George Osborne: London perfectly placed as gateway for Asian banking
Chancellor tells Asian Financial Forum in Hong Kong that UK capital has future as financial centre for Chinese currency
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Was Len McCluskey right to attack Ed Miliband? | Michael White
It's fine that McCluskey speaks out for his members but he should also educate them about the harsh realities out thereI've never met Len McCluskey, but Unite's leader strikes me from afar as a decent...
View ArticleThe Business podcast: France, credit ratings and Occupy
Eurozone leaders are putting on a brave face after nine countries had their credit ratings downgraded by Standard and Poor's. France and Austria lost their coveted AAA ratings - as did the continent's...
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Trade union irritation with Ed Miliband boils into open rebellion
Rift fuelled by anger at Labour leader's refusal to back public pension strikes and the sense he is abandoning those who elevated himBrewing discontent with Ed Miliband among trade union leaders was...
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Ed Miliband, welcome to the coalition – but don't stay too long | Simon Jenkins
The Labour leader's sanity on cuts is what the economy needs. But long term, a healthy democracy needs real oppositionA double-dip recession is a national emergency, or it should be. If there were no...
View ArticleGeorge Osborne: Japan and UK can work together to isolate Iran and help...
The chancellor, George Osborne, has met Japan's prime minister and finance minister during a tour of the far east
View ArticleUK unemployment level unacceptably high, says minister - video
Employment minister says the latest rise in the jobless total is down to more women entering the workforce and more students looking to supplement their income through work
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UK faces request for £19bn as IMF boosts bailout fund to $1tn
Government officials say UK will demand more reform in eurozone before increasing contribution to IMFThe government has said it will demand improvements in European Union efforts to sort out its...
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Scotland's economic gloom deals blow to Alex Salmond's Plan MacB
Unemployment higher than UK average and economic growth weak as firm whose drink lent name to financial plan enters administrationAlex Salmond's claims that the Scottish government has a superior...
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Pick'n'mix policies: Chocolate Orange men seek 'responsible capitalism'
PM joins other party leaders in seeking to blend markets with conscience – but they keep stealing from the same jars of ideasIn a WH Smith not far from Westminster, there are no Terry's Chocolate...
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Goldman Sachs enters £8bn 'parallel pay universe'
Payout by investment bank – equating to £238,000 per employee – provokes anger among unionsBankers at Goldman Sachs have been accused of living in a parallel universe after the Wall Street firm...
View ArticleSteve Bell on David Cameron and Ed Miliband at prime minister's questions –...
PM claims Labour leader is 'so incompetent that he cannot even do a U-turn' in debate over cuts and the economySteve Bell
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Boost income of lowest-paid public sector workers, Balls tells Osborne
Chancellor urged to allow more generous rises at bottom of income scale by reining in increases at topThe shadow chancellor, Ed Balls, has challenged George Osborne to boost the income of the...
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David Cameron pledges era of 'popular capitalism'
Prime minister blames Labour for 'turbo-capitalism' of recent decades and says Tories are best placed to lead new type of capitalismDavid Cameron has marched onto territory staked out by Ed Miliband by...
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President Obama unveils plans to boost foreign tourism
Speaking at Disney's Magic Kingdom in Florida, Obama outlined package of reforms to streamline foreign tourist visasPresident Barack Obama on Thursday ordered the streamlining of applications for...
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On morality Ed Miliband is way ahead of Cameron. Now for the economy | Polly...
Miliband has done well to force Cameron to fight on Labour territory. But he needs to change the economic conversationDavid Cameron will try to stop £4m bonuses for RBS bankers. Whatever it takes –...
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The C-word: politicians and capitalism | Editorial
Unease and more with capitalism is widespread, evident from the steps of St Paul's to the headlines about banker payouts"Today many people are questioning … the whole way our economy works," said David...
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Cameron's 'Bonfire of the quangos' to cost double original estimate
National Audit Office puts the bill for abolishing 262 public bodies at £830m, not the £425m ministers proposed in 2010Ministers have vastly underestimated the cost of implementing David Cameron's...
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IMF warns of threat to global economies posed by austerity drives
International Monetary Fund and 10 other economic bodies make 'call to action' to boost growth and curb protectionismThe leaders of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the World Trade...
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Jon Cruddas wades in on responsible capitalism debate | Patrick Wintour
Labour leftwinger says shareholders should be made more accountable to the people whose money they look afterLabour leftwinger Jon Cruddas has joined the debate on responsible capitalism by calling for...
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