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Page last updated at 06:04 GMT, Thursday, 4 December 2008
Bank of England
Bank expected to cut rates again
The Bank of England is expected to cut interest rates later to their lowest level for more than half a century.
Tories want mortgage aid details
Repossessions 'to reach 75,000'
Bank enters uncharted territory

Jacqui Smith Smith statement due on Green case
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is to make a statement on the arrest of Tory MP Damian Green to the Commons.

Condoleezza Rice in Delhi (3 December 2008) Rice urges tough Pakistan action
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urges Pakistan to take a "tough line" on terrorism after arriving in Islamabad.


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BBC economics editor Hugh Pym Uncharted waters
Just how far will the Bank of England go in cutting rates?
BBC political editor Nick Robinson Nick Robinson
There has never been a day quite like it in Parliament
Miners in Zimbabwe Death and gems
Why a Zimbabwe diamond mine was suddenly deserted
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ENGLAND
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SCOTLAND
Concern over mentally ill inmates

WALES
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NORTHERN IRELAND
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EUROPE
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