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Page last updated at 08:58 GMT, Friday, 5 December 2008
HBOS headquarters in Halifax
All Banks pass on rate cut to customers
Some banks even go further and reduce interest rates for their customers to 0%
All lenders to cut rates
What the cuts mean for you
Rates cut the best yet

Celecoxib pills Internet painkillers nothing more than placebos
Prescription-only painkillers available to purchase over the internet are harmless.
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Honda F1 dream continue as backer found
Japanese car giant Honda is letting another company run their F1 title and 800 jobs are saved.


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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Bitter challenge
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Prime Minister's convoy on the Preston bypass Open roads
Today the motorway is an empty haven

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The Bank of England Will the rate cut help the economy? Yes.


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