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LONDON, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Bonuses paid to staff members of Britain's nationalized Northern Rock bank have provoked criticism from some corners, support from others.
LONDON, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Officials in England are condemning a credit card with a 227 percent annual rate of interest being marketed to families hard-pressed to pay for Christmas.
LONDON, July 8 (UPI) -- The British Treasury is looking at a budget deficit of nearly $15 billion next year, due to the nation's sliding economy, a research group said.
LONDON, April 15 (UPI) -- British officials have approved a hefty settlement to an Iraqi teenager left paralyzed when a soldier's rifle went off accidentally.
LONDON, March 28 (UPI) -- Lenders in Britain are raising rates and tightening restrictions as the pace of new mortgages has fallen by one-third.
LONDON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The number of employees working in Britain's public sector who earn at least $195,000 a year increased more than three-fold in the last five years.
LONDON, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Britain's Liberal Democrats plans for the economy ahead of the coming election include an increase in the top rate of tax.
CHATHAM, England, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Britain under Labor is experiencing the greatest economic growth and stability in generations, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Thursday.
LONDON, July 12 (UPI) -- Britain's Labor government announced Monday its plan to slash 104,000 government jobs in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the BBC reported.
