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"FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times.support@ft.comSun, 11 May 2008 22:56 BSTSun, 11 May 2008 23:56:01 BSTNewspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifFT.com - UK Newshttp://www.ft.com/world/uk(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))Whitehall performance has long way to gohttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d933ac58-1f9f-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d933ac58-1f9f-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlThe Home Office, the Department of Health and Revenue & Customs have emerged as the worst departments in the UK government after a ground-breaking review of officials' abilitySun, 11 May 2008 22:21 BSTUK bank losses to hit public finances http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/97f5b2b4-1f99-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/97f5b2b4-1f99-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlLosses suffered by large UK banks because of the credit crunch will add further pressure on public finances by cutting the amount of corporation tax paid by financial services Sun, 11 May 2008 22:03 BST Evasion leeches from the poor, says charity http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/63add292-1f86-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/63add292-1f86-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlClamping down on tax dodges by multinationals could save the lives of a thousand children a day, says Christian Aid, a pressure group calling for big businesses to pay more tax Sun, 11 May 2008 21:55 BSTPensions sector strives to win VAT parityhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1d7cf58a-1f83-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1d7cf58a-1f83-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlThe UK pensions industry is to announce a £300m legal bid to claw back overpaid tax, in the latest challenge by taxpayers to the implementation of European VAT rulesSun, 11 May 2008 19:34 BSTHow scores were awarded for leadership, strategy and deliveryhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a9d161a8-1f86-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a9d161a8-1f86-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlThe capability reviews were conducted over 18 months. Departments are assessed on 10 elements of leadership, strategy and delivery, writes Nicholas Timmins.Sun, 11 May 2008 22:56 BSTLatest forecasts push debt to Brown's limithttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4f82f540-1f86-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4f82f540-1f86-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlCredit crunch will see £2.5bn wiped off corporation tax revenueSun, 11 May 2008 20:51 BSTSort the mail and save the posthttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4dabbbb0-1f83-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4dabbbb0-1f83-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlInnovative and modernised postal services would greatly benefit the UK economy. We will not achieve them without radical changeSun, 11 May 2008 19:16 BSTUN prison holds death-row convictshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/842b9af6-1f7a-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/842b9af6-1f7a-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlA state-of-the-art jail in Kabul, built to hold Afghanistan's drugs barons, is being used to house ordinary prisoners awaiting execution, embarrassing the UK governmentSun, 11 May 2008 18:08 BSTBank to tighten Sharia compliancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8f882470-1e1f-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8f882470-1e1f-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlConcerns raised by the Muslim community have led the Islamic Bank of Britain to offer the only mortgage plan with funding that wholly follows their strict religious beliefsSat, 10 May 2008 05:08 BST'Tea with Mussolini' museum in a stewhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9a8f1f0e-1e1f-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9a8f1f0e-1e1f-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlA London entrepreneur is drawing up plans to save an internationally renowned collection that pays homage to the tea trade, following the death of the man who assembled itSat, 10 May 2008 03:56 BSTWork starts on Felixstowe port expansionhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8b9f55d6-1e1f-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8b9f55d6-1e1f-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlThe enlargement of the UK's busiest container port, which will nearly double its capacity, is underway after owner Hutchison Ports cleared planning hurdlesSat, 10 May 2008 03:47 BSTJohnson's mayoral mate offers tipshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9165a42a-1e1f-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9165a42a-1e1f-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlLondon's Conservative mayor and his New York counterpart Michael Bloomberg have announced an 'exchange programme' to swap personnel and ideas in transport and policingSat, 10 May 2008 03:09 BSTMore gloom in homes markethttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6479fce8-1e2b-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6479fce8-1e2b-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlNew data yesterday showed a weakening UK housing market that fewer people can afford as house prices fell last month and orders for mortgage repossessions rose to...Sat, 10 May 2008 03:00 BSTMinisters set to give approval for aircraft carriershttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aad0e866-1e29-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aad0e866-1e29-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlMinisters are this weekend preparing to give the go-ahead to two new aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy, ending months of speculation that the flagship programme...Sat, 10 May 2008 03:00 BSTWatchdog in threat over data breacheshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/89a6257a-1e1f-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/89a6257a-1e1f-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlCompanies face substantial fines for deliberate or reckless breaches of data protection rules after a new law extended the powers of the information commissionerSat, 10 May 2008 02:14 BST