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Clegg reshuffles Webb, the man he 'can't stand'
Nick Clegg has ousted Steve Webb from his post as the Liberal Democrats' energy and climate change spokesman, in a reshuffle aimed at sharpening the party's performance.
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Brown: from boom to bust
Friday, 9 January 2009
Business leaders lose confidence in Labour, Independent poll reveals
Compensation clause in ID card contracts angers Tories
Friday, 9 January 2009
Taxpayers face paying tens of millions of pounds in compensation to private companies involved in the national identity card scheme if their contracts are torn up by an incoming Conservative government.
London council to hand out £50 'recession gifts'
Friday, 9 January 2009
Thousands of households are to receive a £50 gift in an attempt by their local authority to help them through the recession.
Economy may need a second cash boost
Thursday, 8 January 2009
Ministers admit the recession may last longer than they predicted last November
Brown pledges new measures to boost economy
Thursday, 8 January 2009
Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling pledged fresh measures to bolster the economy today as the grim toll of job losses continued to mount.
PM urges tourism industry to grasp 'huge opportunity'
Thursday, 8 January 2009
The British tourist industry must grasp the "huge opportunity" that globalisation will present over the coming decades, Gordon Brown said today.
Tories accuse DFID of trying to usurp powers of Foreign Office
Thursday, 8 January 2009
Conservatives would rein in aspirations of international development department
Johnson to face Whitehall leaks probe
Wednesday, 7 January 2009
London Mayor Boris Johnson faced a formal investigation tonight into his role in the Whitehall leaks inquiry.
UK 'far from through' recession, warns Darling
Wednesday, 7 January 2009
The Chancellor raised speculation that he will ditch his forecast that recovery will begin later this year.
Cabinet meetings outside London cost £200,000 each
Wednesday, 7 January 2009
Gordon Brown's decision to hold Cabinet meetings outside London is costing the taxpayer upwards of £200,000 a time, new figures suggest.
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