31-Dec-2012 23:48

'Scandal' as housing cash heads south - Shields Gazette :: http://www.shieldsgazette.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

I've bin keeping all last year's rubbish in one bag! Extreme recycler crowned ... - Mirror.co.uk :: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/john-newson-extreme-recycler-crowned-1512638

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 federalists: UK could be 'associate member' - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20875755

Cash machine breakdown spoils party before it starts - The Times (subscription) :: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/banking/article3644820.ece

Francois Hollande defends 75 per cent tax rate - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/francois-hollande/9773686/Francois-Hollande-defends-75-per-cent-tax-rate.html

US poised to go over fiscal cliff - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6125fcaa-5395-11e2-bc9c-00144feab49a.html