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Tue 09 Sep 2007Slow growth for North if no tax cut, says RobinsonA refusal by the British government to reduce corporation tax in Northern Ireland to the same 12.5 per cent level as in the Republic would slow down economic growth in the North but not wreck the economy, DUP Finance Minister Peter Robinson told the Assembly yesterday.The North's First Minister, the Rev Ian Paisley, together with the Northern Executive and much of the Northern Ireland business community, has urged the British government to reduce corporation tax levels to help boost the Northern economy as it emerges from years of conflict and political strife.