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            <title><![CDATA[New legislation on payment services to deliver benefits for consumers and businesses]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_11_09.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Government yesterday laid before Parliament regulations to implement the EU Payment Services Directive (PSD) into UK legislation...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Independent review of corporate governance of UK banking industry by Sir David Walker]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_10_09.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and the Financial Services Secretary to the Treasury today announced a review to recommend measures to improve the corporate governance of UK banks, ...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Protecting consumers in the sale and rent back market]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_09_09.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Government is today launching a consultation document on strengthening protection for vulnerable homeowners.  The Government is proposing that companies offering sale and rent back agreements, which may target homeowners facing repossession, ...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[UK official holdings of international reserves]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_01_09.htm]]></link>
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            <title><![CDATA[UK official holdings of international reserves]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_08_09.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[Part I: UK Government Foreign Currency Assets and Liabilities – January 2009    1.  UK Government net reserves fell by $166 million in January 2009, ...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Statement to the House of Commons on Bank Lending]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/statement_chx_190109.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[Mr Speaker, with permission, I want to make a statement on today’s announcements on bank lending.   The House will, I hope, understand that it was necessary to issue a market notice this morning, in the usual way.  ...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Statement on the Government’s Asset protection scheme]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_07_09.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[As part of a a comprehensive package designed to reinforce the stability of the financial system, to increase confidence and capacity to lend, and in turn to support the recovery of the economy the Government is today announcing...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Statement on financial intervention to support lending in the economy ]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_05_09.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[With the global economic downturn intensifying in the past two months, the Government is today announcing a comprehensive package designed to reinforce the stability of the financial system, to increase confidence and capacity to lend...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Government Responds to Equitable Life Report]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_04_09.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Government has today responded to the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s Report into the prudential regulation of the Equitable Life Assurance Society from 1988 to December 2001...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[HM Treasury and FSA announce partners for &pound;12 million Money Guidance pathfinder]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_03_09.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The first group of partners, who will help to deliver the new &pound;12 million Money Guidance pathfinder, were announced today by HM Treasury and the Financial Services Authority (FSA). ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Four millionth Child Trust Fund milestone reached]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_02_09.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Economic Secretary, Ian Pearson MP, announced today that over four million Child Trust Fund accounts have been opened since they were introduced in 2005, ...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[UK official holdings of international reserves]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_131_08.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[Part I: UK Government Foreign Currency Assets and Liabilities – November 2008.  UK Government net reserves rose by $2,248 million in November 2008, bringing the end-November total to $26,487 million (&pound;17,263 million1) compared with $24,239 million ...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[1.5 million people to benefit from free cash machines in low-income areas]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_139_08.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[Around 1.5 million people will benefit from the placement of over 600 non-charging cash machines in low income areas, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Ian Pearson MP, and Treasury Select Committee Chairman, John McFall MP announced today.  ...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Changes to Credit Guarantee Scheme]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_138_08.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Government is today announcing proposals for changes to the Credit Guarantee Scheme]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Change in Bonus Rates for SAYE sharesave scheme]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_137_08.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Government today announced changes in the bonus rates for the Save As You Earn (SAYE) Sharesave scheme that will maintain them in line with other interest rates.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Regional press notices]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_128_08.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Government is today providing details of the regional impact of the &pound;20 billion fiscal stimulus announced by the Chancellor in the Pre-Budget report on Monday 24 November.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Government launches consultation on Islamic finance in the UK]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_136_08.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[A joint Treasury–FSA consultation on proposals for the legislative framework for the regulation of alternative finance investment bonds, which include sukuk, was launched today by Ian Pearson MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury.  ...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Homeowner Mortgage Support Scheme]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_135_08.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Government today announced further details of the Homeowner Mortgage Support Scheme, intended to provide greater assurance to homeowners that they will be able to remain in their homes if they suffer a temporary fall in income, but are expected to rec]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Monetary Policy Committee Appointment]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_133_08.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Chancellor today announced that David Blanchflower, external member of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), will step down when his term expires at the end of May 2009...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bank of England - Deputy Governor]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_134_08.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[Her Majesty The Queen has been pleased to approve, under the Bank of England Act 1998, the appointment of Paul Tucker to succeed Sir John Gieve as the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England for Financial Stability. This appointment is for a period of ...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce Dinner]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/speech_chex_041208.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[Let me start by thanking the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce for the invitation to address you all tonight. And it is a pleasure to be able to do so in my own constituency. ...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Supplementary documents index]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/prebud_pbr08_docindex.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[Supplementary documents published alongside the Pre-Budget Report 2008]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[New scheme to help people at risk of repossession]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_132_08.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Government today announced a new scheme to help people who suffer a temporary loss of income stay in their home.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Independent Review into British Offshore Financial centres]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_130_08.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Government today announced that Michael Foot, currently Chairman of the UK office of Promontory Financial Group, will lead the independent review of British offshore financial centres announced at Pre-Budget Report 2008...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pre-Budget Report 2008]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/prebud_pbr08_index.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Pre-Budget Report 2008, ' Facing global challenges: supporting people through difficult times', is published today 24 November 2008.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[London Scottish Bank plc]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_129_08.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[HM Treasury has taken decisive action to protect the interests of retail depositors and wider financial stability following London Scottish Bank plc entering administration. ...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Statement on Banks and Building Societies]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_126_08.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Government announced a package of support for financial stability on 8 October, and set out how it would apply to individual banks on 13 October and 18 November. It made further announcements in the Pre-Budget Report on arrangements to work ...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Duties on Alcohol]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_127_08.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[In the Pre-Budget Report on Monday 24 November, the Government announced that it would increase duties on tax paid on tobacco, alcohol and petrol to offset the temporary cut in VAT to 15 per cent so that prices remained broadly unchanged. ...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Winter Supplementary Estimates 2008-09]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_124_08.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Winter Supplementary Estimates, presented to the House of Commons today, seek authority for expenditure by government departments of &pound;7.4bn in resources and &pound;32.1bn in cash]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Vote on Account 2009-10]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_125_08.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[A Vote on Account for &pound;202,246 million resources and &pound;194,280 million cash for central government was presented to the House of Commons today.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Facing global challenges: supporting people through difficult times]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/prebud_pbr08_press01.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Government’s objective is to build a strong economy and a fair society, where there is opportunity and security for all. The 2008 Pre-Budget Report, Facing global challenges: supporting people through difficult times, ...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ensuring fairness for all taxpayers]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/prebud_pbr08_press03.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Chancellor announced today a package of measures designed to protect the tax system from abuse and ensure that all individuals and businesses pay the right amount of tax.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pre-Budget Report statement to the House of Commons, delivered by the Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/prebud_pbr08_speech.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[Pre-Budget 2008 statement to the House of Commons delivered by the Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pre-Budget Report 2008 press notices index ]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/prebud_pbr08_pressindex.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[Pre-Budget Report 2008 press notices published today]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Modernisation of Lloyd’s of London]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_121_08.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[Financial Services Secretary to the Treasury Paul Myners, today welcomed the coming into force of a Legislative Reform Order (LRO) that will modernise the operation of Lloyd’s of London...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[UK First to Auction Carbon]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_122_08.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Government today held Europe’s first carbon allowance auction  in Phase II (2008 – 2012) of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). Four million allowances were sold at a total value of &pound;54.4m excluding VAT, or &pound;13.61 per allowance. ...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_102_08.htm]]></link>
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            <title><![CDATA[Government waives VAT for Help For Heroes X-Factor campaign]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_111_08.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP, has today announced that the Government will waive VAT on the sale of the X-Factor Help For Heroes single, by making an exceptional one-off charitable donation equivalent to the sum of the..]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Securing a fair framework for homeowners]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_108_08.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[Today the Government announced new rules to help protect homeowners, who may be facing the threat of repossession. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[HM Treasury warns businesses of serious threats posed to the international financial system]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_107_08.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[This constitutes advice issued by HM Treasury about serious threats posed to the integrity of the international financial system.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Implementing support for the banking system ]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_106_08.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Government is today taking decisive action to ensure our banking system remains on a sure footing in the face of continuing and exceptional instability across the world’s financial markets. ...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Treasury statement on financial support to the banking industry]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_105_08.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[With continuing exceptional instability in the global financial markets, the Government is today taking decisive action, by implementing the comprehensive set of measures it announced on 8 October, to make commercial investments in UK banks ...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Economic Secretary announces Banking Liaison Group]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_104_08.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ian Pearson MP, the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, today announced that a new expert liaison group on banking will be set up. The group will work with the Government to help prepare new secondary legislation for the special resolution regime (SRR)...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Government Finance Profession Awards 2008]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_120_08.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Government Finance Profession (GFP) is delighted to announce the winners of the twelve awards for excellence in financial management presented on Thursday 13 November at a ceremony in Brighton.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[UK official holdings of international reserves]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_115_08.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[Part I: UK Government Foreign Currency Assets and Liabilities – October 20081.  UK Government net reserves fell by $1,485 million in October 2008, bringing the end-October total to $24,239 million (&pound;15 million1) compared with ....]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Consultation on safeguards for Banking Bill powers]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_117_08.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ian Pearson MP, the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, today launched a consultation on safeguards for exercise of the powers under the proposed Special Resolution Regime (SRR) that would be used to deal with banks in severe financial difficulty. ...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[New Groups on Insurance and Asset Management]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_119_08.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ensuring the long-term strength of the UK’s insurance and asset management industries is the focus of two new government-industry groups to be co-chaired by the Chancellor, Alistair Darling MP together with Andrew Moss, Chief Executive of Aviva, ...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Child Trust Fund Annual Statistics]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_118_08.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Ian Pearson MP, has today announced the publication of statistics on the Child Trust Fund (CTF), which have been released by HMRC.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[New Council to fire up Regional Economies]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_116_08.htm]]></link>
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            <title><![CDATA[&pound;500,000 to support women's enterprise]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_113_08.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The first ever national Women’s Prowess Policy Centre (PNPC) will be launched by the Government today at a reception at Number 11 Downing Street. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Mais Lecture on 'Maintaining stability in a global economy' given by The Chancellor of the Exchequer at the Cass Business School, London EC1]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_110_08.htm]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[It is a pleasure to be invited to the Cass Business School to deliver this year’s Mais Lecture. We meet at a time of unprecedented turbulence in the world economy.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Financial support to the banking industry]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_100_08.htm]]></link>
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            <title><![CDATA[Film tax relief supporting UK film industry]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Treasury today announces three new non-executive appointments to the Treasury Board. The appointments have been approved by the Chancellor of the Exchequer following an open competition involving the independent Office of the Civil Service Commissione]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Her Majesty The Queen has been pleased to approve, under the Bank of England Act 1998, the appointment of Charles Bean as a Deputy Governor of the Bank of England for Monetary Stability, for a period of five years starting on 1 July 2008. Alongside this t]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[A package of new initiatives to help families and end child poverty as part of a renewed drive to increase social mobility will be announced by Children’s Secretary Ed Balls, Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell and Chief Secretary to the Treasury Yv]]></description>
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