LONDON (Reuters) - Britain threw its troubled banks a second multi-billion pound lifeline in three months on Monday and gave its central bank the green light to pump cash into the ailing economy because interest rates are already close to zero. Full Article

The departure of one of Gordon Brown's favourite speech writers from No 10 gives the PM the perfect opportunity to draft in someone who has the ability to coin the kind of phrases that chime with the electorate and stick in people's minds. Full Article | Comments [2]

Gordon Brown's U-turn on the 10p income tax rate was a humiliating loss of authority, say his critics. But was it? Full Article | Comments [3]

So, the Labour Party has decreed that henceforth Boris Johnson shall be called "Boris" no longer. Full Article | Comments [1]
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