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			<title><![CDATA[UK official holdings of international reserves]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UK Government net reserves fell by $97 million in May 2008, bringing the end-May total to $25,882 million (£13,097 million1) compared with $25,979 million (£13,119 million2) at end-April 2008.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Manor of Northstead]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Chancellor of the Exchequer has today appointed Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson to be Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Northern Rock plc Compensation Scheme: Applications invited for appointment as independent valuer]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Treasury is inviting applications for the position of independent valuer to assess any compensation that may be payable as a result of the transfer of shares in Northern Rock plc to the Treasury earlier this year.

Further details on how to apply can be found at 
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/valuer]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Speech by Kitty Ussher to the British Bankers' Association Conference, London]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Thank you, Angela, for that introduction, and for the invitation to speak to you this afternoon ? it?s a pleasure to be here...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Bank of England's Court of Directors]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Her Majesty The Queen has been pleased to approve the reappointment as Non-Executive Directors of the Court of the Bank of England of Arun Sarin, Geoffrey Wilkinson, Paul Myners CBE, Sir Callum McCarthy.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Speech by Angela Eagle to the Procurement Solutions Conference on Collaborative Procurement]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Good morning everyone, it's a great pleasure to be here.

I'd like to start by talking about saving money, because that's the first thing that everyone thinks of when procurement is mentioned and this is obviously a huge and important part of what you do if you are procuring services for the public sector...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Publication of Global Commodities: a long term vision for stable, secure and sustainable global markets]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ahead of the G8 Finance Ministers meeting in Japan this week, the Treasury is today publishing an analysis of the trend and drivers in the commodity markets that have led to recent price increases: ?Global Commodities: long-term vision for stable, secure and sustainable global markets?.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kitty Usher announces Centre of Excellence on Financial Regulation]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The establishment of a new International Centre for Financial Regulation (ICFR), to be led by Barbara Ridpath as CEO, was announced today by Economic Secretary and City Minister Kitty Usher and Interim ICFR Chairman, Mervyn Davies.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Speech by Kitty Usher MP]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Speech by Economic Secretary to the Treasury Kitty Ussher, MP to the FT Global &quot;Combating Financial Crime&quot; Conference, London, Thursday 12 June 2008]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Angela Eagle announces extension of Energy Saving Allowance to corporate landlords]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Angela Eagle, MP today announced that the Government's plans to extend the Landlord's Energy Saving Allowance (LESA) to corporate landlords have been given formal state aid approval by the European Commission.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Summer Supplementary Estimates]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Summer Supplementary Estimates booklet (HC 621), containing a Supplementary Estimate for HM Treasury, presented to the House of Commons yesterday seeks authority for additional cash expenditure by the department of £5.3bn on existing services. There is also a token increase in resource expenditure.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Three Hundreds Of Chiltern]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Chancellor of the Exchequer has today appointed the Right Honourable David Michael Davis to be Steward and Bailiff of the Three Hundreds of Chiltern.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Speech by Alistair Darling at Mansion House]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[My Lord Mayor, Mr Governor, my Lords, Ministers, Aldermen, Mr Recorder, Sheriffs, ladies and gentlemen. It is a privilege to be asked to address you this evening.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bank of England]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Her Majesty The Queen has been pleased to approve, under the Bank of England Act 1998, the appointment of Charles Bean as a Deputy Governor of the Bank of England for Monetary Stability, for a period of five years starting on 1 July 2008. Alongside this the Chancellor has announced that, in future, the Government will advertise vacancies for the Governor and Deputy Governors of the Bank of England and also for external members of the MPC, consistent with the principles of open competition.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Film clip of Mansion House speech]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Film clip of the speech by Alistair Darling to Mansion House.

Full text of the speech is available at:

http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/newsroom_and_speeches/speeches/chancellorexchequer/speech_chx_180608.cfm]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Government outlines new ways to lift children out of poverty and increase Social Mobility]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A package of new initiatives to help families and end child poverty as part of a renewed drive to increase social mobility will be announced by Children?s Secretary Ed Balls, Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell and Chief Secretary to the Treasury Yvette Cooper today.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Speech by Jane Kennedy to the Charity Tax Group's Annual General Meeting]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Thank you, for that introduction and for inviting me to come and speak to you here today.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Statement by the Chancellor on the Poynter Review]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[With your permission Mr Speaker I would like to make a statement on the final report by Kieran Poynter, Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers, into the loss of child benefit records at HM Revenue and Customs last year.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Trading Funds Assessment details announced]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Further details of a Government assessment into trading funds were announced today by the Department for Business and the Treasury. 

The review, announced as part of Budget 2008, will be conducted by the Shareholder Executive and will consider the benefits to the wider UK economy from any potential changes to the trading funds' business model.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Speech by Kitty Ussher on Middle East Financial Centres and the Global Markets, to Chatham House, London]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Thank you, Robin, for that introduction, and also for the invitation to be here. 

It's always a privilege to have the chance to speak at a Chatham House event, given your history and reputation - and it is a pleasure to be here at the second event of your City series, following on from the Chancellor speaking at the first in April.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Speech by Kitty Ussher to the Commonwealth Business Council Forum]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/newsroom_and_speeches/speeches/econsecspeeches/speech_est_20608_cbcf.cfm]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Thank you, Gregor, for that introduction - and thank you also to you, Dr Kaul, for the invitation to be here today to speak to you all.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Speech by Angela Eagle MP on  ?Financing the low carbon economy? to the Low Carbon Economy Summit, London]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/newsroom_and_speeches/speeches/xst_speech_index/speech_xst_260608.cfm]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[I?m very pleased to have the chance, with the rest of the panel, to speak about the way that we in Government, and you in business, need to work together to make sure that the financing is in place for the low carbon economy that we need to develop.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Reforms to provide access to affordable credit]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/newsroom_and_speeches/press/2008/press_66_08.cfm]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Kitty Ussher MP, today confirmed Government plans to make it easier for families to access the affordable credit options offered by credit unions by removing the red tape restricting the growth of the sector.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Manor of Northstead]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Chancellor of the Exchequer has today appointed David Marshall to be Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Speech by Kitty Ussher to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Credit Unions]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[It really is an absolute pleasure to be at the launch of this new All Party Parliamentary Group on Credit Unions.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Strengthening financial stability and depositor protection]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Proposals for strengthening the framework for financial stability and protecting depositors were published today by HM Treasury, the Financial Services Authority and the Bank of England.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Agreement to speed up travel between the UK and US]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Home Office today announced plans to speed up travel between the UK and the US for trusted people who move regularly between the two countries.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[UK official holdings of international reserves]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UK Government net reserves rose by $462 million in June 2008, bringing the end-June total to $26,345 million (£13,221 million) compared with $25,882 million (£13,097 million2) at end-May 2008.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Yvette Cooper launches the Operational Efficiency Programme]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Chief Secretary to the Treasury Yvette Cooper has today launched the Operational Efficiency Programme. The programme forms a key part of the Government's drive to achieve greater efficiency savings across public spending, with the potential to deliver billions of pounds of savings.]]></description>
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