Siobhan Kennedy
Why HSBC’s threat to leave London is a big deal
The creep of banking regulation, combined with a potential Brexit, has created the image that Britain is not the best place to do business for the likes of HSBC.
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Siobhan Kennedy
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FactCheck: which party is running the biggest truth deficit?
The IFS has scathing words for all the biggest parties as it accuses them of not being straight with voters over spending plans.
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Alex Thomson
Is St George now trying to slay the Sturgeon dragon?
I write from Inverness on St George’s Day at a time when Westminster, London and England have rarely seemed so distant and foreign to so many – and that cuts both ways.
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Gary Gibbon
Ed Miliband profile: Gary Gibbon meets the Labour Leader
Meet Ed Miliband on the road right now and you meet a very ebullient person. He’s more consistently relaxed and confident than close aides can remember.
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Gary Gibbon
David Cameron profile: Gary Gibbon speaks to the Conservative leader
If he did get back in, what sort of David Cameron would we see? The long gone husky-cuddling eco-warrior won’t make a reappearance presumably.
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Gary Gibbon
Lib Dems: we’ll out-spend Labour and Tories on education
Nick Clegg began his manifesto launch with attacks on Ukip and the SNP. Only the Lib Dems could be trusted as a coalition partner, he said.
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Mediterranean migrant deaths: where British parties stand
Ukip says rescuing migrants off Europe “may actually be making matters worse”, while the Tories want to “dissuade migrants from making these perilous and illegal journeys in the first place”.
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Scrapping Trident: stars back call to ditch nuclear weapons
Frankie Boyle, Dame Vivienne Westwood and Massive Attack are among leading figures in music, the arts and science who are calling for the UK to scrap its nuclear deterrent.
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Gary Gibbon
No more non-doms: Tories change the conversation
Following the apparent success with voters of Ed Miliband’s non-dom policy, the Tories have focused on Trident and the effect the SNP in a kingmaker role could have on the UK’s defence policy.
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Trident debate in numbers
The Tories attack Labour over the renewal of Britain’s Trident nuclear deterrent – a huge military project that could cost almost £100bn – saying Ed Miliband is ready to “stab the UK in the back”.
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Election 2015: did everyone forget about foreign policy?
Foreign policy: two words that have so far played very little part in the run-up to the general election. What would the parties do?
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General election 2015: Scottish engagement vs rest of UK
Scottish voters turned out in huge numbers to decide on independence, outdoing general election turnout by 20 per cent – so is the rest of the UK anywhere near as engaged?
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Gary Gibbon
Leaders’ debate: Nicola Sturgeon’s national ‘debut’?
Michael Gove calls Nicola Sturgeon a “debutante” and a “very impressive one”, as the First Minister received praise for her performance in the leaders’ debate.
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Gary Gibbon
Leaders debate: how the night unfolded
The UK’s party leaders clashed on a range of issues including the NHS, immigration and the deficit in the first TV election debate.
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Gary Gibbon
Leaders debate: Ed Miliband ‘hates attacks from the left’
In countering the SNP, the Greens and Plaid Cymru, the Labour leader will have to be careful not to upset left-leaning potential Labour voters during tonight’s debate.
