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“They aim to raise £15,000 for the Sussex Air Ambulance, the chosen charity of Henry's family, Headway, which improves life after brain injury, and the Matthew Elvidge Trust.”
“This is a conflict which has so far cost the UK more than £11.1bn, according to figures released on Monday.”
“But Treasury Chief Secretary Danny Alexander axed the plans along with 12 other schemes nationwide, saving a total of £2bn.”
“reversing £2bn of last-minute Labour spending pledges”
“The cost to the taxpayer was at least £350m a year, he said.”
“Instead, he said the majority of these offenders could be supervised in the community on intensive programmes at a cost of between £50m and £60m a year.”
“Earlier, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closed up 3.1%”
“while the Japanese Nikkei rose 2.4%”
“Currencies were also up, with the Korean won and Malaysian ringgit both rising over 2% against the US dollar.”
“The Dow Jones index of leading US shares climbed more than 100 points, or 1%, in early trading”
“but closed down 8 points after investors began to doubt the short-term impact of China's move.”
“with the UK's FTSE 100 index closing up 0.9%”
“France's Cac 40 rising 1.3%”
“Germany's Dax climbing 1.2%”
“But with mounting speculation over the change in policy, markets pushed the exchange rate up 0.45% above the target in early trading, to its highest level since 1994.”
“Officially, the central bank allows the currency to move up or down 0.5% against the central parity”
“He now expects the central bank to allow the yuan to appreciate some 2-3% over the next 12 months.”
“Meanwhile, the euro has fallen more than 17% against the dollar - and therefore also against the yuan - since the European debt crisis began in December.”
“There is at present no basis for major fluctuation or change in the [yuan] exchange rate”
“BP has said that its costs in tackling the disaster have now risen to $2bn (£1.34bn).”
“to repair the control pod would have meant temporarily stopping drilling work on the rig at at time when it was costing BP $500,000 (£337,000) a day to operate the Deepwater Horizon.”
“BP has agreed to put aside $20bn (£13.5bn) to compensate victims of the oil spill.”
“Hacker Young said special investigators were raising £10,800 for each special enquiry, up by 79% in two years.”
“The amount of money raised from each investigation rose despite the fact that the number of special enquires actually fell - down by 31% from 9,900 in 2007-08 to 6,800 in 2009-10.”
“They reveal that in 2007-08 the special investigation teams of the Revenue raised £60m in extra CGT while two years later they raised £74m - an increase of 23%.”
“About 130,000 people paid capital gains tax in 2008-09.”
“Sellers also have an annual tax-free allowance of £10,100 to set against any CGT bill.”
“Scottish Development Agency, has provided £245,000 to secure the jobs for Clydeside.”
“C&C has agreed a three-year shirt sponsorship deal with Rangers and Celtic, and it is investing £7m in new information technology to back up its distribution.”
“Cumbria Police force is facing a £2.8m deficit”
“The force is facing a cash shortfall of almost £3m by 2013, according to a report to be put before Cumbria Police Authority on Tuesday.”
“The force is facing a cash shortfall of almost £3m by 2013, according to a report to be put before Cumbra Police Authority on Tuesday.”
“£80m loan”
“save £2bn”
“The New Forest National Park has said it can cope with a £200,000 (5%) reduction in its government grant.”
“The park authority said it has been preparing for a cut in the £4.4m grant from the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).”
“The 5% cut in grants applies to all English parks as part of the government's planned £6bn savings.”
“Oxfam is set for a £100,000 windfall if tennis star Roger Federer wins this year's Wimbledon thanks to a bet from a late supporter.”
“One of the other gambles saw £1,520 staked at the same odds of 66/1 for the Swiss star to win seven Wimbledons before the year 2020. If the world number two claims the title over the next two weeks he will win Oxfam £101,840.”
“The first bet, £250 on Roger Federer to win at least 14 grand slam titles before 2020 at 66/1, won £16,750 for Oxfam and was claimed last year when Federer won the French Open.”
“In the event that he fails to win this year - and he is 6/4 favourite to do so - the bet does not run out until 2019”
“Mr Newlife's bets could net the charity more than £330,000 over the next 10 years.”
“The bets were placed with bookmakers William Hill between 2000 and 2005.”
“the projected rise in the cost to taxpayers of public sector pensions was "unsustainable" and must be tackled”
“The Office for Budget Responsibility report last week suggested that the difference between the amount paid into and paid out of public sector pensions would more than double over the next four years to £9bn”
“China has effectively pegged the yuan to the US dollar for the last two years.”
“The yuan has stayed at around $0.147 since then”
“Analysts expect the yuan to appreciate slowly - by around 0.2% a month”
“The cost of fighting and reconstruction in Iraq and Afghanistan has passed £20bn, UK government figures show.”
“Of that, £18bn was spent on military operations, on top of the defence budget, while hundreds of millions went on aid and security for UK officials.”
“Britain spent at least £9.24bn in Iraq and £11.1bn in Afghanistan between April 2001 and March 2010, the figures show.”
“about 30% of the UK's defence budget went on operations in Afghanistan.”
“he had set aside £4bn of the 2010-11 Treasury reserve for military operations in Afghanistan.”
“The FCO put aside £118m for this financial year.”
“The true cost of our policy of international adventures is now being shown - £20bn is 10 times the amount it would cost to scrap student fees in England, for example.”
“he had set aside £4bn of the 2010-11 Treasury reserve for military operations in Afghanistan”
“The FCO put aside £118m for this financial year”
“Mr Grainger is engineering manager at Clipper Windpower Marine, the UK arm of the US company in charge of the £44m Britannia build.”
“£30bn package of spending cuts and tax rises”
“VAT will rise to 20%”
“Meanwhile, BP announced that it has already paid out $104 million (£70m) to residents along the Gulf Coast for claims filed as a result of the disaster.”
“BP has agreed to put aside $20bn to compensate victims of the oil spill.”
“Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney has urged the chancellor to detail Scotland's share of a £185m renewable energy fund when he announces the emergency Budget.”
“George Osborne will spell out the government's plans to reduce the UK's £156bn deficit on Tuesday.”
“Mr Swinney said being able to invest £185m in renewable energy would make 'a crucial contribution to economic recovery'.”
“Former chancellor Alistair Darling, whose predictions over the size of the spending deficit have turned out to be less worse than earlier thought, accused the Conservatives of using the current climate as an excuse to make 'ideologically d…”
“Whatever the tinkering over the size of the numbers in the deficit, it is the largest peace time deficit this country has ever faced and, untackled, would create unprecedented problems.”
“In March, the UK pledged £150m to Gavi over 10 years.”
“£10m has already been paid out, but there are plans to review all funding of international agencies - of which GAVI is one - as part of a drive to direct money at only the most effective organisations, a spokesperson confirmed.”
“he would set out a four-year plan to deal with it.”
“by £21”
“three-year scheme to exempt start-up firms elsewhere in the UK from paying NI for the first 10 people employed.”
“costs taxpayers about £11bn a year.”
“£48bn worth of spending cuts and tax rises were needed to eradicate the part of the deficit which would not melt away with economic recovery.”
“could actually cost the government as much as £2.48bn in lost revenues.”
“he would set out a four-year plan to deal with it”
“This is expected to take the form of a three-year scheme to exempt start-up firms elsewhere in the UK from paying NI for the first 10 people employed”
“It is expected the employers' threshold for NI will rise slightly - by £21”
“which costs taxpayers about £11bn a year”
“£48bn worth of spending cuts and tax rises were needed to eradicate the part of the deficit which would not melt away with economic recovery”
“could actually cost the government as much as £2.48bn in lost revenues”
“Supporters, including a large number of expatriates, have paid thousands of pounds for flights, accommodation and tickets.”
“The yuan has been held at about 6.83 to the dollar since July 2008.”
“More than £17,500 has been spent topping up the government wine cellar since the election, it has emerged.”
“It brings the total value of fine wine stored for VIP functions to £864,000, a Commons answer by Foreign Office minister Henry Bellingham revealed.”
“ministers revealed 39,500 bottles of wine, spirits and liqueurs worth around £792,000 were in storage.”
“had spent £17,698 on new stock since 6 May.”
“GH usually buys stock two or three times during the year at below the market rate”
“wines from the cellar had only been served at one function since the coalition took office - a dinner for the British-American Business Council on 13 May.”
“a total of £80,662 had been spent on new stock in 2009-10, a 30% reduction on the previous year.”
“deal with the £156bn annual deficit.”
“some could be worth up to £650.”
“A one-litre Merlot wine box at Asda costs £10.”
“Conservative MP Mr Bellingham's written answer revealed that Government Hospitality (GH), the branch of the Foreign Office which manages the cellar, had spent £17,698 on new stock since 6 May.”
“The minister also said a total of £80,662 had been spent on new stock in 2009-10, a 30% reduction on the previous year.”
“Last year, Liberal Democrat MP Don Foster accused the then Labour government of "living way beyond their means" after ministers revealed 39,500 bottles of wine, spirits and liqueurs worth around £792,000 were in storage.”
“Public sector pay and pensions are set to be squeezed in Tuesday's Budget, as ministers seek further spending cuts to deal with the £156bn annual deficit.”
“His attempts to find out exactly what vintages were held to be served at departmental banquets were blocked on commercial sensitivity grounds but he believes some could be worth up to £650.”
“independent MSP Margo Macdonald said she believed it could be time to call a halt on the project amid reports its £545m budget will be exceeded.”
“the call comes after it emerged on Friday that Edinburgh City Council is drawing up plans to borrow another £55m to help fund the scheme.”
