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Straw to outline EU budget proposals

Foreign secretary Jack Straw is today expected to put forward its proposals for European Union budget reform ahead of a crunch meeting of member states in a fortnight’s time. Tony Blair met with eastern European leaders last week to try to secure their support for a deal on the 2007-13 EU budget, where he indicated… Read more »

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Brown backtracks over economic forecasts

Gordon Brown has today been forced to downgrade his economic growth predictions as he made his pre-Budget statement to the House of Commons. The chancellor admitted that Britain’s economy was not increasing at the rate he predicted in March’s Budget – between three and 3.5 per cent – but in fact was growing at 1.75… Read more »