The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development expects France to narrow its budgetdeficit at a faster pace after higher tax receipts last year helped reduce the shortfall more than planned.

According to respondents of the ‘American Express Spend Psychologies’ study¹, the UK average monthly expense claim now stands at £119, or £1428 a year, however there are substantial differences in expense claims throughout the regions. Employees in London say they claim less than anyone else in the UK (£95), whilst the North East has some of the highest claims in the country, averaging at £140 per person.

  

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