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Operation ‘get up Tory noses’
First it was Norman Baker serving under Theresa May at the Home Office. Now Simon Hughes has been offered a job in the Justice Department that he just couldn’t refuse.
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Developers could be permitted to build on ancient woodland as the pressure to build homes and roads increases, says the environment secretary.
The prime minister defends the government’s mortgage guarantee scheme and says critics who fear it could overheat the housing market are being “London-centric”.
First it was Norman Baker serving under Theresa May at the Home Office. Now Simon Hughes has been offered a job in the Justice Department that he just couldn’t refuse.
Some giveaways have already been heavily trailed – but does the chancellor have any rabbits hidden in his hat as he prepares to deliver his fourth autumn statement?
The Royal Mail posts another surge in earnings, but warns that the recent threats of strike action could affect business over the Christmas period.
Payday loans costs will be capped under plans being announced by the government on Monday.
As RBS is accused of driving small firms “to the wall”, Channel 4 News speaks to a businessman who alleges he was told by the bank that he had to sort out his cashflow or face bankruptcy.
The bank pushed good businesses under to make more profit claims a government report to be published tomorrow. If true, RBS could be guilty of “systematic fraud”.
It’s taken three days of torrid headlines, but today Labour has finally come out fighting about its association with the crystal Methodist and former Co-op banker Paul Flowers.
David Cameron orders an inquiry into the “intimidation” tactics of the trade unions in the wake of the Grangemouth oil refinery closure but is warned against the risk of “union-bashing”.
The taxpayer was hit with yet more bad news today, and the prospect of us ever exiting the RBS bank and getting our money back looks as far away as ever.
The controversial “go home” vans telling illegal immigrants to leave the country will not be rolled out across the UK, Home Secretary Theresa May has confirmed.
More than 100,000 postal workers could stage walk-outs in protest at the way the Royal Mail sell-off was handled.
Shares in Royal Mail increase significantly on the first day of trading on the stock market, renewing fears that the company has been under-valued by the government.
Paul Mason watches Royal Mail shares hit the market – and asks why, in an era of food banks and falling wages, the government is allowing the “better off” to cash in through privatisation.