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Daily Mail, 06.01.09 19:03 UTC

Cabinet away-days to discuss financial crisis cost taxpayer £600,000

Gordon Brown's 'gimmick' of holding Cabinet meetings outside London has cost taxpayers an eye-watering Â£600,000. The Prime Minister has taken every senior member of the Government on a string of ...

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Telegraph, 06.01.09 16:31 UTC

Government criticised over £200,000 bill for Cabinet away-day

Gordon Brown's decision to hold a cabinet meeting outside of London cost the taxpayer up to £200,000, new figures suggested yesterday.

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Telegraph, 06.01.09 15:01 UTC

Church of England publishes prayer for the redundant

The Church of England has published a new prayer for the growing ranks of the unemployed to help them through troubled times.

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Times Online Business, 06.01.09 15:00 UTC

Church of England launches redundancy prayers

The Church of England today published new prayers for people affected by redundancy as the recession bit and thousands of employees returned to work not knowing if their jobs were secure. A second ...

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Daily Mail, 06.01.09 13:31 UTC

200 shops to close EVERY DAY this year as experts warn many high streets will become ghost towns

Comments ( 75 ) Add to My Stories Two hundreds shops will close every day this year in a high street bloodbath set to turn many centres into ghost towns. In the latest dire trading forecast for the ...

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Daily Mail, 06.01.09 12:02 UTC

Government spends £200,000 on Cabinet away-day... to discuss Britain's financial crisis

The Government spent around Â£200,000 on taking every single member of the Cabinet out of London for one day, it emerged today. An away-day in November the discuss the economic crisis cost the ...

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Belfast Telegraph, 06.01.09 02:33 UTC

Villanueva strike sees Blackburn put Spartans to the sword

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The Independent, 06.01.09 02:04 UTC

Villanueva strike puts Spartans to the sword

They decided not to parade their FA Cup heroes of 1978 on the pitch at the home of Blyth Spartans last night. Thirty-one years having past since the Spartans of yore came within a disputed last ...

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guardian.co.uk, 05.01.09 15:03 UTC

Adams sheds 850 jobs as administrators close 111 shops

. Around 850 people lost their jobs at the failed childrenswear chain Adams today when administrators announced the closure of 111 stores. The remaining 160 stores, which employ 2,350 staff, will ...

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guardian.co.uk, 05.01.09 00:33 UTC

Transport minister backs £4.5bn rail hub for Heathrow

. A new £4.5bn international rail exchange for Heathrow airport is being backed by the transport minister, Lord Adonis, as a top contender for a series of projects that will follow the approval of ...