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Osborne to reveal Tory tax U-turn

independent.co.uk
yesterday 164 related
        

By Andrew Grice, Political Editor George Osborne will unveil an anti-recession package including some tax cuts, in a U-turn to allow the Tories to take the fight over the economy to a resurgent Gordon Brown. Asked whether the...

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dailymail.co.uk: George Osborne dailymail.co.uk

Alan Watkins: Cap'*Cameron will cruise to victory

independent.co.uk
16-Nov-2008 8 related
        

In the past few weeks, it has become clear that all is not well in the good ship Tory party. The crew are not mutinous exactly, not even restive, but they are certainly concerned. The ship's captain is in no danger of being set...

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John Rentoul: The handbrake turn that kills Prudence

independent.co.uk
16-Nov-2008
        

Usually, "how would you vote if there were a general election tomorrow?" is a hypothetical question. Last week, it felt a little less so. On Monday, the two main parties engaged in competitive scheduling to try to hold the...

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Man behind the putsch: 'I'm the forward guard for a much bigger machine'

independent.co.uk
16-Nov-2008
        

Stefan Allesch-Taylor left school at 18 and entered stockbroking. It was Black Monday in 1987 and he admits that for five years he thought he had caused the stock market crash. Now he is advising the would-be managers of HBOS...

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timesonline.co.uk: George Osborne timesonline.co.uk

George Osborne bounces back to find a path out of the economic woods

timesonline.co.uk
14-Nov-2008 21 related
        

In the Conservative Party’s Hundred Acre Wood, George Osborne has always been Tigger to David Cameron’s Christopher Robin. The Shadow Chancellor is a natural optimist, bouncing back enthusiastically after every setback.

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A prize for Mandelson – humiliation for Osborne

independent.co.uk
14-Nov-2008 23 related
        

A year ago, George Osborne won the coveted "politician of the year" award from The Spectator. Yesterday, he had to present the magazine's awards for this year to two of his political foes – Lord Mandelson and Vince Cable, the...

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Ken Clarke warns Britain is on the brink of 'meltdown'

telegraph.co.uk
12-Nov-2008 1 related
        

Kenneth Clarke, the former Conservative Chancellor, has warned the economy is on the brink of "meltdown" and unemployment could reach three million. By Rupert Neate and Robert Miller Mr Clarke, 68, said the British economy is...

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dailymail.co.uk: Nicholas Hammond dailymail.co.uk

Cambridge University academic caught with sickening child porn images is allowed to KEEP his job

dailymail.co.uk
05-Nov-2008 5 related
        

Paedophile: Dr Nicholas Hammond was caught with 1,540 child porn photos Cambridge University is allowing an academic to keep his job despite a conviction for possessing sickening pornographic images of children. The decision to...

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Conference Draws Hip-Hop Pioneers to Cornell

cornelldailysun.com
04-Nov-2008
        

Next time you search the Cornell Library catalogue, don’t be surprised if you stumble across names like “Funky Four Plus One” or “The Treacherous Three” alongside “functional analysis” and “trials (treason).” The 8021 range is...

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The government must inject money into our ailing economy - there is no alternative

newstatesman.co.uk
30-Oct-2008
        

In considering how best to bring Britain out of recession with maximum speed and minimum pain, Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling should start by ignoring the 16 free-market economists who wrote to the Sunday Telegraph arguing...

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