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* Press refresh for further updates and feel free to make comments below * 13:28 - Huge laugh in the house as Darling outlines tax haven crackdown, citing new agreements with Grenada, Belize and Dominica. 13:22 - Chancellor says new Green Investment Bank will contain £2bn of equity - half from asset sales and half private investment. 13:18 - Darling says business rates will be cut for one year from October, meaning a tax reduction for over 500,000 small businesses in England. 13:17 - Darling says a new national investment corporation, to be called UK Finance For Growth, will str...
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