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Prime Minister promises to pull the economy out of the ‘’storm”, but insists
recovery depends on holding to present course.

Alistair Darling is to announce the date of the budget this morning, the
Treasury has disclosed.

The UK’s 50% supertax on bank bonuses will net more than £2.5bn, handing the UK government a large pre-election windfall, according to an FT survey of 16 global banks. Receipts…

Gordon Brown might not be Mr Popular in Britain these days but if he’s ever
stuck for a night out, Ian Burke is ready and willing.

Gordon Brown might not be Mr Popular in Britain these days but if he’s ever
stuck for a night out, Ian Burke is ready and willing.

Liked and loathed in equal measure, Michel Barnier, the man appointed to clean
up the City is set for a UK charm offensive. What are his plans?

Win or lose the election, the Chancellor knows his days are numbered, argues Jeff
Randall.

Alistair Darling on Wednesday cleared the payment of £1.32bn in bonuses to RBS staff, just a day before the UK state-owned bank reports losses expected to be about £6.5bn. The…

Industry leaders have reacted with exasperation to a new tax code designed to
stem the exodus of businesses from Britain.

Former US Treasury Secretary apologises for saying the “British screwed”
the US in failing to save Lehman Brothers during the financial crisis.