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Obama vows to tax cash-rich Wall Street
Britain's banks face a bn (£612m) annual levy to meet Barack Obama's 10-year "financial crisis responsibility fee", which was announced today by a US president infuriated at Wall Street's plans to pay out multimillion-pound bonuses.
Russia comes to the rescue as Norwegian gas supplies to Britain falter
Russia rescued British energy consumers by ensuring a steady flow of gas into the power network as supplies from Norway faltered during the cold weather, industry customers users said today.
Parliamentary Question - Osteoarthritis of the Knee
Parliamentary Question - Osteoarthritis of the Knee
Coal - is it a competitor to new nuclear?
With the development of ‘clean’ technologies, coal could continue to play a major part in the generation mix. But first both technical and economic challenges need to be overcome.
Power firms face accusations of profiteering from big freeze
Energy companies have been accused of profiteering by failing to pass on steep falls in world gas prices to consumers at a time when bitterly cold weather means soaring bills for tens of millions of customers.
These cuts are the pits
Hundreds of thousands of retired miners and their widows face pension cuts because the Government is imposing miserly new rules.
Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith wants private pensions to rise in line with the Consumer Prices Index rather than the Retail Prices Index. It doesn’t soun
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Fraud 'a cover for hurting the poor'
Trade unionists have accused David Cameron of using benefit fraud as "cover for swingeing cuts to genuine claimants."
Speaking last week Mr Cameron described benefit fraud and error as "the one area of ingrained waste that outranks all others."
However the TUC said that, while all fraud should b
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These cuts won't hurt a bit. Unless you're young or poor
This is only the appetiser, not even the first course, just the amuse-bouche to whet the appetite. With a hint of lip-smacking relish for the coming cuts, George Osborne and David Laws today sharpened their knives. There were no expressions of regret, not even a crocodile tear or two for the real
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INDIA' RELIANCE ON COAL
India claimed to be a front-runner among developing nations for emissions disclosure today with its first national survey of greenhouse gases in more than a decade.
The government study based on 2007 data showed a sharp increase in industrial activity since the last assessment in 1994 has made Indi
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