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	<title>Always win when you&#039;re singing &#187; economy</title>
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		<title>Labour says criticism by IFS thinktank on cuts is misleading</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m no economist. I&#8217;m not going to get into micro-analysis of the Budget or today&#8217;s IFS report. But I think those Labour supporters jumping to proclaim the general wonderfulness of the IFS, should remember what they thought of the IFS when they were in government. Related posts:A fisking of Labour schmaltz Watford&#8217;s Labour Party really [...]


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		<title>A Major chance for Gordon?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Girdon Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hillaire Belloc]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So the Tories haven&#8217;t sealed the deal yet. There seems to be a great deal of puzzlement as to why HM Official Opposition isn&#8217;t gliding gracefully into the role of HM Government, most of all from the Conservatives themselves. Even Labour seem confused. Some believe that the Conservatives have been only too ready to sit [...]


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		<title>The George giveth and the George taketh away</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/the-george-giveth-and-the-george-taketh-away/</link>
		<comments>http://sarabedford.org.uk/the-george-giveth-and-the-george-taketh-away/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baby bonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Osborne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inheritance tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax credits]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The papers give a big fanfare to George Osborne&#8217;s announcement that he will cut the benefits paid to the middle classes, by removing tax credits for people earning over £50,000, and stopping Child Trust Funds for all but the poorest third of families. The Daily Mail gives the total amount saved by these changes as [...]


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<li><a href='http://sarabedford.org.uk/ive-come-over-all-daily-mail-today/' rel='bookmark' title='I&#8217;ve come over all &#8216;Daily Mail&#8217; today'>I&#8217;ve come over all &#8216;Daily Mail&#8217; today</a></li>
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		<title>R4&#039;s new &#039;I&#039;m the Chancellor&#039; slot</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/r4s-new-im-the-chancellor-slot/</link>
		<comments>http://sarabedford.org.uk/r4s-new-im-the-chancellor-slot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarabedford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alistair Darling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gordon Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chancellor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ed Balls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenys Kinnock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter mandelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Montague]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday&#8217;s Radio 4 &#8216;Today&#8217; programme saw Thought for the Day followed by a new slot &#8211; &#8216;I&#8217;m the Chancellor&#8217;. Yesterday the slot was filled by Peter Mandelson, who announced that the Comprehensive Spending Review would be postponed until after the next General Election. Mandelson said that he &#8220;believed that the Chancellor has made that judgement&#8221;, [...]


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		<title>Am I qualified to be a bank director?</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/am-i-qualified-to-be-a-bank-director/</link>
		<comments>http://sarabedford.org.uk/am-i-qualified-to-be-a-bank-director/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarabedford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the four bankers grilled before the Treasury Select Committee yesterday, none of them held any formal banking qualifications. Can I therefore put myself forward with my Chartered Institute of Bankers qualification &#8211; and a lot more political nous that that lot put together? Related posts:Sex, drugs &#38; rock &#039;n&#039; roll


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		<title>If a chef can&#039;t support what comes out of his kitchens, who can?</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/if-a-chef-cant-support-what-comes-out-of-his-kitchens-who-can/</link>
		<comments>http://sarabedford.org.uk/if-a-chef-cant-support-what-comes-out-of-his-kitchens-who-can/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarabedford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antony Worrall Thompson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lloyds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve got nothing against celebrity chefs. In fact, Matt Tebbut can come and cook for me anytime. But although I&#8217;m more of a Market Kitchen girl than a Ready Steady Cook fan, I&#8217;ve got nothing against Antony Worrall Thompson &#8211; except that he&#8217;s an opponent of the smoking ban and once fancied himself as the [...]


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		<title>Vince makes sense &#8211; again!</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/vince-makes-sense-again/</link>
		<comments>http://sarabedford.org.uk/vince-makes-sense-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarabedford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vince Cable]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Robert Mugabe]]></category>

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