Public-spirited to a fault, Con Ed said it might cut off the electricity supply to the New York Police Department's headquarters.

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Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has called for a temporary emergency cut in VAT to boost consumer confidence and "jump-start" the economy.

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Ed took a knife from the magnetic rack and cut into one of the Finnish loaves.

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Shadow chancellor Ed Balls attacked the government over its plan to cut the 50p rate of income tax to 45p from 2013.

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But Labour insists it has been pushing for a real terms cut in the EU budget since July, with shadow chancellor Ed Balls saying there had been cross-party support for the idea of reducing EU expenditure at a time of austerity at home.

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And the advice that came more from the Ed Balls play list - like the talk of a temporary VAT cut - was still for the future.

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Council Member Peter Vallone Jr. of Queens said he believes his allocations have been cut as retribution for his vote against renaming the Queensboro Bridge to honor former Mayor Ed Koch.

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Labour leader Ed Miliband said it was the coalition government which had put up VAT, cut tax credits and "allowed energy and train companies to rip people off on their bills".

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ARPA-ED, like ARPA-E, however, does not have a clear-cut connection between supply and demand.

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But if you see demand as problem number one, like Ed Balls, then you can see why you might want to talk about a temporary VAT cut.

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