Big fall in UK inflation to 3.1%
The cut in VAT helps to push UK inflation down in December to 3.1% from November’s rate of 4.1%.
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Obama: We must change with the world
President Barack Obama called for a “new era of responsibility” in which America was “ready to lead once more” as he took the oath of office to become the US’s 44th president in front of hundreds of thousands of people in Washington
Sterling tumbles on bank bail-out
Sterling plummeted against the dollar and hit a record low against the yen as investors resumed their flight from the UK currency in the wake of Monday’s bank bail-out announcement from the government
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Nationwide slashes fixed-rate mortgages
The UK’s biggest building society is to slash the price of its fixed rate deals giving hope that the frozen mortgage market continues to thaw. Nationwide bank branch
RBS slides despite lifeline
Alistair Darling was battling to avoid fully nationalising the state-controlled lender after it suffered a 67% plunge in its share price when it revealed the biggest loss in Britain’s corporate history