11/10/2008
Expansion of Stansted wins Hoon approval
The Government has been accused of reneging on its commitment to tackle climate change and ignoring local opinion after it stepped in to approve a major expansion of Stansted.
Recession coming, minister admits
Tony McNulty, the new Work and Pensions minister, yesterday became the first government minister to acknowledge that Britain was heading for recession.
Brown bounce not enough to beat Cameron
Gordon Brown secured a bigger bounce from the party conference season than rival leaders, but it is nowhere near enough to save Labour from a crushing defeat at the next general election.
Ed Howker: Gordon on the couch
According to psychologist Lucy Beresford, Gordon Brown is 'deeply insecure' and bringing Peter Mandelson back was "Freudian" bordering on "self-mutilating behaviour".
Treasury officials 'heading to Iceland for talks'
Treasury officials were reported today to be heading for Iceland for urgent talks after the collapse of the country's banking sector left councils and charities in Britain facing losses of up to £1bn.
Treasury officials in Iceland for £1bn bank talks
Treasury officials were today in Iceland for urgent talks after the collapse of the country's banking sector left councils and charities in Britain facing losses of up to £1bn.
Today in Politics: It's war!
I thought Labour MPs were going way over the top when they spoke about the financial crisis being Gordon Brown's equivalent of Margaret Thatcher's Falklands War, which transformed her fortunes before the 1983 election.
John Rentoul: Gordon's gallows humour
The posh word is dissonance. Several of my colleagues have been mightily impressed that the Prime Minister was able to make a spontaneous quip last night when a mobile rang in the audience for his speech: "I don't know if another bank has fallen..."
Today in Politics: How big is the Brown bounce?
"Labour is still on the ropes. It just looks different," said David Blunkett, the former Home Secretary, according to Time magazine
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