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UK floats bank levy, G20 launches imbalances framework
ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - Britain pressed the G20 on Saturday to come up with a plan to make banks pay for any future bailouts but one idea of imposing a global financial transactions tax was immediately shot down by the United States. Full Article
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On the road with Gordon Brown
Over the next couple of weeks Sumeet Desai, Senior Reuters economics correspondent, will be live blogging his travels with the Prime Minister to the United Nations in New York, the G20 summit in Pittsburgh and the Labour Party conference in Brighton. Full Article
What if it's not the economy, stupid?
What happens if the economy turns around by the end of the year but the polls don't get any better? Some Labour strategists are wondering whether that might be a good time for Gordon Brown to step down, perhaps in January. Full Article | Comments [3]
Brown gets helping hand from Obama
He loves the Queen and the British people. Truth be told, President Obama was always going to be a hit on his first overseas trip. But Gordon Brown probably could not believe his luck. The prime minister ... Full Article | Comments [14]
