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Savings: Pressure Grows On Brown

The Treasury says it is waiting to get confirmation from Germany that it plans to guarantee all private bank savings before acting. Germany offered blanket protection to depositors if banks failed Prime Minister Gordon Brown is...

School reform doubt after reshuffle

The Government's academy schools programme has been put in jeopardy by the removal of its chief architect Lord Adonis from the schools department in Gordon Brown's reshuffle, the Conservatives have warned. Tory education...

Boris To Take Over Met Watchdog

Boris Johnson is set to take control of Scotland Yard's watchdog just days after ousting Sir Ian Blair. Mayor of London Boris Johnson The London mayor said he will outline his vision for the force at his first meeting of the...

'Economic war cabinet' battles to protect banks (AFP)

LONDON (AFP) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown convened an "economic war cabinet" on Monday to grapple with how to protect ailing British banks after Germany raised the stakes in responding to the latest turmoil. The newly-created...

PM to quiz Merkel on cash guarantee

Gordon Brown will be speaking to Angela Merkel amid confusion over the extent of the German chancellor's commitments to protect bank deposits. The Prime Minister is under intense pressure to match Mrs Merkel's actions or face...

Gordon Brown 'to shelve' 42-day detention plans in embarrassing U-turn as ex-terror chief warns...

Gordon Brown today began an embarrassing retreat on his plan to hold terrorist suspects for up to 42 days without charge. The flagship anti-terrorism legislation will be allowed to die when, as expected, it is defeated in the...

Education reforms will suffer with Cabinet reshuffle, say Tories

Michael Gove: The senior Tory MP praised Lord Adonis's achievements Senior Tory Michael Gove raised fears that the integrity of Labour's education reforms could suffer after the replacement of Lord Adonis as Schools Minister....

Mandelson will not be election mastermind

By Andrew Woodcock and Craig Woodhouse PETER MANDELSON yesterday said he would "make a contribution" to Labour’s next general election campaign, but has not been brought back to mastermind it. The new business secretary, who...

U.K Chancellor Alistair Darling Supports BoE's Neutral Policy Stance, Lowering Bets For a Rate...

Written by David Song, Currency Analyst Fundamental Headlines • Fed Pushes to Resolve Wachovia Deal Dispute – Wall Street JournalBank of America in Settlement Worth Over $8 Billion – Wall Street Journal • Risk aversion...

Leaders of Britain, Germany hold financial talks

Britain's prime minister is holding telephone talks with Germany's chancellor on Europe's financial crisis. Government spokesman Michael Ellam says Prime Minister Gordon Brown will ask Chancellor Angela Merkel to clarify her...

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