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More fears over the health of UK banks dragged shares in Royal Bank of Scotland down by another 30%. The latest decline came as London's leading share index opened in positive territory after Monday's 7.8% fall wiped £93...
The UK is "very concerned" about Iran's nuclear ambitions and human rights record, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said. Tehran's uranium enrichment programme represents a serious threat to security in the Middle East and the...
First week back at Westminster and MPs could be forgiven for taking a minute or two to check their bearings because, in the last few days, the political landscape has been completely transformed. The Conservatives picked up on...
George Bush is expected to summon Gordon Brown and other European leaders to an emergency summit to discuss the economic crisis. By Andrew Porter and James Kirkup President Bush urged his European counterparts to coordinate...
• Nearly a third of adults in the West Midlands are obese • London and north-east worst for child obesity 24% of men and women are obese and almost two-thirds are either overweight or obese, the DoH figures show. Photograph:...
Last Saturday's rally by the Campaign to End Child Poverty deserved wider coverage than it received. The figures on child poverty on Britain, in the third term and 11th year of a so-called Labour government, returned with...
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has divided his front bench into teams. David Laws After gaining a double first in maths at Cambridge, David Laws had a high-flying career in banking before entering Parliament in 2001 as MP...
