Brown borrows big to kickstart economy

Prime Minister Gordon Brown tries to kickstart the stalling economy on Monday, spending billions of borrowed pounds on tax cuts in a bid to stop a recession turning into a slump. Full Story »

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3.3
by Bobby F - Nov. 23, 2008

This Reuters report on the British economy seems more politically focused than economically focused. The context given about PM Gordon Brown's stimulus proposal deals more with how it will be perceived by his party than how it will affect the slumping economy. A quote from Brown to the BBC is used, and the Treasury spokesman would not comment at all.

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