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U.K. Fuel Duty Increase Postponed
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling MP, today announced that he is postponing the 2 pence per liter increase in fuel duty that was expected to take place on 1 October 2008. As a result of this decision, main road fuel duty rates will remain...Voters Polled Think David Cameron Would Make a Better Prime Minister Than Gordon Brown.
In a poll, conducted for the BBC Daily Politics program, 46% said they thought Conservative Party leader David Cameron would make the best prime minister, 23% said the current Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and 7% said Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg.World: Amid Food Crisis, Opposition To Biofuels Grows
About one-fifth of corn grown in the United States goes into making ethanol. Brazil is the world’s largest exporter of the biofuel, in its case producing it from sugar cane. The European Union wants to get one-10th of its transport fuel...Minimum Starting Salary for U.K. Nurses Reaches $40,000
Health Secretary Alan Johnson today announced that the Department had agreed with NHS Employers, UNISON and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) a proposed three-year pay package for all NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) staff – including nurses, midwives...British Government Admits Losing Data of 3 Million Student Drivers
British Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly has admitted that a government contractor has lost personal data belonging to three million student drivers.
