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Chelsea winger Willian 'has already sealed his reunion with Mourinho' at Tottenham

Chelsea winger Willian has already sealed his reunion with pal Jose Mourinho by agreeing to join Tottenham, according to beIN Sports.




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Damien Comolli claims European giants could use coronavirus crisis to 'sweep the transfer market'

Comolli has claimed a select few of Europe's biggest clubs will be able to 'sweep the transfer market' this summer and buy some of the hottest prospects for heavily discounted fees.




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Anthony Joshua's fight against Kubrat Pulev could take place in a Roman AMPHITHEATRE in Croatia

Joshua's first defence after regaining the IBF, WBA and WBO belts was scheduled to take place at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in June but it was scuppered by the coronavirus pandemic.




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Tottenham 'lead the race to sign Thomas Meunier' with right-back free to leave PSG this summer

Despite announcing that his 'ambition was to stay at the club next season' earlier this week, PSG are intent on allowing Meunier's deal to run it's course, according to Le Parisien.




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Louis van Gaal reveals Daniel Levy left his home in 'the back of his car boot' after Tottenham talks

Levy made the trip to Van Gaal's house in Noordwijk to try and persuade the Dutchman to replace Tim Sherwood shortly after firing him in May 2014 but wanted to keep negotiations under wraps.




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Are 'cheap' UK bank shares an opportunity to profit or a value trap?

Lloyds Banking Group shares leapt almost 13 per cent on hopes of a Brexit deal, but that was a rare bit of sunshine in an overwhelmingly gloomy year. So are UK banks a value opportunity?




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How International Biotechnology Trust invests in medicine's future

Biotechnology lies at the intersection of a growing need for healthcare and treatments tailored to patients. Ailsa Craig, of International Biotechnology Trust, explains how it invests.




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Britain's AAA credit rating at risk in Autumn Statement

The Chancellor looks set to admit in the Autumn Statement that the national debt will not be falling as a percentage of national income by 2015-16.




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Autumn Statement: Victory for drivers: 3p-a-litre fuel duty rise is axed as Osborne promises 'real help' for families

Tory MPs had threatened to rebel against the government if George Osborne had gone ahead with his New Year tax hike on petrol and diesel.




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Autumn Statement: Osborne launches raid on pensions tax breaks for the wealthy in bid to woo middle class 'strivers'

The tax-free allowance for pensions will be cut from £1.5million to £1.25million over a lifetime and from £50,000 to £40,000 annually - raising an extra £1billion.




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Autumn Statement: Unions' fury as Osborne plans 'unfair' performance-related pay for teachers

The Chancellor provoked a backlash after saying that headteachers should be able to pay teachers more if they perform better in the job than colleagues.




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Autumn Statement: State pensions to rise 2.5% to £110 as Chancellor confirms 'triple lock' guarantee

A 'triple lock' commitment was made in 2010, when the state pension rises were controversially switched from the retail prices index (RPI) to CPI, which has historically risen at a slower pace.




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AUTUMN STATEMENT: AIM-shares tax relief welcomed by small firms and stockbrokers - but one critic condemns the move as 'borderline crazy'

Small companies and stockbrokers welcomed the chance that shares quoted on the junior Alternative Investment Market may qualify for tax relief under the Individual Savings Account shelter.




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AUTUMN STATEMENT: 'Dash for gas' set to start as Osborne throws his weight behind the fuel

A Gas Generation Strategy published alongside the Autumn Statement confirmed the establishment of an Office for Unconventional Gas and Oil.




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AUTUMN STATEMENT: Chancellor overhauls private finance initiative to attract investors for Britain's ageing infrastructure

The scheme will focus on s road improvements, housing and local infrastructure, regional growth and business, science, and schools and colleges.




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RUTH SUNDERLAND on AUTUMN STATEMENT: Chancellor's firepower to help firms fight back against the slump

George Osborne hoisted an 'Open for Business' sign over Britain with a multi-billion pound package to help firms fight back against the slump at home and the troubles in the eurozone.




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Autumn Statement: Osborne's big squeeze: 400,000 more workers to be snared in 40% tax trap

The number in the 40 per cent tax band is expected to rise from 3.8million today by another 400,000 over the next three years, the Treasury said yesterday.




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Osborne's Autumn Statement: key points at a glance

We round up the main announcements in the Chancellor's speech and explore the devil in the detail to see how tax and spending changes affect you.




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ANDY YATES: George Osborne just doesn't mean business with his Autumn Statement

Osborne claims the UK is open for business but beyond the hyperbole his budget statement has closed the door on chances to stimulate growth, says one entrepreneur.




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Autumn statement: Osborne accused of 'mummy tax' on maternity pay and squeezing struggling families with child benefit rise of just 20p a week

The 'mummy tax' accusations came after it emerged the Chancellor will impose a real terms cut on statutory maternity pay.




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Autumn Statement: Labour refuses to back 1% cap on benefits rises but minister insists the era of the 'generous' welfare state is over

Pensions minister Steve Webb (pictured) warned the state of the public finances meant 'difficult decisions' had to be taken, and challenged Labour to back them.




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Autumn statement: Osborne accused of 'mummy tax' on maternity pay and squeezing struggling families with child benefit rise of just 20p a week

The 'mummy tax' accusations came after it emerged the Chancellor will impose a real terms cut on statutory maternity pay.




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'Bungling Balls' has destroyed chances of leading Labour after lacklustre response to Osborne's Autumn statement, claims fellow opposition MP

Bassetlaw MP John Mann said the Shadow Chancellor’s response to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement had damaged Mr Balls’s leadership prospects – and made Mr Miliband’s position secure.




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BBC's Andrew Neil nowhere to be seen on Budget Day but will return for the 'more important' Autumn Statement

Where was the BBC’s Daily Politics presenter, Andrew Neil, on Budget Day? Apparently the Budget is viewed as a state occasion by the BBC. And thus the exclusive preserve of Edwards.




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Chancellor George Osborne set to cut small firms' taxes in Autumn statement

Treasury sources said the Chancellor will have to ‘make a decision’ on what to do about business rate relief as it is due to expire next year.




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Autumn Statement 2013: Chancellor aiming to halt tax avoidance as he launches £9bn crackdown on schemes that scrimp the Treasury

George Osborne described the crackdown as the 'largest package of measures to tackle tax avoidance, tax evasion, fraud and error so far this parliament'.




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Autumn Statement 2013: George Osborne to plead for more time to fix nation's finances despite stronger economic growth

The Chancellor unveiled a raft of upbeat data pointing to the recovery gaining momentum, with record numbers in work, borrowing falling and house prices forecast to soar by 5.2 per cent next year.




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AUTUMN STATEMENT: Government to clamp down on firms hiring 'disguised' staff to avoid paying national insurance

Many employers are hiring staff on contracts where they are classed as self employed, even if they are full-time employees.




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Half of voters think George Osborne's Autumn Statement was bad for them

In a blow for the Chancellor who used the Autumn Statement to unveil a raft of populist giveaways, 60 per cent thought it was good for ‘rich people’.




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Autumn Statement 2013 retirees can 'buy' extra state pension

Chancellor George Osborne has announced that pensioners will get the chance to boost their incomes in a six month window between October 2015 and April 2016.




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What cards are left up your sleeve, George? Households hoping for 'surprise' announcements in Wednesday's Autumn Statement 

Households up and down the country are hoping Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne will come up with a couple of ‘surprise’ announcements.




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AUTUMN STATEMENT 2014: Pension income from spouse's annuity tax-free if they died before 75

Annuities which come with death benefits can be passed to loved ones tax-free if you die aged under 75, the Chancellor announced in the Autumn statement.




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AUTUMN STATEMENT 2014 AT A GLANCE: Key points of George Osborne's speech

Income tax free personal allowance to rise to £10,600 rather than the planned £10,500 next year. Higher rate income tax threshold to rise to £42,385 next year.




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Autumn Statement scraps tax on children's flights saving £140 on trip to Florida

The Chancellor abolished air passenger duty on all flights for children under the age of 12. It will also reduce the cost of a holiday to Spain for a family of four by £26.




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Nick Clegg 'snubs' crunch Autumn Statement for photo-call in Penzance

The Deputy Prime Minister spurned the chance to hear the Chancellor's statement in person and instead headed to Cornwall to announce funding for coastal defences.




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RUTH SUNDERLAND: Help for exporters is missing link in George Osborne's Autumn Statement

The big omissions from a Budget or an Autumn Statement are always revealing. It used to be help for savers. This week the missing element was the squeezed middle. Not households, but firms.




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Housebuilders, oil & gas, banks... What George Osborne's Autumn Statement means for shares by sector

As analysts digested the detail of the Chancellor’s ‘mini-Budget’ the ramifications of reforms to stamp duty, business rates and the North Sea tax regime became clearer…




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Measures in Autumn Statement to improve small firms' access to finance are 'drop in ocean', it has been claimed

Geoff Parkes, teaching fellow at Aston Business School in Birmingham, said: ‘Thus far, the scheme has accounted for less than two per cent of all lending to small firms.’




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Freelance staffing 'catastrophe' fears over workers forced onto payroll

IPSE, a body that represents the self-employed, believes the Chancellor could limit contracts to just a month for freelancers, after which they would be forced on to the client’s payroll.




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George Osborne's pension tax grab threats revealed

Three major changes to pension saving are on the horizon, which will hit those helping to build a healthy fund for retirement. Now, the Chancellor faces calls to reverse a planned tax grab




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Osborne's bid to balance books in crisis as experts predict he will be a forced to borrow an extra £30bn over the next five years

The Chancellor has pledged to eliminate the record deficit racked up by Labour during the financial crisis and return the country to the black by the end of the decade.




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George Osborne's £6billion a year increase for the NHS

Chancellor George Osborne will use tomorrow’s spending review to announce that the Health Service will receive an extra £6billion straight away – rising to £10billion a year by 2020.




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UK Sport to receive 29 per cent funding increase in Autumn Statement shock in boost for Olympic and Paralympic stars

UK Sport has been handed a shock 29 per cent increase in funding, handing a boost to British athletes preparing for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo four years later.




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George Osborne slashes funding for opposition parties by 19% in Autumn Statement

Public funding - known as Short Money - given to opposition parties to prepare to become an alternative government is to be slashed by 19 per cent, in line with Whitehall departments.




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Watch David Cameron slyly eat a sweet during George Osborne's Autumn Statement

The Prime Minister took a few seconds out from the 65-minute brief to subtly unravel the treat and pop it into his mouth like a mischievous schoolboy.




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DAILY MAIL COMMENT: George Osborne's Autumn Statement was a huge gamble

George Osborne showed himself a master of his political trade in yesterday's Autumn Statement - but seems to have abandoned his early enthusiasm for slimming down the size of the state.




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George Osborne's Autumn Statement 2015 stuns MPs as he abandons tax credit cuts

The climbdown means George Osborne (pictured) will breach his self-imposed welfare cap for the next three years, meaning a minister must explain and apologise to Parliament.




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George Osborne's Autumn Statement sees UK cuts to increase Foreign Aid

He has repeatedly slashed domestic spending, but the Chancellor remains committed to funnelling 0.7 per cent of Britain's GDP into an array of dubious overseas aid projects.




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Philip Hammond's broadband pledge that will download films in seconds

The Chancellor will use tomorrow’s Autumn Statement to pledge that two million homes in bigger towns and cities will get access to gold standard ‘full-fibre’ broadband, which can download TV shows.




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Autumn Statement 2016 LIVE: Analysis and reaction to Philip Hammond's post Brexit changes

The analysis, reaction and charts from the experts and our own journalists from throughout the day.