Finance Tart

Greece continues to rebel against tough austerity measures as the country embarked on its fifth general strike.
Ferries, public transport and other state services came to a standstill to protest against Government plans to cut pension benefits and public servants’ pay.
More than 15,000 people took to the streets in Athens and the northern city of Thessaloniki. [...]

The Office for National Statistics has today announced that Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) rose for the first time in eight months to 1.5% in October from a 5-year low of 1.1% in September.
The rise was not unexpected after a sharp fall in transport costs last year was not repeated this year and because fuel prices [...]