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David Miliband could take the post of shadow chancellor after losing the Labour leadership race to his younger brother Ed.

The election result remains unclear but regardless of the final result, there will be tax increases predicts Simon Sweetman.

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The post recession business environment will offer new opportunities for skilled finance professionals to shine, but political pressure to cut costs will affect the jobs market.

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Alistair Darling and the Treasury have opportunistically used economic uncertainty to avoid providing sufficient detail about how they plan to cut the UK's £178 billion deficit.

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HMRC should focus less on spending cuts and more on chasing the £130bn in uncollected, evaded and avoided taxes, says the Public and Commercial Services Union. 

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The New Year kicked off with a bang in Westminster this week with a renewed battle over tax and public spending.