Pre-Budget bets - papers 27 November

THE LEAKS must be working as the FT today writes that chancellor Gordon Brown "will" announce a review of liability insurance in the wake of sharply rising premiums that have forced thousands of smaller companies into trading illegally because they can no longer afford the cost. The review follows intense lobbying and the publication of Confederation of British Industry figures showing a windfall to the Treasury of £300m because of the higher premiums being paid. THE DAILY Telegraph says borrowing is set to soar by up to 55% to £17bn as the chancellor is forced to cut GDP gro...