Michael Crick
Death of Derek Scott
I regret to have to report the death of Derek Scott, the Eurosceptic economist who was a leading adviser to Labour in government. He had been suffering from stomach cancer for several months.
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Key questions for MPs grilling Barclays and FSA
The committee investigating the Libor rate-fixing scandal questions Jerry del Missier, Barclays’ ex-chief operating officer, who reportedly earned £40m a year when the bank was rigging interest rates.
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Gary Gibbon
‘Red’ Diamond, ‘deep throat’ and the bank
The email from Bob Diamond to fellow Barclays bosses raises serious questions for the Bank of England’s Paul Tucker, seen by many as the heir apparent to Mervyn King. Gary Gibbon blogs about the latest development in the Libor scandal.
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Counting the cost of PFI in the national health service
With an NHS trust in danger of going bust, Channel 4 News looks at how many other hospitals are struggling to cope with the debts they have to repay under the private finance initiative.
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David Cameron gives evidence at Leveson inquiry
David Cameron gives evidence to the Leveson inquiry into media ethics.
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Gary Gibbon
Reasonableness versus crockery-smashing
If the political witnesses to Leveson divide into two schools of appraoch – the Blair and Brown schools, seminar/reasonableness school versus crockery-smashing/conviction school – George Osborne’s appearance belongs strongly in the former camp.
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Gary Gibbon
Brown swings at Tory deal and ‘on oath’ testimony
Gordon Brown tells Leveson how he keeps calm in a crisis – even when facing News International executives.
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Gary Gibbon
Leveson: Don’t judge or pre-judge me
Lord Justice Leveson sends his own message to the media before Gordon Brown gets a chance to exact his own revenge.
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LIVE BLOG: George Osborne at the Leveson inquiry
This morning former prime minister Gordon Brown gives evidence to the Leveson inquiry into media standards, followed by Chancellor George Osborne this afternoon. Add your voice to the live blog.
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Gordon Brown attacks Sun at Leveson inquiry
Gordon Brown criticises the Sun for revealing his son’s cystic fibrosis, while Chancellor George Osborne denies there was a conspiracy between the Conservatives and Rupert Murdoch.
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Osborne and Brown set to face Leveson inquiry
Chancellor George Osborne and ex-prime minister Gordon Brown are set to appear before the Leveson inquiry as the investigation into media standards enters its most politically charged week.
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Coulson at ‘top secret’ security meetings without clearance
Andy Coulson attended meetings of the National Security Council as David Cameron’s director of communications when he was not vetted and “may have” had unsupervised access to top secret documents.
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Murdoch cover-up claim a ‘shameful lie’
Rupert Murdoch tells the Leveson inquiry the News of the World was involved in a phone-hacking “cover-up”. But former NoW legal manager Tom Crone accuses Mr Murdoch of a “shameful lie”.
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Disability campaigner Lord Jack Ashley dies aged 89
Jack Ashley, Lord Ashley of Stoke, a parliamentarian and disabled rights campaigner is dead at age 89 after a short illness, his family said.
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Budget 2012 – top tax rate cut to 45p
Chancellor George Osborne cuts the 50p rate of tax to 45p from April 2013 and announces changes to his plans to withdraw child benefit from all 40p taxpayers.
