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Wed 01 Jan 2009Mandelson launches £1.3bn aid package for UK car industry
BRITAIN’S LABOUR government has launched its latest initiative – this time a £2.3 billion (€2.49bn) package of measures for the UK car industry – amid renewed evidence that public confidence in Gordon Brown’s management of the economy is collapsing.
Downing Street is also under renewed pressure over the Iraq war following the decision of the information tribunal to uphold the information commissioner’s ruling that ministers must release details of key cabinet discussions on the eve of the 2003 invasion.
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