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• Third of population will work over Christmas because of job fears
  MORE than one in three people will be working over Christmas - partly because of worries about job security during the economic downturn.
• Union chiefs want £8bn aid fund
  UNION leaders called yesterday for an £8billion fund to help companies through the economic crisis.
• Brown hurries up spending plans to create 100,000 jobs
  GOVERNMENT spending programmes brought forward in a bid to beat the recession will provide employment for at least 100,000 people in the current difficult economic times, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said today.
• No plans to cut jobs in Scotland yet, says banking chief
  THE new boss of Lloyds Banking group north of the Border said there were "no immediate plans" to cut jobs.
• Gordon Brown hits back in row with archbishop over economy
  GORDON Brown hit back at the Archbishop of Canterbury yesterday over an attack on the Government's handling of the financial crisis.
• Retailers' relief as Christmas shoppers finally start spending
  SHOPPERS shrugged off credit crunch woes yesterday, with a Scotland - wide stampede to the stores.
• HBOS shareholders vote to approve Lloyds TSB takeover
  HBOS SHAREHOLDERS overwhelmingly approved the bank's controversial takeover by rival Lloyds TSB and an £11.5 billion funding boost from the taxpayer.
• Bail-out plan for US car industry collapses
  A £9 BILLION emergency rescue for the big three US car manufacturers collapsed in the Senate after a union refused to accept Republican demands for swift pay cuts.
• Chancellor gets ear-bashing from Scots pensioner during Fort visit
  ALISTAIR Darling received a ticking off yesterday from a retired dinner lady.
• Oil prices plummet as US unemployment rises
  OIL prices are at their lowest since January 2005 after it was revealed 533,000 people in the US lost their jobs last month.