The Queen has to realise there is no free ride - just like residents of Benefits Street

1EmailMirror columnist Alison Phillips says Her Majesty can't expect the hard-pressed taxpayer to subsidise her spendthrift household without something in return

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Small Business Saturday - support your local shop and prevent a chainstore massacre of the British high street

Business Saturday.

It’s a day when every one of us is urged to support the nation’s five million small businesses by turning our backs on the big chains for a day to use local shops, local traders and eat at local restaurants.

Theidea began in America three years ago to help small firms survive competition from bigger rivals.

It was a factor in boosting the turnoverof small businesses by

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Vicky Pryce: 'I get stopped in the street - people hug me'

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