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It has also pulled every available financial lever, including selling off the Chelsea women’s team to the club’s own parent company.

But Hamas will want guarantees on as many of those issues as possible before giving up the hostages, its greatest lever over Israel.

Pharma companies are worried about all the levers the government can pull.

These groups and their supporters now have access to the top levers of government, either through official roles in the agency or through the administration’s adoption of their views.

The big levers of taxation are not being touched in this budget, as a review of the island's corporate tax system and the planned introduction of a GST are currently under way.