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Secret Labour plan to axe spending on training for young people

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 44 minutes ago

• Leak reveals cuts of £350m • Business fury over jobs plan Gordon Brown stands accused today of misleading the public over his much-vaunted plans to help young people through the recession. Leaked documents show the government is planning drastic cuts for its flagship plan to train a new generation of apprentices. Confidential papers obtained by The Observer show that, while Brown...

King to reveal pre-election forecasts as economists row over downturn

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 45 minutes ago

Analysts sharply divided over ONS data on economy Mervyn King will reveal the Bank of England's forecasts for the crucial pre-election period this week, amid a furious row among some of Britain's most prominent economists about whether the recession is already over. With the poll due by June at the latest, Alistair Darling is hoping recovery will be under way by the end of this year, bringing the...

The worst policy of New Labour, Ever.

Capitalists@Work (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

Really, I have heard of some daft Government policies, Cones hotlines, Dangerous dogs, 5-a-day, etc. But today takes the biscuit big time. At the G20 Alistair Darling and Gordon Brown started advocating the tobin tax. This is an old left idea for taking a tax on all international finance transfers. Not only do very few countries agree with this idea , it is simply impractical to implement; and wrong....

UK urges divided G20 to reach climate finance deal

Financial Times (Free subscription) | yesterday

British finance minister Alistair Darling urged his G20 counterparts to work toward a $100bn deal on tackling climate change as developing nations held firm they did not want to talk about it

Force majeure

Prodicus (Free subscription) | yesterday

It's the little things which betray a man's true character. Only the unstoppable or immovable causes Gordon Brown to withdraw from positions which he knows to be right even if when they are wrong, mad or insulting. That this makes him an exceedingly dangerous man has become clear to the whole country including the Labour remnant who will vote for him out of blind tribalism at the general election....

Darling urges action on climate change

The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday

Chancellor Alistair Darling today urged the world's most powerful finance ministers to treat climate change with the same urgency they gave to the world economic turmoil.

G20 wants 'ambitious' Copenhagen talks

France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday

G20 countries committed to work towards an "ambitious outcome" at next month's vital UN climate change conference after meeting on Saturday, but fell short of agreeing a figure on climate funding. Finance ministers from leading developed and emerging economies also said they would keep economic policy support in place in the face of "uneven" recovery, in a communique released after...

British Treasury chief urges climate agreement

Examiner (Free subscription) | yesterday

British Treasury chief Alistair Darling has urged the world's top finance officials to reach an agreement on bearing the cost of fighting climate change before a UN summit on global warming next month.

Further cooperation needed on climate change, economic growth: British Chancellor Darling

People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday

British Chancellor Alistair Darling called for further cooperation in securing more balanced global economic growth and combating climate change in the future here on Friday during the G20 Finance Minister and Central Bank Governor Meeting. He said that though complete consensus could not be achieved overnight, "but we can start to build that consensus by recognizing that our common interest need...

Poor nations 'must stop blaming rich for emissions'

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | yesterday

THE poor countries of the world cannot delay acting on global warming by blaming climate change on the rich, Chancellor Alistair Darling has warned ahead of a key meeting of G

• Poor nations 'must stop blaming rich for emissions' - Scotsman.com

Darling arrives at the table with no cards left to play

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

"NO MORE fiscal stimulus" is the firm message in Chancellor Alistair Darling's interview in The Scotsman today. It follows a year of unprecedented interventions to

Darling: No tax cuts and no more money

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling has given a clear signal that he will not inflate government spending further with a fresh "fiscal stimulus", as he begins the task of haul

Alistair Darling warns G20 about pulling out too early

PXDCO Reviews (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009

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Gold flirts with $1,100 mark, what the jobs numbers show

Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Plus, Suncor eyes assets sales, Telus lowers its outlook and Britain's Alistair Darling frets about a bubble

G20 must not withdraw economic stimulus too soon, Alistair Darling warns

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

G20 nations should not plan their exit strategies from the life support measures they implemented in the midst of financial crisis until they can ensure recovery is sustainable, the chancellor said tonight. "There can be no room for complacency among G20 countries this weekend," Alistair Darling told an audience in Edinburgh. "We must see through measures to support demand and repair...