The former Big Brother star at the centre of a media gagging storm broke down in tears today as she told how the ordeal had left her life 'in pieces'... more
Bank of England governor Mervyn King has denied secretly advising George Osborne before the election on the 'composition' of spending cuts and tax rises to tackle Britain’s budget deficit
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The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats award Goldman Sachs a lucrative mandate to handle a sale of gilts, despite saying the bank should be barred from government work... more
London Battlegrounds: Surrounded by party volunteers Vince Cable, the politician voters would trust most to rebuild the economy, is stuffing envelopes in a nondescript Neasden office block... more
Cabinet ministers admit David Cameron effectively won the first week of the general election campaign with his pledge to halt the National Insurance rise... more
City Comment: When governments are short of money they cut capital spending. But however much needs to be saved, it can't come out of infrastructure budgets... more
High-profile Tory candidate facing pressure to end his "non-dom" tax status as party struggles to fend off claims that it wants to featherbed the rich... more
Full details of the pay and bonuses of thousands of high-earning bankers will be made public under radical plans to create more transparency in the pay City deal-makers and traders... more
Hopes that Britain may be emerging from the worst of the recession were boosted as a new poll showed the public is more optimistic than at any time since the credit crunch began... more
President Obama has imposed pay restrictions on bank bosses whose firms are being bailed out by the US taxpayer. His explanation will resonate here...... more
Alistair Darling has scrapped the 2p increase in fuel duty. The Chancellor acted to quell motorists' anger with a week to go before the Glasgow East by-election... more
The House of Lords is spending £32 million refurbishing a suite of offices for 117 peers and their secretaries, the Evening Standard can reveal... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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