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UK recession is over, says Bank as FTSE edges upward

15.09.09
The Bank of England declared the UK recession over a year to the day after the collapse of Lehman Brothers sent the global economy into freefall... more

One year on: lessons of Lehman Brothers

15.09.09
A year from the collapse of Lehman Brothers is an opportunity for banks to consider their own mortality... more

New immigrants occupy just two per cent of social housing

07.07.09
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We need candour over spending cuts

30.06.09
The day after Gordon Brown's launch of "Building Britain's Future", events are not going according to the Prime Minister's plan to move on decisively from the row over MPs' expenses... more

Get a move on, Ed, or sun will set on our wind-power dream

16.04.09
Energy analysis: Seen any sign of those 300 wind turbines the height of Nelson's Column going up in the Thames estuary for the promised London Array, "the world's biggest offshore wind farm"?... more

'Greenest family in London' save £600 a year on fuel bills

05.03.09
A London family has saved £600 a year by insulating their home and taking green lifestyle advice... more

Here comes Big Brother Britain – now stand up and fight for liberty

26.02.09
This week the Government publishes its proposals for the giant computer bank to monitor our lives. But could this be the moment the public finally says ‘no’ to the surveillance state?... more

'Deep recession' puts zero rates in prospect

11.02.09
Economy: City economists predicted the Bank of England would slash rates quickly to zero per cent following the gloomy assessment of the economy from Governor Mervyn King... more

Street cuts emissions by 40% in five months

23.07.08
A London street has cut its carbon emissions by 40 per cent in only five months for a national eco contest... more

Airport expansion data is wrong, says watchdog

21.05.08
Government advisers have opened the door to a string of legal challenges over plans to expand airports in the South-East... more

Heading home, half of capital's migrants

30.04.08
Tens of thousands of eastern European immigrants who arrived in London in the last four years have gone home, population experts say... more

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