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PM to vow action on whiplash claims

Liverpool Daily Post — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:05:25 GMT

Action will be taken to reduce the £2 billion-a-year cost of insurance claims for whiplash to help deal with the UK's "compensation culture", David Cameron will say.

Rangers lodge administration papers

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:05:16 GMT

Rangers Football Club has lodged legal papers signalling its intention to enter administration.

Dizaei found guilty for second time

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:05:15 GMT

Britain's most controversial police chief faces a return to jail after being found guilty of corruption for a second time.

Clegg champions youth jobs drive

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:05:17 GMT

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has appealed to businesses to sign up to the coalition's drive to tackle youth unemployment.

Banks loaned SMEs less cash in 2011

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:05:16 GMT

Lending by Britain's top five banks shrank every quarter last year - an embarrassing blow to the Chancellor's Project Merlin agreement.

Briton extradition appeal rejected

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:05:15 GMT

A retired British businessman will be extradited to the United States within 10 days after failing in his latest attempt to block the move, his lawyer said.

Bank lending fell throughout 2011

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:05:15 GMT

Lending by Britain's top five banks shrank every quarter last year, official figures have revealed, in an embarrassing blow to the Chancellor's Project Merlin agreement.

Job prospects to worsen, says study

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:05:22 GMT

Job prospects are set to worsen in the coming months as firms make workers redundant, with unemployment sliding closer to the three million mark, according to a new report.

Growth forecasts for UK slashed

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:05:22 GMT

A leading business body has slashed the UK's growth forecasts again but believes the economy will narrowly avoid another recession.

Houston death overshadows Grammys

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:05:20 GMT

The Grammys got under way, with the Recording Academy trying to focus on music's biggest night after of the death of one of music's biggest names - Whitney Houston.

RBS bankers arrested in tax probe

Liverpool Daily Post — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:05:19 GMT

Bankers from the Royal Bank of Scotland have been arrested as part of an ongoing probe into an alleged tax fraud.

Barclays sparks anger over bonuses

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:05:15 GMT

Barclays was accused of ignoring anger over bonuses and running "business as usual" as it revealed a £1.5 billion pot for investment bankers.

450 jobs face axe in Comet review

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:05:19 GMT

Struggling electricals chain Comet is poised to cut 450 jobs in a drive for the "significant savings" needed to safeguard its future.

25 die as blasts hit Syria city

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:05:16 GMT

Twenty-five people have been killed and 175 wounded in two explosions that targeted security compounds in the northern city of Aleppo, Syrian media reports.

Action on bonuses 'is pro-business'

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:05:17 GMT

Ed Miliband has accused the Government of defending the interests of the "irresponsible few" in the row over City bonuses.

Action on bonuses 'is pro business'

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:05:15 GMT

Ed Miliband has accused the Government of defending the interests of the "irresponsible few" in the row over City bonuses.

PM, Osborne 'wedded to old rules'

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:05:22 GMT

George Osborne is failing British businesses and families because he is the "last bastion of the old mindset", Ed Miliband is to claim.

PM urges more women in boardrooms

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:05:22 GMT

Britain's economic recovery is being held back by a lack of women in the boardroom, David Cameron has warned.

Moves to combat scrap metal theft

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:05:17 GMT

Scrap metal dealers found to be linked to the theft of railway signalling cable or other stolen metal are to be barred from the industry, the Government has announced.

Job vacancies up, but more applying

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:05:23 GMT

Recruitment firms have reported a modest increase in job opportunities, but more people are chasing each vacancy.