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Decision on whether to press ahead with a fresh wave of postal strikes will be taken by union leaders today2009-10-28T09:23:32ZHow the sectors have been affected
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This year it appears that retailers will be right in predicting Christmas will be tough. Top retail bosses including Topshop owner Sir Philip Green have been saying for months that talk that the recession was over looked premature.2009-10-23T13:31:55ZMandelson delays workers' rights
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2009-10-15T08:55:08ZCrunch time ahead for private equity
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The British Venture Capital Association deserves some marks for chutzpah2009-10-13T05:56:43ZUnions are livid at Tory pay freeze
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Union leaders are furious about Tory plans to impose a pay freeze on public sector workers to help cut the UK’s Everest-style debt mountain2009-10-08T05:55:17ZUnion chief warns against talk of recovery
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Union leader will pour scorn on claims that the green shoots of economic recovery are appearing with a warning that thousands of workers are still losing their jobs every week2009-09-14T07:04:22ZBrown invites 15 union bosses to Chequers summit
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2009-09-10T15:14:13Z'Green' protestors held after supergluing themselves together
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Climate change activists arrested after supergluing themselves together outside a Government department2009-08-03T12:35:26ZWorst recession in 50 years and big slump for Labour
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Hopes of a swift end to the recession crushed by disastrous figures showing the economy shrinking at its fastest rate on record2009-07-24T06:43:53ZNationwide defends 125% mortgage
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2009-07-09T10:40:43ZStrike threat forces Darling to retreat over public pay freeze
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Alistair Darling doused fears of a pay freeze after a furious reaction from trade union leaders2009-07-06T08:33:03ZUnemployment hits 13-year high at 2.2m
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Hopes of a swift end to the recession were stamped out as unemployment surged to the highest level in 13 years2009-05-12T14:25:31ZBusiness chiefs quick to give ‘risky’ Darling a thumbs down
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Business leaders gave Alistair Darling’s Budget the thumbs down today within minutes2009-04-22T15:17:26ZIt’s official: Britain is the nation of deflation
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The cost of living is falling for the first time since 1960, official figures confirmed2009-04-21T13:49:40ZBailout of banks to cost taxpayer £1,500,000,000,000
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Britain's public debt went "off the Richter scale" as it was confirmed that the Government's bank bailouts had put the nation £1.5 trillion further into the red2009-02-19T14:36:49ZUnemployment down by 1% in capital
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<strong>Economy: </strong> The number of unemployed people in London has fallen by 1% between October and December, bucking the national trend, which saw unemployment figures soar across the country2009-02-11T11:13:51ZRevealed: record 225,000 lost jobs in last autumn's crash
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A record wave of redundancies swept through the economy during the autumn, official figures revealed2009-01-21T15:01:32ZBank of England slashes interest rates to 2%
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The Bank of England slashed interest rates by another 1% as policymakers stepped up their battle to stave off a deep recession2008-12-04T09:47:53ZJobless total hits 1.82m as things get tougher for Britain
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Unemployment hit an 11-year high of 1.82 million amid fears that the jobless total could near three million by 20102008-11-12T09:24:12ZCrunch sends work stress levels soaring
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A drive to tackle soaring levels of stress in the workplace was launched amid research showing the credit crunch was putting extra pressure on staff2008-11-05T10:39:28ZCity bets on rate cut of more than a half-point
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The City is betting the Bank of England could cut interest rates by more than half a percentage point as it fights recession2008-11-04T13:55:37Z'Fewer long commutes as more people work at home'
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The number of London commuters travelling for at least an hour to get to and from work fell by more than 100,000 in the last year, a survey claims2008-10-28T08:37:44ZShock in the City as UK economy falls off a cliff
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City analysts warned that Britain could be facing a severe recession as ¡°truly dire¡± official figures revealed that the economy is contracting much faster than expected2008-10-24T12:59:06ZEverybody is at risk in this recession
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The economic crisis has pushed fears of redundancy to the forefront of every employee's mind this week2008-10-16T09:01:20ZMore please, says the TUC
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2008-10-08T15:21:03ZA million men now out of work in Britain
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Unemployment has leapt by 81,000 to its highest level for nine years2008-09-17T12:50:03ZExperts: A complete and utter waste of time
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2008-09-02T13:15:55ZWorst house prices fall for 18 years
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The property market faces a full-scale collapse with house prices tumbling by more than 10 per cent a year for the first time since 19902008-08-28T07:47:44ZTUC digs in its heels on sexist dress rules
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Airline bosses, City banks and West End department stores are operating "sexist" dress codes that force women staff to wear high heels, a study found2008-08-14T12:22:54ZUnions call for rates cut to save jobs in slowdown
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Unions have warned Gordon Brown and bank chiefs against allowing dole queues to lengthen in the battle against inflation2008-08-13T08:02:11Z