Brown to use Budget for focus on Asia - papers 6th March

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GORDON BROWN WILL use the Budget to unveil a major push on British investment in India, amid growing fears in the City Britain is failing to capitalise on opportunities in Asia, reports The Daily Telegraph .

According to the paper, the push comes as the City of London opens its first office in India, and the London Stock Exchange is understood to be examining a link with the Indian stock market in Mumbai. The chancellor will set out plans to promote London as the world's leading financial centre and improve its links with India and China. The plans will form a significant part of the Budget on March 22, which is expected to be one of the least economic and most political in recent years. It includes the "beefing up" of UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), the government organisation whose job it...

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