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Slow growth means delay in tax hike

Planned tax rises will have to be delayed until 2007 because of weak growth in the economy, according to an independent economic forecasting group. The Ernst & Young Item Club said the weakness in the economy, with growth likely to fall to 2.1 per cent this year, will make it harder to plug chancellor Gordon… Read more »

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Children to be given free books

Children will be given free books as part of a new drive to promote reading, the government will announce this week. Under the £27 million scheme, to be unveiled by education secretary Ruth Kelly, children under the under of four will get a free bag of books. Ms Kelly will detail plans to give out… Read more »