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Open primaries: could this be the way forward

29.10.09
In Parliament, in the City, the high-ups are reeling. They moan to anyone who will listen how hard done by they feel, how misunderstood they are... more

Rudd in the money as Finsbury shrugs off recession

06.10.09
City public relations supremo Roland Rudd earned £2.9 million last year as his Finsbury agency prospered despite the credit crunch ... more

Spelling out the Keystone intrigue

25.09.09
Gulf Keystone, the AIM-listed Kurdistan explorer made a major discovery in Northern Iraq last month and saw its shares hit the stratosphere — rising from 9p to 90p in a little under three weeks... ... more

Arsenal fan raises his voice in Russia

23.09.09
Cuddly would-be Arsenal owner Alisher Usmanov is strenthening his grip on Russia’s media... ... more

Don’t bet on Darling in pay battle with bankers

22.09.09
SO, Alistair Darling wants bankers not to pay themselves big bonuses this side of the election, does he? ... more

City Spy: No fun at ITV in this Ball game

11.09.09
Just how wide is the opposition to Tony Ball being made ITV's next chief executive within the higher reaches of the broadcaster? Very, is the answer.... more

City Spy: Bid ’em up is back for M&A action

08.09.09
A giant-sized welcome is in order to Bruce Wasserstein, the Lazards chief and legendary New York banker who is leading the Kraft takeover bid for Cadbury... more

City Spy: For Carter's pal, no wheat - just chaff

23.07.09
What do government ministers do with their time? It's a moot question, given the state the country is in, but some clue comes from the exchange of emails between the recently departed communications minister Lord Carter and his former employer, Brunswick ... more

Political spin is having to change in internet age

22.07.09
The disgraced former Downing Street spin doctor, Damian McBride, broke his silence on Monday by giving interviews in print and on radio in an obvious attempt to rescue his reputation ... more

City Spy: Government minister is so cosy with Brunswick

21.07.09
Just how close has outgoing communications minister Stephen Carter been to his old employer, City public relations firm Brunswick?... more

City Spy: RSPCA on alert as the fur flies at BA

15.07.09
British Airways trade unions’ eye-catching demonstration of live lemmings at the annual meeting almost didn’t happen... ... more

Dot to dot career of Britain's digital tsar Stephen Carter

17.06.09
From law to advertising to Ofcom to No 10, few CVs could match that of Stephen Carter. But what will the communications minister do next?... more

Brown aide Lord Carter' to quit the Government'

12.06.09
Gordon Brown's communications minister is to quit the Government, it was claimed... more

Husband of Brunswick exec admits £3.2m insider charges

19.12.08
Banking: An executive at City public relations firm Brunswick has been caught up in an embarrassing insider trading case after her husband passed on confidential tips about takeovers... more

RBS ignored its own experts on the crunch

07.11.08
As Stephen Hester settles into the Fred the Shred memorial chair at Royal Bank of Scotland’s headquarters (is he going to keep the palace outside Edinburgh?), the new broom is doubtless in receipt of advice from all quarters... more

Fuel bills that fleece us all

21.10.08
THERE are some pertinent questions to be asked about energy prices and it is to the benefit of consumers that the Prime Minister is asking them. Gordon Brown has pointed out that while gas and electricity prices rose to take account of the increased price of oil, there have been no corresponding cuts in fuel bills as the price of oil comes down. Ed Miliband, the Energy Secretary, has met the six big energy retailers to tell them that the Government wants prices to fall. Meanwhile, the former head of Energywatch, Allan Asher, has said that consumers' annual bills of £1,200 could be reduced by up to a third if there were reforms to the wholesale market and greater competition between suppliers. He has a point: at a time when official inflation figures are just over five per cent, some suppliers have increased gas prices by a third.... more

Politics

08.10.08
The Tories are in the ascendancy and gaining influence. Already the key figures in Westminster and beyond are thinking about the post-Brown generation.... more

Finance

08.10.08
Britain will look to the Square Mile to pull it out of the economic mire, and these are the big names who will deliver the recovery. ... more

Why Hank’s way too busy for Gordon

26.09.08
Is there anything more pathetic than Gordon Brown’s trip to America?... more

The rise and fall of Gordon's PR guru

03.09.08
As the Prime Minister's September 'relaunch' flops, we reveal today how internal wars in No 10 are adding to Mr Brown's problems and could lead to another very embarrassing exit... more

Growth pledge Darling would like to forget

02.09.08
While Alistair Darling’s interview for The Guardian was candid about the economy, his Budget speech in March — only four months ago, let us not forget — was decidedly less so... more

No 10 in a spin as 'image' chief is sidelined

01.09.08
A PR expert drafted into Downing Street to help boost Gordon Brown's image is set to be sidelined after complaints that he is not "political" enough... more

Of inflation hawks and bolting horses

30.07.08
There may be a three-way split at the Bank of England over what to do with interest rates, with some arguing for a cut, others a rise, and the rest no change at all. ... more

Labour's biggest fear is a Brown Stalingrad

23.07.08
As MPs pack their bags for the summer holidays, we examine the restlessness among Gordon Brown's backbenchers and the bitter rivalries that are still destabilising Downing Street ... more

Informal boho

12.09.07
Balfour is a good-looking, independent joint whose mix of informal boho and retro-industrial styling offers a real fillip to the street.... more

Going a little overboard

29.08.07
LMNT II offers unusually good value for money but too often, dishes were spoilt by poor conception and bad execution.... more

A piece of Italy in the capital

23.07.07
La Cantina is as Italian as Pavarotti and mozzarella and as corny as Kansas - but utterly charming, says Mark Bolland.... more

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