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Selling off RBS would defraud the public and damage economic recovery |...
Stephen Hester has been forced to leave the bank by George Osborne in his determination to accelerate privatisationAny doubt over who calls the shots at Britain's part-nationalised banks has been...
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Raise interest rates on old student loans, secret report proposes
Proposal is found in Whitehall-commissioned study examining how coalition could privatise entire stock of student loansA confidential report commissioned by the government has proposed redrawing the...
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If only Britain had joined the euro | Will Hutton
If Gordon Brown had chosen to join the single currency 10 years ago, both the European Union and Britain would be stronger nowTen years ago this week Gordon Brown said no to joining the euro. It is an...
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Mark Carney's in-tray: challenges facing Bank of England's new governor
Bank insiders believe their new boss has a mandate for change, but he is faced with a formidable set of challengesIf George Osborne had wanted a "no change" candidate to squire the Old Lady of...
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On the subject of political meddling, RBS and the like can shut up | Simon...
Stephen Hester wanted to turn RBS back into a normal bank but, after £45bn, the government can do what it likesThe silly response to Stephen Hester's exit as boss of RBS is to say that politicians...
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Liberal Democrats to put job-creation at heart of election campaign
Strategists hope focus on jobs will make party central to economic debate that is expected to dominate runup to electionThe biggest campaign theme for the Liberal Democrats between now and the 2015...
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Extra million people in absolute poverty since coalition came to power
Department for Work and Pensions data shows median income is at lowest level for a decade due to pay freezes and austerityBritain has suffered a "lost decade" in living standards after a second year of...
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Deputy governor Paul Tucker quits Bank of England
Tucker, who lost out on the governor job to Mark Carney, will leave the central bank in the autumnPaul Tucker, the deputy governor of the Bank of England who lost out on the top job to Canadian Mark...
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This austerity U-turn by Ed Balls is a mistake
The shadow chancellor's pledge to match coalition cuts smacks of a failure of nerve. Perhaps Ed Balls should re-read his celebrated Bloomberg speech of 2010Has the Labour party thrown in the towel? Are...
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Give us back our public spaces so we can have access all areas | Will Hutton
Places such as London's Canary Wharf would be more vibrant if we weren't so restricted in what we can do thereCanary Wharf is a daring development: more bankers now work in its offices than in the City...
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Why privatise student loans? | Andrew McGettigan
Selling off student loans just doesn't make sense – it's short-termist and contemptuous of citizensThe Guardian recently saw a copy of a report produced by Rothschild to conclude a feasibility study...
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All eyes on Mark Carney's first move as Bank of England's new governor
Mervyn King's successor will be watched keenly for his decisions on interest rates, quantitative easing and key appointmentsGeorge Osborne will doubtless lay the compliments on thick when he says a...
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G8 summit: deal or no deal | Editorial
In a period when punishing the poor is all the rage, it's heartening to see one economic argument going the right wayBefore getting to the details and inevitable niggles over the G8 summit that...
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G8 summit: Cameron has misjudged by putting Syria on the agenda | Simon Jenkins
Discussing Syria is likely to result in discord between Russia and the west which could sour the atmosphere of the summitFor once a G8 summit has a good idea on the table. David Cameron's call for...
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• Obama and Putin prepare for crunch talks on Syria• Turkey summons UK ambassador over Guardian revelations• Obama hails NI peace process as blueprint for peace• Cameron welcomes US-EU trade talks• Tax...
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Letters: Bugging the G20 in support of Keynesian economics
I know I'm expected to be shocked and horrified at the revelation that the UK spied on its allies at the two G20 summit meetings in London in 2009 (Reports, 17 June) – and in many ways of course I am....
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Big ideas can be bad ideas – even in the age of the thinktank | Mark Mazower
Forget the US model. British academics should aspire to offer more than just intellectual fig leaves for policymakersFirst there was Francis Fukuyama's The End of History. More recently, we had Malcolm...
View ArticleWhy Australians deserve a universal minimum income | Godfrey Moase
Godfrey Moase for Overland: I'd like to see every citizen receive a basic income of AUD$30,000 per year. No exceptions, no means testing. This is whyGodfrey Moase
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Royal Mail staff vote against privatisation
More than 96% of 112,000 postal workers vote against sell-off despite each being promised £1,500 of sharesRoyal Mail workers have voted overwhelming against the government's controversial plan to sell...
View ArticleAustralia’s dreaded cost of living – manacle or myth? | George Negus
George Negus: Tony Abbott is keen to lower the cost of living faced by ordinary families. But there is a significant difference between cost of living and cost of lifestyleGeorge Negus
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