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   BUDGET GUIDE £4.95

  

 

 

 

 05/01/09

THE GOVERNMENT PUSHES THE GAS AND ELECTRICITY GIANTS TO STOP UNFAIR BILLING TO ITS CUSTOMERS . THE BIG SIX ARE WARNED IF THEY DO NOT COOPERATE THEY WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMPETITION COMMISSION.

 

       INTEREST RATES CUT 

INTEREST RATES HAVE BEEN CUT TO 2% AS FROM THE 5TH DECEMBER 2008. MANY SHOPPERS ARE NOW GRABBING THEIR CHRISTMAS BARGAINS.

 

   VAT CUT TO 15%

THE GOVERNMENT, AS FROM 1ST DECEMBER CUT VAT TO 15% IN A BID TO HELP SHOPPERS GET BACK TO THE SHOPS. MANY SHOPS TOOK ACTION BEFORE THE 1ST DECEMBER DEADLINE.

 

    DEBT CRISIS

THE INCREASING PRESSURE OF THE DEBT CRISIS IS AFFECTING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE AS THE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU HAS FELT A SURGE OF NEW CALLERS, AN ESTIMATED 77,000 THIS YEAR, TO DEAL WITH QUERIES SUCH AS MORTGAGE PAYMENTS AND LOAN ARREARS

 

   UNEMPLOYMENT TO REACH 3 MILLION

AT THE CURRENT RATE OF JOB LOSSES IN ENGLAND IT IS NOW ESTIMATED THAT WE WILL ENTER THE NEW YEAR WITH 3 MILLION PEOPLE UNEMPLOYED. THIS IS A STARK CONTRAST TO THE NEWS FROM THE GOVERNMENT THAT THEY WISH TO SEE MORE SINGLE MOTHERS AT WORK OR ACTIVELY SEEKING WORK OTHERWISE THEY MAY JEOPARDISE THEIR BENEFITS.