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<description>UK and Scottish governments still divided over whether independence ballot should include the option of fiscal autonomy for the Scots</description>
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<description>This is an argument about whether corporate profits are being fairly shared between executives and shareholders, writes Brian Groom</description>
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<description>Banks blamed declining demand for credit from companies – a sign of the faltering economy</description>
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<description>Whitehall officials fear meltdown. There is still time – just – for the government to change course on NHS reform, writes Philip Stephens</description>
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<description>G4S, the world’s largest security company, has won the first contract in Britain to staff and build a police station in a deal set to be signed within days</description>
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<description>Authorities arrested several bankers, including four RBS employees, on allegations that they used investments in film productions to evade taxes</description>
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<description>Many recoil in horror when words such as efficiency and profit are even mentioned in the field of healthcare, writes Iain Martin</description>
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<description>The new rules are intended to make buying legal services as easy as buying a tin of beans and will enable law firms to take external investment or even to float on the stock exchange</description>
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<description>Meeting with MPs is a sign that Tony Blair is ready to re-engage in domestic British politics and to deploy his experience in helping Labour return to power</description>
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