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Premier Foods is "to simplify" its controversial practice of asking its suppliers for payments to continue doing business with the firm.


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The Conservatives must "come clean" about future spending plans, Deputy PM Nick Clegg tells the BBC - as Chancellor George Osborne accuses him of planning "hefty income tax rises".

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A retail watchdog, led by an ombudsman, is set up to resolve disputes between shops and customers.

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