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Government borrowing surge costs us �63m a day

20.10.09

Government borrowing ballooned to nearly �80 billion in the first six months of the year � a staggering �425 million a day ... more

Pound crashes more than 2.5 cents against dollar

24.09.09

Sterling plunged more than two-and-a-half cents against the dollar as nervous investors were again spooked by the Bank of England... more

MPC report hits pound

19.08.09

Mervyn King and others wanted to pump an extra �75 billion into the economy sent the pound tumbling today � the third time this month the Bank of England has hit sterling ... more

Fears for London NHS as four bosses quit in three months

22.04.09

Hospitals in London are being damaged by the NHS�s inability to retain key managers, resulting in a staff �merry-go-round�, it is claimed... more

King defends tactics after shock climb in inflation

24.03.09

The Bank of England defended its decision to embark on quantitative easing � a modern form of printing money � after an unexpected rise in inflation... more

�Climate of fear stops hospital bosses from improving the NHS�

06.02.09

Hospital patients face poor treatment for years because of a �climate of fear� that is stopping bosses improving the health service, insiders claim... more

'Most wanted cash in transit robber' held arrested

03.12.08

One of London's most wanted robbery suspects has been arrested following a CCTV appeal in the Standard... more

Revealed: London's most wanted robbers

25.11.08

Scotland Yard has issued CCTV images of dangerous gangs and individuals wanted for a series of robberies across London and the South-East... more

Market report: Lehman fiasco makes it a field day for the bears

15.09.08

Share prices slumped in London in the wake of Lehman Brothers� decision to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US... more

City experts are taken by surprise

17.06.08

Economists today reacted with surprise to the "dovish" nature of Mervyn King's letter... more

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