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David Cameron's personal demons keep him awake at night

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Chris Riddell on the voices in the prime minister's head
Spending review 2010 3min ago

Paul Krugman condemns coalition's spending review as a 'fad'

22 Oct 2010: Nobel-winning economist fears UK public will be 'fashion victims' of spending cuts that 'boldly go in exactly the wrong direction'
Military 3min ago

Nuclear submarine freed after running aground off Isle of Skye

22 Oct 2010: Locals amazed as £1.2bn HMS Astute gets its rudder stuck in mud as it navigates familiar waters
Spending review 2010 7min ago

Cuts will hit women twice as hard as men, Commons research shows

22 Oct 2010: Yvette Cooper says findings illustrate 'biggest reversal of women's opportunities and economic independence' since WW1
Comment is free 17min ago

Margaret Thatcher's austerity programme was far less of a gamble than George Osborne's cuts

22 Oct 2010: John Gray: Coalition cuts look more like the bravado of the early Edward Heath which led to such high inflation in the 70s
London 27min ago

Tory plans for London 'super council' come under attack

22 Oct 2010: Fears that merger of Westminster, Hammersmith and Fulham, and Kensington and Chelsea could lead to job and service cuts
Comment is free 34min ago

A right royal insult

22 Oct 2010:
Graham Smith: There's one family living on state handouts that's still smiling after the spending review: the Windsors
Politics 36min ago

London housing crisis: councils prepare for moving poor out of the capital

22 Oct 2010:
Dave Hill: Boroughs are block booking accommodation outside the capital in preparation for housing benefit reductions
Business 54min ago

Former City CEO admits paying bribes for contracts

22 Oct 2010: Julian Messent, former CEO of Lord Pearson's PWS insurance, pleaded guilty to funnelling payments of £1.2m to officials in Costa Rica
Peter Hain 1hr 57min ago

Labour has created cynicism with its policy-making process, says Peter Hain

22 Oct 2010: Hain, the new leader of Labour's policy forum, says ordinary members should feel more involved
Comment is free 2hr 4min ago

The public sector pensions battle

22 Oct 2010: Phillip Inman: With pension reforms on the way, the public sector unions must not defend the better-off in the name of ordinary workers
Thinktanks 2hr 25min ago

Work Foundation thinktank declared insolvent and sold

22 Oct 2010: Britain's best-known employment thinktank acquired by Lancaster University
Banking 2hr 30min ago

Divided G20 poses threat to banking reform, Osborne warned

22 Oct 2010: Marcus Agius, chairman of British Bankers' Association, tells chancellor reforms are at risk if they are introduced at different speeds by G20 nations
Education policy 2hr 31min ago

Remaining school-building projects must make 40% cuts

22 Oct 2010:
Councils face having to scale back scheme that had been given the green light after education secretary Michael Gove's cull in July
Comment is free 2hr 34min ago

David Kelly killed himself and Blair must share the blame

22 Oct 2010: David Hencke: Distracted by conspiracy theories surrounding David Kelly's death, we have let those who drove him to suicide off the hook

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Margaret Thatcher's austerity programme was far less of a gamble than George Osborne's cuts

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