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End of the scandal of waste at Waterloo

12.11.09
The Government has known for at least five years that when Eurostar moved its operations to St Pancras the terminal at Waterloo would be available for domestic use... more

Brothers cleared of Stringfellows assault

15.09.09
Two brothers have been cleared of a 'drink-fuelled' attack on a company director after an argument over a Stringfellows dancer... more

Call for £50bn public spending cut to ease UK debt crisis

11.09.09
Plans to tackle the UK's debt 'crisis' by saving £50 billion of public spending through measures such as a pay freeze on the state pension have been put forward... more

'I was punched for ignoring lapdancer at Stringfellows'

02.09.09
Company director's lack of interest in a Stringfellows dancer ended with him being floored by a 'devastating' punch and left unconscious on the pavement outside... more

Worst recession in 50 years and big slump for Labour

24.07.09
Hopes of a swift end to the recession crushed by disastrous figures showing the economy shrinking at its fastest rate on record... more

Worst recession for half a century

24.07.09
Hopes of swift end to economic turmoil shaken as figures reveal far worse than expected decline in economy making it the worst recession in Britain in 50 years... more

Darling’s borrowing binge puts pound into a nosedive

21.07.09
The pound fell against the dollar and the euro today after another dramatic deterioration in the UK’s public finances ... more

Unemployment rate jumps to highest since 1971

15.07.09
Unemployment in the UK rose to the highest level since 1997 in the three months to May, hitting 2.38 million ... more

Darling hints at pension cut for the public sector

29.04.09
Chancellor Alistair Darling defended his Budget predictions but signalled he could slash public sector pensions to squeeze state spending... more

Equality law ‘to shake up City pay’

28.04.09
The City is set for a massive pay shake-up and the end of the “cultural secrecy” surrounding bonuses following the Government’s publication of its new Equality Bill ... more

Cheering news on pensions: our experts have some bright ideas

26.03.09
London's £10 billion pensions deficit crisis could be solved by raising the retirement age and forcing workers to pay more each month... more

800,000 Londoners caught out by pensions 'apartheid'

25.03.09
The full scale of London's "pensions apartheid" is revealed by the Evening Standard... more

Downing Street facing more pro-Tibet demos

02.02.09
Downing Street was braced for more human rights protests as Chinese premier Wen Jiabao and Gordon Brown sought a united front on tackling the global recession... more

It’s plain sailing for Slade, the man with the Aura

16.01.09
Today, property developer Mike Slade is just over halfway across the south Atlantic... more

Heathrow runway battle in Commons

15.01.09
The battle for Heathrow erupted as a third runway got the go-ahead... more

In the new world of work, go clubbing

09.12.08
When I walk into One Alfred Place, a new club tucked behind Tottenham Court Road, I suddenly find myself in an alternative world of work... more

Bad blood among top shopkeepers on the High St

28.11.08
Retailers slashing prices in an attempt to prise open the nation's wallets is not well-liked at all by ballsier rivals... more

City's top earners hunt for ways round higher tax rates

25.11.08
Budget report: Accountants are busy looking at schemes to prevent City high-flyers and other top earners being hit by a near-60% rate of taxation on their pay packets... more

Cameron's search for cuts to fund low taxes

19.11.08
David Cameron has told his shadow cabinet to intensify a search for Whitehall savings to make room for possible tax cuts... more

Jobless total hits 1.82m as things get tougher for Britain

12.11.08
Unemployment hit an 11-year high of 1.82 million amid fears that the jobless total could near three million by 2010... more

'Bold' rate cut wins a welcome in the City

06.11.08
A stunned City welcomed today's unprecedented cut in interest rates and said there was more to come as the economic crisis in the UK deepens... more

City turmoil over bail-out

08.10.08
Interest rates were slashed by half a point as world leaders launched a historic economic rescue mission... more

Even £500 billion may not be enough, admits Darling

08.10.08
Alistair Darling has admitted his £500 billion gamble to beat the credit crunch might not be enough... more

Lehman, Credit Suisse and the rumour mill

22.08.08
One rule for banks — another for everybody else. In the US, the Federal Reserve phoned Credit Suisse to see if it had pulled a line of credit from Lehman Brothers... more

C in the Eighties would be worth an A grade now

12.08.08
A-level students who would have been rewarded with C grades 20 years ago can now expect to gain As, researchers said... more

'Spoon-fed' students lack skills needed for university

11.08.08
The quality of first-year students at university has plummeted as teenagers are spoon-fed at school, a report warns... more

Recession? We'll cope just as we did before

21.07.08
Going 15 years without a recession does have a downside - and one that is becoming ever more obvious. ... more

Don't punish us at polls for tough times says Brown

01.05.08
Embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown issued a last-minute plea to voters not to punish Labour in the local and London mayoral polls... more

BA chief says sorry to business leaders over turmoil at T5

30.04.08
BA chief executive Willie Walsh appeals to business leaders not to judge his company by the disastrous opening of Terminal 5... more

City demands a bigger retreat on non-dom tax

13.02.08
Alistair Darling was facing demands for a one-year delay to his plans to tax rich foreigners today as the City sought further retreat on the proposals... more

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