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SNP accuses Blair of hiding Barnett formula plans

SNP leader Alex Salmond has accused Prime Minister Tony Blair of hiding the truth about the Government’s future plans for the Barnett formula. The SNP says the Government is keeping secret material requested under the Freedom of Information Act on the formula, which governs the proportion of government spending allocated to Scotland. Scottish nationalists want… Read more »

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Metro rival given go-ahead

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has given the go-ahead for a free afternoon or evening paper to be distributed to London commuters. The announcement follows an OFT investigation into the rights of Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), publisher of the Metro and the Evening Standard, which has in the past claimed the exclusive right to… Read more »