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Merkel ally warns that Britain will not "get away with" opposition to a transactions tax.
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Unemployment rises to 2.62m, while youth unemployment reaches 1.02m, the highest level since 1992.
View ArticleThe Chinese banking accident waiting to happen
An IMF report suggests Beijing is storing up huge problems in its disordely and opaque financial system.
View ArticlePresident Newt Gingrich?
The former Speaker of the House of Representatives sees unlikely poll surge after gaffes from Cain and Perry.
View ArticleNews of the World reporter implicated in phone-hacking breaks his silence
Neville Thurlbeck alleges that senior News of the World executives kept James Murdoch in the dark.
View ArticleJim Murphy: security is at the heart of the new centre ground
The Shadow Defence Secretary has a theory about the changing complexion of British politics
View ArticleCould Ukip overtake the Lib Dems?
Lib Dems fall to seven per cent in new poll, just two points ahead of Ukip.
View ArticleGovernment of the technocrats, by the technocrats, for the technocrats
Democracy must not be regarded as merely an optional extra when solving economic problems.
View ArticleWeb Only: best of the blogs
The five must-read posts from today, including Paul Krugman on the Bank of England, and the economics of Jessie J.
View ArticleEd Milis grammar lessons
A poster in Miliband's office declares: "Give the children a chance - scrap the Eleven Plus. Vote Labour."
View ArticleCameron cant please female voters leading a party of grumpy old men
The Prime Minister's real problem is a party that was already too unpopular to win an election but has not the will to change.
View ArticleLeader: At last, Britain is having an honest debate about Europe
The eurozone crisis has forced politicians of all parties to look again at the EU.
View ArticleListed: the 80-plus states that criminalise homosexuality today
Belize will be first target of new legal rights group.
View ArticleOsborne's failure could cost the Tories a majority
The Chancellor will no longer be able to wipe the slate clean and offer tax cuts.
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