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Alistair Darling backs Brown's Tobin tax despite cold shoulder from US

Alistair Darling today pledged that the Government would step up its fight for a new international tax on banking despite an initially frosty response to the plan from Washington. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

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  1. Britain's Finance Minister Alistair Darling speaks during an interview on BBC television in London December 6, 2009. Darling said on Sunday he would spare essential front-line services as he made difficult choices next week in spending cuts needed to bring down a record budget deficit.
  2. LONDON - DECEMBER 3:  Alistair Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer (C) poses with children's entertainers during the Chancellor of the Exchequer's annual children's Christmas party at 11 Downing Street on December 3, 2009 in London.
  3. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 24:  Margaret Darling  and her husband Alistair look on during the Diana Awards at Number 11 Downing Street on November 24, 2009 in London, England.
  4. ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 07:British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling gives a media conference at the end of the G20 finace ministers meeting on November 7, 2009 in St Andrews, Scotland.
  5. Britain's Finance Minister Alistair Darling speaks during an interview on BBC television in London December 6, 2009. Darling said on Sunday he would spare essential front-line services as he made difficult choices next week in spending cuts needed to bring down a record budget deficit.

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