Lenders planning further loan cutbacks as recession worsens, Bank of England warns

Cameron attacks 'madness' of parents getting more benefits if they decide to split

Russia accuses Ukraine of stealing gas, raising fears UK and Europe could be left in cold

Cameron attacks Labour's 'unaffordable' £12bn borrowing to cut VAT

The 'great rail rip-off': Passengers' fury as fares shoot up 11%

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Whitehall is failing to count the 170,000 extra migrant workers in the UK

Chancellor considers second bailout for banks as lending crisis continues

Labour has failed to narrow gap between rich and poor, official figures show Labour has failed to narrow the divide between rich and poor despite a d

Taxpayers face new pain as Gordon Brown's bank bail-out fails to stop credit crunch Taxpayers face paying billions of pounds more to prop up Britain'

Sterling fall is a life-saver for UK economy The sharp slide in the pound has been a godsend for the UK economy and may have helped Britain avert a mu

Bank of England resisted deeper interest rate cuts for fear of a run on the pound The Bank of England resisted cutting interest rates further this mon

BAA to be forced to sell Gatwick, Stansted and Edinburgh airports BAA, the owner of Heathrow airport, will be forced to sell Gatwick and Stansted air

The economy is f***ed' says Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson as tycoon slams greedy bankers

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EU is costing Britain £106K a MINUTE - that's £900 for each man, woman and child in the UK By Ian Drury Last updated at 6:47 PM on 20th November 2008

High Street sales recovered in November, official figures suggest UK retail sales rose unexpectedly last month, official figures have shown.

Economists question positive retail sales figures from the ONS The accuracy of retail figures published by the Office for National Statistics was aga

Gordon Brown hits back over Rowan Williams' economic attack Gordon Brown has made a coded attack on Rowan Williams after the Archbishop of Canterbury

Archbishop of Canterbury: Gordon Brown's recovery plan like 'addict returning to drug' The Archbishop of Canterbury has likened Gordon Brown's recove

Economic crisis pushes Government finances deeper into the red Collapsing tax revenues and rising benefits payments have pushed the Government finance

Financial crisis: Free money coming your way! The crisis is so bad that governments are ready to print money to stop the economy seizing up.

Jaguar Land Rover claims car industry crisis is 'national emergency' for UK The boss of Jaguar Land Rover has claimed that the UK car industry is fac

Sterling slide is worst since 1931 The pound is suffering its worst slide since Britain was forced off the gold standard in 1931.

Banks face nationalisation if recession is as bad as early 1980s Britain's banks will need to raise more capital if the economy shrinks at the same d

Nationalisation looms for Britain's banks as they face 'Prisoner's Dilemma' "I am in no doubt that the single most pressing challenge to domestic eco

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UK manufacturing activity shrinks for the eighth month in row Britain's manufacturing sector has contracted for the eight month in a row, as new orde

Prepare for the sequel to the UK bank bail-out One might have hoped for some good news on the first working day of the New Year.

Britain slips down wealth league table, falling below Italy and France Britain will slip down the international wealth league table this year, with o

House prices fall £37,000 in a year - key statistics

House prices fall by record £3,000 a month and return to 2004 levels, finds Halifax Home owners have seen £3,000 a month knocked off the value of the

Savers facing accounts with no interest Millions of savers are braced for zero per cent accounts within days as the Bank of England is poised to cut

Commuters face huge fare rises to fund high-speed train they will never use