However, he did acknowledge that the two sides disagreed on major issues ranging from labour rules, pension reform, a hike in value-added taxes and privatisations.
Meanwhile, Mr Osborne's hike in value-added tax is expected to raise a swingeing £13.5 billion by 2014-15.In thisectionon The meaning of austerity A costly war Roll up, roll up Soft touch Osborne's gamble A class above Pot on prescription The imperial moment ReprintsDaunting as they sound, it is easy to miss the meaning in these "large numbers".
The increase in gasification efficiency with temperature is due to the hike in values of lower heating values of syngas at higher temperatures.
All this comes on top of a major hike in the value of home-based television rights this summer, when a major coup was achieved in selling the UK-based rights to BSkyB and BT for £3.018bn, marking a rise of 70% on the present deal which ends next summer.
In Spain ticket sales, the largest remaining source of revenue, have been affected by a large hike in the value-added tax on tickets, to 21 percent from 8 percent.
That includes a big 2% hike in the value-added tax, scrapping the tax deductibility of employer-reimbursed commuting costs, some health and retirement issues, and most importantly limiting the deductibility of mortgage interest.
Its final results out yesterday showed a hike in net asset value per share from 321p at its last year end to 351p on March 31 this year, ahead of expectations.
And this week Mr Abe postponed a second hike in the consumer (value-added) tax.
The government fell, the banking system is a mess and there's no bottom in sight, despite a $10 billion IMF loan (with $7 billion more from the World Bank) and a 40% hike in the local value-added tax.
"These kinds of huge hikes in home values in London mean that Sadiq Khan will now face a serious challenge to deliver his promise of increased affordable housing in the city," Gill said.
