11.   Whereas at a younger age, the percentage increase for the age, might be, you know, point one of a per cent.

12.   Pensioners face a rise of only one pound a week from next April, the smallest increase for years.

13.   So a fee increase for dentists would break with that.

14.   Mr Lamont said a freeze in bills last year would have resulted in substantial increases for many businesses this year.

15.   But there will be no increase for spirits, a move welcomed by the Scottish whisky industry which has always argued that it is unfairly dealt with.

16.   Staff unions and many councillors last year attacked large pay increases for senior staff in all departments.

17.   The figures reveal fairly consistent reductions in the weights for food and tobacco, and an increase for transport and an unsteady fluctuation for alcohol.

18.   All three are heavily focused on the flat-rolled business, which stands to benefit from price increases for steel used in automobiles and appliances.

19.   Also being resisted is a proposal by the company to give pay raises on the basis of performance instead of across-the-board, regular contractual increases for journalists.

20.   Although the government pushed through an increase for selected blends of gas in August, the IMF wants far bigger hikes this time around.