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Christmas trading figures

Wed, 8 Jan 14

Retailers such as M&S, Sainsbury's and Tesco will be releasing Christmas trading figures this week - we have a look at how the festive season has treated our big food retailers. Government plans to increase spending on state pensions have been criticised as "unaffordable and irresponsible" in a report by a free market think tank. And it's the third and final day of our in-depth look at debt - we often think of debt as a bad thing but when is debt a force for good?