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The Observer profile: Treasury tsar called to account

Profile: After steering the economy through a year of disasters, the Chancellor of the Exchequer - sold as a 'safe pair of hands' - has yet to convince the public, the City and the banks of that. But they love him at the Treasury

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Alan Watkins: For Labour MPs, tomorrow never comes

When I was growing up, in what was then the coal-mining part of Carmarthenshire, there was a favoured promise: I'll do it tomorrow. What he (for the speaker was usually a man, not a woman) meant was: I'll do it when I feel like...

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Gordon’s got the glums, grab your chance, Dave

timesonline.co.uk     3 hrs ago          

Even as his troubles snowballed at the height of winter, the prime minister was on bullish form over dinner when he turned to his favourite subject, the economy. Northern Rock was a trial, he admitted, and the international...

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William Kay: The downturn that nobody can escape

timesonline.co.uk     2 hrs ago          

If you are hoping for an early end to the woes on the stock markets and in the world’s economy, you’ve come to the wrong column. The first week of this year’s second half has taken us deeper into the quicksand. The grizzlies...

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The Angel watching over global finance

guardian.co.uk     1 hr ago          

Corruption, the credit crunch, protectionism, tax havens ... they're all on OECD chief Gurria's agenda. By Nick Mathiason and Heather Stewart Angel Gurria, head of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the...

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Council cuts fail to slow down Capita

timesonline.co.uk     1 hr ago          

THE biggest surprise about Southern Cross Healthcare’s profit warning last week was not that the nursing-homes group could find no buyers for some of its freeholds. Because central government was late in transferring cash to...

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Bill Jamieson - Troubles heading from High Street to Downing Street

scotsman.com     38 mins ago          

REPORTS of a morale meltdown at the Treasury, with mounting worries over the state of the public finances, completed a week of utter misery for Chancellor Alistair Darling. The Government sector may soon be facing a severe...

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Brown 'disappointed' over expenses vote

Gordon Brown is "disappointed" that MPs voted against abolishing their lucrative expenses regime. MPs last night rejected calls for the abolition of the "John Lewis list" and independent scrutiny of their claims. "The Prime...

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UK indicators feel the gravity of situation

ft.com     yesterday   34 related          

By Brooke Masters and Norma Cohen Economists may still be debating whether the UK will endure a full-blown recession but this week made it pretty clear what the majority of investors and consumers believe. The FTSE 100...

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Barnett Formula faces threat from new inquiry

By Andrew Porter, Political Editor A new committee is to investigate whether the controversial rules that govern how money is awarded by the Treasury to Scotland and the regions should be scrapped The Barnett Formula - which...

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