...continue to be damaged.' Arbuthnot, which offers consumer, private and investment banking services, made a pre-tax profit of GBP5.1m in 2009, compared to a loss of GBP2.2m in 2008. The dividend was hiked 1p...

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...to make character an election issue. "I believe that character is not about telling people what they want to hear but about telling them what they need to know. George Osborne: "Biggest risk to the...

Read more: Economic storm not over, says PM

...banking crisis needed to be displayed again now. He admitted that in hindsight it was now clear just how close the world economy came to "economic meltdown". The economy remained in "choppy waters", said Brown...

Read more: Brown: 'I will lead UK to recovery'

...Labour's record on the economy last week. Mr Brown said that the Government remains committed to halving Britain's record AGBP178 billion deficit within four years. He announced a "pay freeze" for senior staff...

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...spoke at his party's Welsh conference in Llandudno. He said the country faced a "monster" debt and could not afford another five years of Gordon Brown. Mr Cameron said people knew his party had the "grit and...

Read more: Cameron to offer 'more for less'

...two cardinal errors, he should not now be lashing out in the way he is. If you're a Tory who doesn't care who leads the next Tory government, as long as there is one, the most depressing thing that has...

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...while Cameron has attacked Brown over increasing debt. The pound dropped to $1.5078 as of 10:20 a.m. in London, from $1.5238 at the end of last week. It weakened to as much as $1.5097, the lowest level since...

Read more: Cameron Faces ‘Real Fight’ as U.K. Poll Lead Slumps (Update2)

...him a 'ghastly piece of filth'. Mr Cameron mocked Mr Brown's claims to be 'some sort of economic genius' and promised to target his record during the election campaign. 'What sort of genius is it that...

Read more: Flagging Tories warn the country: Brown could still win this election as poll shows their lead cut to just TWO points

...piece of filth". He made mention of the parliamentary expenses scandal and said he would "put government on a diet", freezing ministers' pay and cutting the size of Whitehall. Only hours before his...

Read more: Cameron addresses Conservative members

David Cameron sought to drive a wedge between Gordon Brown and his Chancellor after Alistair Darling accused prime ministerial aides of unleashing the "forces of hell" on him. The Tory leader accused the two men...

Read more: Cameron attacks PM and Chancellor

...leader David Cameron seized the opportunity to attack the Government. a ¢ Gordon Brown (left) sits next to Alistair Darling at PMQs today In firey Commons question time exchanges, Mr Cameron asked why the...

Read more: Cameron taunts Brown over Chancellor's 'forces of hell' claim at rowdy PMQs

...the charge. He attacks the Tories for changing their position on the deficit. 12.11pm: Cameron says he can talk about the economy. But he wants to know why "the prime minister and the chancellor are at war with...

Read more: Prime minister's questions - live

...married couples tax breaks. "I celebrate marriage and family life, and while it's wrong for government to financially incentivise one family type over another," he will say. Advertisement Sponsored...

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...sensibilities of his target voters? + Much disgruntled grumbling about Gok Wan, presenter of Channel 4's How to Look Good Naked, being invited onto Desert Island Discs. Critics say this is yet another sign of...

Read more: Beware, Cameron is trying to play the Lolita card

...and attacked Labour over its delays. He said: "The Government has put it off and put it off and in a very sick way, I think, they're waiting for people to die. " He added: "If we win the election, we're...

Read more: David Cameron: Labour 'waiting for Equitable Life victims to die'

... attacked Labour care plans without coming up with any of his own. And Gordon Brown focused on how the Tory leader constantly changes his mind. Our silver citizens don't deserve to be a political football during...

Read more: Scare tactics

...up the system which relies on bought access and "cosy" deals. Speaking ahead of the speech Speaking ahead of David Cameron's speech, George Osborne, George Osborne said: "The Conservative Party will call time...

Read more: David Cameron vows to make Government contract deals public

...David Cameron attacked his dithering. In the FIRST U-turn, Mr Brown finally suspended Labour's three scandal-hit MPs - nine months after initially pledging to do so. In the SECOND, his government admitted it...

Read more: PM in 3 exes climbdowns

...of being a "road block" to reforming Parliament. "How Gordon Brown can claim to be a reformer with a straight face I just don't know," he said. There are growing concerns over the ongoing discussion of...

Read more: MPs' expenses: Commons lawyer to speak on privilege

...Cameron's point: Labour seem unwilling to confront the allegations. The prospect of three Labour MPs claiming "privilege" is beyond parody. 8 Feb 2010, 10:27AM who are the toffs now huh! Labour MP's setting...

Read more: Speaker fears prejudice of MPs' trial