sheet is Transformed]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[RBS boss Hester says bank on route to full health, bringing UK government stake sale closer to reality.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 07:18:27 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[UK Deficit Drop Bolsters Chancellor George Osborne]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[ONS data shows deficit falling faster than forecast by Office for Budget Responsibility.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:34:30 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Jamie Dimon Escapes JP Morgan Shareholder Revolt as London Whale Losses Forgiven]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Dimon retains dual chairman and chief executive role at JP Morgan as effort to unseat him fails in shareholder vote.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 04:15:54 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Oil Price Rigging Probe: European Commission Asks Traders for Evidence]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[EU Commission writes to oil market traders asking for evidence of allegations of price fixing by Shell, BP, Platts and Statoil]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 10:45:39 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[UK Inflation at Seven-Month Low Driven Down by Fuel Prices]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[April&#039;s CPI inflation reading drops to 2.4% from March&#039;s 2.8%, reports ONS.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 04:38:37 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Iain Duncan Smith's Work Programme 'Failing the Vulnerable']]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Work and Pensions Committee launches attack on government&#039;s flagship welfare-to-work programme.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 02:47:59 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Cyber Crime Costs Small Businesses £785m a Year]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Federation of Small Businesses report found members were losing on average £4,000 each from cyber crime.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 02:40:28 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Capitalism is Sweet: Hotel Chocolat and its Very Tempting £4m Chocolate Bonds]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Peter Harris, co-founder of British chocolatier Hotel Chocolat, spoke about how his firm raised more then £4m from &quot;chocolate bonds&quot;.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 09:50:04 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Vince Cable: British Business Bank's Funds Pegged for 2014]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[UK business secretary said EU state aid law will mean £1bn business bank will not pay out for another year.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[UK Tax Avoidance: Ed Balls Spells out Labour's Five-Point Manifesto]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Labour unveils plans to clamp down on tax avoidance following Google, Amazon and Starbucks furore.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Mark Carney's Bank of England 'More Independent than Under Mervyn King']]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Amit Kara, UBS European economist, tells IBTimes UK about BoE&#039;s future under Mark Carney.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:42:14 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[BBA's Simon Hills: Mark Carney Should Stop BoE's Gilt Purchases]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[British Bankers&#039; Association&#039;s executive director says that Carney should buy &quot;real economy assets,&quot; such as securitised SME loans.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Mark Carney 'will Start BoE Governorship with Mistakes']]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[UBS economist Amit Kara tells ACCA debate that Mark Carney&#039;s Bank of England will get off to bad start in July.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 07:58:06 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Occupy Economics: Break up UK Banks or Risk Another Financial Crisis]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Occupy movement launches new campaign to break up &#039;too big to fail&#039; banks in London&#039;s Canary Wharf.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 09:58:08 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Lloyds Edges Closer to UK Government Stake Sale]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Lloyds AGM hears of &quot;significant progress&quot; made by bank in 2012 as share price soared 85% across year.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 07:40:05 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[UK Uncut Loses High Court Challenge to HMRC's 'Sweetheart Deal' with Goldman Sachs]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[HMRC deal to let Goldman Sachs off millions of tax it owed was lawful, rules high court.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 04:56:54 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[London's Financial Freedom: Boris Johnson Dream May Make Capital Worse Off]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[London Finance Commission recommends greater fiscal autonomy for London, but capital risks losing out if tax yield drops.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 03:04:49 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Boris Johnson: Government Must Give London its Tax Back]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Capital&#039;s mayor backs London Finance Commission demand for devolved power and financial autonomy.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 09:22:53 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Chart in Focus: Britons Get Poorer as UK Tumbles Down World Disposable Income Rankings]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[ONS data shows impact of high inflation and paltry wage growth on household disposable income.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 10:16:03 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Australia's Wayne Swan Rallies G20 Over Corporate Tax Evasion]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Australian Treasurer Swan sets tone for country&#039;s 2014 chairing of G20 group with stance on global tax cheats.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 07:09:37 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[UK-EU Trade Grows as David Cameron Publishes In-Out Referendum Bill]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[UK imports and exports with EU lift in March as membership debate rages on.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 05:24:30 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[AELP's Graham Hoyle: Work Programme Failing and Flawed]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Hoyle, who represents 70% of Work Programme providers, said scheme&#039;s concept good but execution bad.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 02:49:42 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Shadow Equalities Minister Kate Green Attacks UK Work Programme]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Welfare-to-work schemes will never work until the labour market has decent jobs, warned Green.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 02:44:49 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[UK Income Squeeze: A Fair Day's Wage for a Fair Day's Work?]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Government cuts, VAT rise, underemployment - Shane Croucher asks - how much more are Britons supposed to take?]]></description>
    <guid>http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/467142/20130513/uk-employment-jobs-wages-welfare-cuts-austerity.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 07:05:50 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[UK Employment Will Rise as Wage Decline Continues]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[CIPD labour market outlook says second quarter will be fifth consecutive quarter of jobs growth.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 05:12:25 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Debunking Myths About EU Immigration to the UK]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[As Britain prepares for 2014 EU restrictions removal on Romania and Bulgaria migration, Shane Croucher explores immigration myths.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 11:01:50 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[UK Shale Gas Revolution: Environmental Benefits Are Clear]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Business leaders insist shale gas will lower carbon emissions and is cleaner than coal and oil.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 07:23:36 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Djibouti's UK Trade Dream: Reforms and Reproach [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[IBTimes UK explores Djibouti&#039;s mission to forge stronger financial ties to the UK amid political protests]]></description>
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