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    • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
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      Tory MPs push chancellor to use all of boost to public finances for easing burden on UK households in Spring Statement

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      Excising Article 22 of Brussels regulations would alarm privacy campaigners

    • Friday, 11 June, 2021
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      Group led by Iain Duncan Smith wants pension funds to have more opportunity to invest in tech

    • Wednesday, 17 February, 2021
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      Duncan Smith says reform group advising PM would seek ‘fast and sensible’ regulatory changes

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    • Wednesday, 26 June, 2019
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