Brown snubbed over rate cuts as EU warns slump will hit UK hardest - Guardian Unlimited

Story date: 2008-11-04 10:32:00
Added on: 2008-11-04 11:58:41

Gordon Brown's attempts to promote himself as the man to lead Britain through the economic crisis suffered a double setback yesterday as banks warned they would not pass interest rate cuts on to customers and the EU said the recession would hit the ...


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