Local councils plan to return to the capital markets en masse for the first time in decades as a result of George Osborne's decision last autumn to raise sharply the rates on central government loans.
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Councils plan return to capital markets
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Interest rates edge up in bond market
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Halifax to raise mortgage rates
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Local councils have taken over the role of backbenchers --
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Borough council takes next step in moving forward with financing
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Councils to share chief executive
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Fishery villages to be re-launched
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Central Bank set to take control of more credit unions
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Interest rates rise in bond market
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Central Bank will take over more credit unions
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Insolvencies to 'rise sharply'
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Banks plan more commercial lending
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Banks raise interest rates on deposits
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Local governments will get help to collect debt
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Government to get on with investment
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'Bank lending should rise this quarter'
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George Osborne given triple boost