Gordon Brown had been on the verge of calling an election in 2007 before changing his mind at the last moment, the man who once ran the Labour Party has claimed in a scathing portrait of the Prime Minister. 09 Jan 2010 Alistair Darling, who warned yesterday that Britain faced its toughest spending cuts for 20 years, has managed to find time to make a highly unusual intervention in the financial crisis. 09 Jan 2010 This Government, riven by indecision, cannot see how far it has fallen, saysMatthew D'Ancona 09 Jan 2010 Exclusive: Tony Blair faces fresh questions about his close relationship with a French billionaire during his time as Prime Minister. 09 Jan 2010 Gordon Brown had been on the verge of calling an election in 2007 before changing his mind at the last moment, the man who once ran the Labour Party has claimed in a scathing portrait of the Prime Minister. The UK's finance industry could see up to 9,000 top executives move overseas because of the increase in taxes on bank bonuses, according to estimates from the Mayor of London's office. Liam Halligan Top investor, Neil Woodford, warns that Britain risks being marooned with loss of AAA rating. 08 Jan 2010 Sterling will struggle to rise even if the Bank of England starts raising interest rates, according to analysts at Citigroup. Japan has appointed its sixth finance minister in eighteen months and opted for yet another high-stakes shift in economic strategy, this time ditching its strong-yen policy and reverting to fiscal largesse in hopes of pulling the country out of deflationary perma-slump. 08 Jan 2010 Euro brinkmanship escalates with the future of monetary union at stake. 06 Jan 2010 Iceland's president acknowledges that popular feeling in the island nation is too strong to proceed without a referendum. 06 Jan 2010 Milton Keynes will be vindicated. Lord Keynes will lose some of his new-found gloss. The Krugman doctrine that we should all spend our way back to health by pushing deficits to the brink of a debt spiral – or beyond the brink – will be seen as dangerous. 04 Jan 2010 We can now see that two events within days of each other in 2001 brough about an epochal change in the strategic system. 01 Jan 2010 Bank loans and the M3 money supply contracted at an accelerating pace in November, raising risk that a lending squeeze will choke region's recovery. 30 Dec 2009 The cost of borrowing for the British Government has surged to within a whisker of Italian levels as global markets issue their punishing verdict. 23 Dec 2009Former Labour General Secretary attacks Brown
Alistair Darling cracks at codenames from Star Wars
Labour's incompetence: it's clear what history's verdict will be
Tony Blair's 'horribly incestuous' new job
Former Labour General Secretary attacks Brown
Taxing City is ruining UK plc'
UK factory gate inflation gathers pace
UK's risk of losing top credit rating is rising
Sterling risks losing out even if rates rise
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard has covered world politics and economics for a quarter century, based in Europe, the US, and Latin America. He joined the Telegraph in 1991, serving as Washington correspondent and later Europe correspondent in Brussels. He is now International Business Editor in London.
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