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The business - Patrick Hosking argues Brown is right on pensions
- 01 December 2003
Tax relief on pension savings is meant to encourage middle earners to set aside enough so that they won't be a burden on the state, not to give the very rich another way to avoid tax
The business - Patrick Hosking hopes John Prescott gets gazumped
- 24 November 2003
Prescott proposes to make it compulsory for house sellers to get their own surveys done. But what buyer will believe a report that the vendor has paid for? Asks Parick Hosking
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The business - Patrick Hosking thinks we live beyond our means
- 17 November 2003
The country is living beyond its means, but nobody makes a fuss. We have just recorded the worst monthly trade deficit ever and the stock market barely blinked
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The business - Patrick Hosking hears some mortage whoppers
- 10 November 2003
The Bank of England has a hopelessly rationalist view of human nature. Investment markets (and, boy, is property seen as an investment now) just don't work like that
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The business - Patrick Hosking sheds no tears for Michael Green
- 27 October 2003
Carlton's Michael Green deserved to be ditched. Not because he made bad TV, but because he was a bad capitalist: £1,000 invested in his company 15 years ago is now worth £1,046
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The business - Patrick Hosking reports plans for a PO credit card
- 20 October 2003
When bailiffs are already chasing £5bn in debts, it seems odd for the Royal Mail, an arm of the state, to launch yet another credit card. Nevertheless, we should wish it well
The business - Patrick Hosking on lies, damn lies and statistics
- 13 October 2003
So growth is twice as high as forecast earlier this year. But this is not the first time that official statisticians have got it wrong. Conspiracy or cock-up?
The business - Patrick Hosking
- 06 October 2003
How fortunate for Rupert Murdoch to have Lord St John of Fawsley as senior non-executive director of BSkyB. He believes in the principle of heredity
The business - Patrick Hosking on Gordon Brown's grisly choice
- 29 September 2003
Since income tax rises are ruled out by manifesto promises, Gordon Brown faces a grisly choice: a tax on jobs or a tax on the poor. Anything else would bring in peanuts
The business - Patrick Hosking reveals who pays for cheap flights
- 22 September 2003
If you've been wondering who foots the bill for the absurdly cheap flights to new European destinations, stop now. It's you, the taxpayer. But the subsidies are coming under scrutiny
