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Vince Cable believes the Labour government is to blame for the banking crisis
Cable calls for 10% levy on bank profits

By Emmeline Saunders Liberal Democrat shadow chancellor Vince Cable has criticised high-risk “casino banking” and called for a ten per cent levy on bank profits this year to tackle the national deficit. The money raised by the banking sector would create £2 billion revenue to help plug the debt it in part created, Mr Cable… Read more »

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Feul prices are behind the rise, according to experts
Inflation up as prices rise

By politics.co.uk staff The first rise in in the Bank of England’s inflation benchmark since February has been announced. A rise in petrol prices is thought to be behind the rise, with the consumer prices index (CPI) rising from 1.1 per cent in September to 1.5 per cent in October, according to the Office of… Read more »