LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 09: City workers walk across London Bridge on their commute to the financial district on December 9, 2009 in London, England. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, is expected to announce new tax measures on bankers' bonuses in his Pre-Budget Report to Parliament today. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 months ago

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 09: City workers walk across London Bridge on their commute to the financial district on December 9, 2009 in London, England. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, is expected to announce new tax measures on bankers' bonuses in his Pre-Budget Report to Parliament today.

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  2. LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 17: Alistair Darling (r), the Chancellor of the Exchequer, arrives at Number 11 Downing Street on March 17, 2010 in London, England. A report by the European Commission has criticised Alastair Darling's programme to cut the Government's budget deficit; citing the 'absence of detailed departmental spending limits'.
  3. British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling (L) and Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg (R) chat on March 16, 2010 during a break of an Economy and Finance Council meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels. European finance ministers were poring over last-resort eurozone plans to rescue Greece with billions of euros in crisis loans, built on dissuasively high interest rates.
  4. British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling (R) arrives on March 16, 2010 for an Economy and Finance Council meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels. European finance ministers will be given the fine-print of a eurozone plan to rescue Greece with billions of euros in crisis loans if budget surgery hits complications.
  5. British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling (L) listens to Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti (C) on March 16, 2010 before the start of an Economy and Finance Council meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels. European finance ministers will be given the fine-print of a eurozone plan to rescue Greece with billions of euros in crisis loans if budget surgery hits complications.
  6. British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling (R) listens to Luxembourg Economic Affairs Minister Jeannot Krecke on March 16, 2010 before the start of an Economy and Finance Council meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels. European finance ministers will be given the fine-print of a eurozone plan to rescue Greece with billions of euros in crisis loans if budget surgery hits complications.
  7. Spanish Finance Minister Elena Salgado (R) and British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling talk prior to an ECOFIN council on March 16, 2010 at the EU headquarters in Brussels. European finance ministers will today be given the fine-print of a eurozone plan to rescue Greece with billions of euros in crisis loans if budget surgery hits complications.
  8. French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (C) and British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling (R) talk with German State Secretary for Finances Jorg Asmussen on March 16, 2010 before the start of an Economy and Finance Council meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels. European finance ministers will be given the fine-print of a eurozone plan to rescue Greece with billions of euros in crisis loans if budget surgery hits complications.
  9. French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (L) talks with British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling on March 16, 2010 before the start of an Economy and Finance Council meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels. European finance ministers will be given the fine-print of a eurozone plan to rescue Greece with billions of euros in crisis loans if budget surgery hits complications.
  10. French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (L) talks with British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling on March 16, 2010 before the start of an Economy and Finance Council meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels. European finance ministers will be given the fine-print of a eurozone plan to rescue Greece with billions of euros in crisis loans if budget surgery hits complications.
  11. French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (L) talks with British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling on March 16, 2010 before the start of an Economy and Finance Council meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels. European finance ministers will be given the fine-print of a eurozone plan to rescue Greece with billions of euros in crisis loans if budget surgery hits complications.
  12. French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (L) talks with British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling on March 16, 2010 before the start of an Economy and Finance Council meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels. European finance ministers will be given the fine-print of a eurozone plan to rescue Greece with billions of euros in crisis loans if budget surgery hits complications.
  13. French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (C) talks with an unidentified person while Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling (R) look on at the start of a European Union finance ministers meeting in Brussels March 16, 2010. Finance ministers from the 16-country euro zone agreed on Monday to mobilise financial aid for Greece rapidly if needed but revealed little of how their standby plan for the debt-stricken nation would work.
  14. Luxembourg's Economy Minister Jeannot Krecke (L) talks with Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling (R) at the start of a European Union finance ministers meeting in Brussels March 16, 2010. Finance ministers from the 16-country euro zone agreed on Monday to mobilise financial aid for Greece rapidly if needed but revealed little of how their standby plan for the debt-stricken nation would work.
  15. Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg (L), Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling (C) and Spanish Finance Minister Elena Salgado (R) talk at the start of a European Union finance ministers meeting in Brussels March 16, 2010. Finance ministers from the 16-country euro zone agreed on Monday to mobilise financial aid for Greece rapidly if needed but revealed little of how their standby plan for the debt-stricken nation would work.
  16. LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 10: Late afternoon sunshine lights up Westminster Clock Tower, home of the Big Ben bell, at Parliament on March 10, 2010 in London, England. The Chancellor Alistair Darling has announced that the date of this year's budget will be March 24, 2009. This has raised speculation of a May 6 date for the general election.

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