Government minister hits out at 'elitist' critics of plans for new directly elected police commissioners with wide-ranging powers to hire and fire chief constables
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London's housing shortage should be eased as a Budget property tax giveaway boosts investment in private rental property, according to industry experts... more
Britain could boost its exports by £27 billion if it increased its share of trade with four of the world's fastest growing economies, former business secretary Lord Mandelson will say today... more
Prince William urged by a rising Labour MP to shun his father's 'Castle of Mey-style indulgence' and 'anti-Enlightenment' campaigns against modernity
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Unemployment unexpectedly jumped again last month, highlighting the grim state of the labour market even before the bulk of Government cuts come in... more
John Redwood predicts the increase in capital gains tax will lead to a fall in revenue — rather than the extra £725 million the Treasury is projecting... more
In radical plans being drafted by the Government’s new 'poverty czar' Frank Field, child benefit could be taxed and limited to children under 13... more
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
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
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
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
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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
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