City comment: I still find it breathtaking that the Nobel prize for economics this year could go to Thomas Sargent, a man who more than any other developed the intellectual framework of rational expectations and efficient markets... more
Opponents of voting reform said a £6 million government-backed advertising campaign proves the 'alternative vote' is seven times more complicated than the traditional system
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Sacked in 2005 as Tory party deputy chairman for advocating ‘deeper cuts’, the new Lord Flight tells Stephen Robinson how his fears about our finances, benefits culture and ‘bland’ MPs have been realised... more
David Cameron gives his full backing to the Evening Standard’s £1million Dispossessed Fund and declares it has 'stirred the conscience' of the capital... more
Commentary: At 28,045 words, today’s Conservative manifesto is wilfully dull looking - but open the 118 pages and it document that speaks volumes about how David Cameron’s party see themselves... more
Suggestions that the decision to free Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs was prompted by the impending release of the Lockerbie bomber have been dismissed as 'absurd and offensive'... more
Former Tory leader Michael Howard became the latest Conservative to come under fire over their country homes today as it emerged the taxpayer paid for £17,000 of his gardening work... more
The statement by the Speaker of the House of Commons, Michael Martin, about the arrest of the Tory frontbencher, Damian Green last week, was not intended to turn into a full-blown debate... more
Michael Howard’s call for the Financial Services Authority to investigate the source of Robert Peston’s story about confidential talks between banking chiefs, the Chancellor and Bank of England Governor Mervyn King that sparked a plunge in bank shares on Tuesday morning is interesting.
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Forget the Commons - London's finest restaurants are where all of the real political scheming takes place, as former Labour minister Gerald Kaufman reveals.... 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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