31-Dec-2012 20:45

'Scandal' as housing cash heads south - Jarrow & Hebburn Gazette :: http://www.jarrowandhebburngazette.com/news/business/latest-news/scandal-as-housing-cash-heads-south-1-5265192

FTSE 100 ends 2012 below 5900 - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ff8c04ba-5323-11e2-9e71-00144feab49a.html

Ministry shuts 200 'ambulance chasing' companies - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/9773165/Ministry-shuts-200-ambulance-chasing-companies.html

Afferro surges 10pc as takeover auction heats up - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/marketreport/9773241/Afferro-surges-10pc-as-takeover-auction-heats-up.html

France needs a total tax overhaul - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/31/france-tax-francois-hollande

Bank bailout loses taxpayers £23bn - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/dec/31/bank-bailout-loses-taxpayers-23bn

Battle of the bins: Defra stats show fortnightly refuse collections INCREASES ... - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/battle-of-the-bins-defra-stats-show-fortnightly-refuse-collections-increases-recycling-8434239.html

Iain Duncan Smith: we've brought back fairness to welfare - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9772131/Iain-Duncan-Smith-weve-brought-back-fairness-to-welfare.html

EU: Britain could be given 'second-class' membership of bloc - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/eu-britain-could-be-given-secondclass-membership-of-bloc-8434233.html

Fiscal cliff deadline looms as talks on a deal continue – live updates - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/31/fiscal-cliff-congress-deadline-live