Gary Gibbon
Colossal agenda matched by massive disagreement in Brussels
A year ago he announced he was giving up his salary to show solidarity with Greeks in their hour of need.
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Gary Gibbon
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Discord between EU leaders as Brussels summit begins
Prime Minister David Cameron will today attend a crucial summit that could determine the future of the eurozone.
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Faisal Islam
RBS’s computer glitch just got more serious
Sir Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England, today used the continuing IT meltdown at RBS and NatWest to criticise the structure of the bailed-out banking group. He had stern words for RBS’s management, saying that the FSA should carry out a “full investigation” of the week-long computer problems.
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£18,600 wage minimum to bring spouse to UK
New immigration proposals, setting minimum earnings of nearly £20,000 for those wanting to bring a relative to the UK, would prevent up to 30,000 parents and children from joining their families here.
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Ireland counts austerity referendum votes
Ireland starts counting votes in a referendum on an EU financial treaty that could undermine one of Europe’s key initiatives as problems mount in Spain and Greece.
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Paul Krugman – leading the charge against austerity
Paul Krugman’s new book challenges the consensus view of deficit cutting. Channel 4 News’s Neil Macdonald looks at the economist’s call for a return to the ideas of John Maynard Keynes.
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Mitt Romney wins US Republican nomination
Mitt Romney wins the Republican presidential nomination and now has five months to convince US voters to trust him over Democratic President Barack Obama.
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Matt Frei
Euro agony spoils US party
Washington Correspondent Matt Frei parties with Chicago’s mayor and blogs on “the kind of generosity that has become less and less common in times of austerity”.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Austerity medication – does it cure or kill the patient?
“Maybe we’re going to hell,” said Irene Lozano, an independent Deputy in the Spanish Assembly. “But if we do, we’ll take Germany with us.”
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UK should ease austerity to boost growth, says IMF
Britain should cut interest rates and consider quantitative easing to stimulate growth, the IMF says, on the back of reports showing 3 per cent inflation and predicting the recession is almost over.
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Government ‘failing’ on housing targets – report
Housing groups call on the government to do more after publishing their second Housing Report which finds it is failing in five out of 10 key issues.
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Gain not pain: the end of austerity politics?
From Greece to France, from Britain to Italy, the message seems clear. Voters have had enough of the politics of austerity, enough of economic pain. But is there a realistic alternative?
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Tories pledge to focus on ‘things that matter’
Chancellor George Osborne seeks to head off growing Conservative unrest in the wake of last week’s local election results by promising to focus on “the things that really matter”.
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Extremist politics on the rise as Greek austerity bites
Extremist parties are on the rise in Greece as elections approach. Inigo Gilmore reports on the despair felt by ordinary families struggling to deal with economic austerity and political turmoil.
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Bin Laden killing turns into US election row
A year after US special forces shot dead the world’s most wanted terrorist, bin Laden’s death has sparked a furious political row. A risky tactic by President Obama – now could it backfire?
