If Gordon Brown gets his way, Charlie Whelan will take a seat in Labour's campaign HQ next month. But a large part of the Cabinet is saying "No, Prime Minister" to the return of the spin doctor whose union, Unite, pays Labour's bills.... more
That was not a Budget for the City and it was never going to be. Even the pre-Budget lobbying from the Square Mile was low-key and barely audible above the screams of pain from industry and the services sector... more
Former paymaster general Geoffrey Robinson predicted that Monday's pre-Budget report would mark a widening of the "clear blue water" between the two parties... more
Plans for the full-blown nationalisation of Halifax Bank of Scotland have been drafted by the Treasury amid fears that its merger with Lloyds TSB is in danger of falling apart... more
From the moment he backed Tony Blair for Labour leader 18 long years ago, Peter Mandelson was never again going to be a close friend of Gordon Brown... more
The chief executive of Geoffrey Robinson's bust and fraud-tainted motor-parts company TransTec has been thrown out of the accountancy profession for his part in the financial reporting scandal... 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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