Govt unveils £20bn business loan
The Government has offered a lifeline to small businesses in the economic downturn in the form of a plan to guarantee up to £20bn of loans. The scheme, unveiled by Business Secretary Lord Mandelson this morning, means the State will insure banks against firms who default on repayments. He... [continued]
The Mole: Brown goes into PMQs with £10bn loans scheme to shout about 
The Business Pages: all the latest news on the financial crisis
The Mole: Brown faces Heathrow and Royal Mail rebellions
UN chief in Cairo for Gaza talks
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon is to meet Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo in a bid to end 19 days of fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Ban will then visit Israel and the West Bank, with a simple message of peace: 'the fighting must stop, too... [continued]
The Gaza File: latest news, comment and analysis on the crisis
War reporters are crucial to report what is really happening in Gaza
In pictures: Gaza school attack
In pictures: Gaza invasion
German protestors dare to compare Israelis to Nazis over Gaza attacks
Big Book: Can Obama change the Middle East? No, he can’t
Israelis will not tolerate casualties
Alexander Cockburn: Team Obama is a slap in the face to his own supporters
PM wants social mobility ‘crusade’
Gordon Brown vowed to oversee a social mobility "crusade" yesterday when he launched the Government's New Opportunities White Paper - aimed at helping disadvantaged families. The Government calls the white paper its "agenda for capturing the jobs of the future and investing in families, communities and citizens throughout... [continued]
Will Self: Have-it-all Labour ignore lessons of human physics
The Mole: Latest news from Downing Street
Clinton pledges to use ‘smart power’ diplomacy
Hillary Clinton has promised a new approach to foreign policy, pledging to use a "smart" mix of military and diplomatic power as President-elect Barack Obama's US Secretary of State. Speaking at her confirmation hearing before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Clinton also said there would be a... [continued]
Nye: Iran strategy requires a carrot and stick approach
Americans: is Obama's nominee for Surgeon General another nail in the coffin of 'change'?
Obama's inner circle: a guide to the new President's cabinet
American Transition: latest news, comment and analysis in the days before Obama takes office
Alexander Cockburn: Team Obama is a slap in the face to Obama's grassroots supporters
Olmert claims he stopped US vote
Israeli's prime minister Ehud Olmert has claimed that he told President Bush not to vote for the UN resolution on a ceasefire deal, despite the fact that Condoleezza Rice had helped draft it. In an astonishing speech, Olmert boasted yesterday that Rice, who had "cooked it up,... [was... [continued]
War correspondents are crucial in the war in Gaza
The Gaza File: latest news, comment and analysis on the crisis
Cameron hints at Hague as deputy
David Cameron intends to give shadow foreign secretary William Hague a leading role in national as well as international affairs - effectively making him the deputy leader of the Conservative Party. The Tory leader said he plans to use Hague's experience as a former leader of the party on... [continued]
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