LONDON: British Finance Minister Alistair Darling set the stage for the coming election, announcing yesterday a one-off super tax on bank bonuses and other higher taxes on the rich.
His Labour Party is on course to lose an election that must take place in less than six months and desperately needs this pre-budget report to help close the opposition Conservative Party’s commanding lead in opinion polls.
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