UK seeing 'big rise in poverty'

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Middle incomes face the biggest drop since the 1970s - and children in poverty in the UK will increase by 600,000, says the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

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This may explain part of that and the UK's financial mess.

All But Two FTSE 100 Firms Dodge Paying Tax



Nearly all of Britain's biggest companies legally avoid tax in the UK, including the state-backed Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group, according to new research.

http://web.orange.co.uk/article/news/tax_haven_use_rife_among_uk_top_firms



Sounds familiar, no?