Its smaller companies will not be covered. The head of Middle East research at Swiss-based financial firm UBS, Saud Masud,says it is a step in the right direction.

VOA: standard.2009.12.02

Analyst Kerry Brown, of the London-based research group Chatham House, compared Britain's deficit to that of Greece, where financial problems have led to massive cuts in spending and deep social unrest.

VOA: standard.2010.05.13