...- something with strong parallels to the BA action - as "suicidal". This time, however, the Government has struck a much more conciliatory note. "It's in my view essential that the parties continue to talk now...

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The row over Conservative donor Lord Ashcroft's tax status exposed David Cameron's "fundamental weakness" and his inability to change the Tory Party, senior Cabinet minister Lord Mandelson claimed today. Lord...

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...Conservatives accused Labour of "rank hypocrisy and political opportunism" over Lord Ashcroft's non-dom status, which allows him to avoid UK tax on earnings from overseas, despite an assurance he gave 10 years ago...

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...have a right to be set in aspic". By this weekend, the Facebook group campaigning to save Ganz had attracted 6,273 members, while a separate petition had 7,493 signatures. The Daily Princetonian newspaper...

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...its conclusion as "unacceptable". "It's not acceptable for the authorities simply to say, 'Well, we're an independent commission now, we don't have the papers'," he said. "Now we know that Ashcroft has dodged...

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...Mandelson to attack them on it. How typically Labour, to use as their spokesman the one person in the world you'd trust even less with a billion pounds than Ashcroft himself. And all of this comes from the...

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Lord Mandelson has criticised the Appointments Commission after Labour calls for an inquiry into Lord Ashcroft were denied. Published: 1:00PM GMT 02 Mar 2010 Lord Mandelson (left) and Lord Ashcroft "It's not...

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...the economy back into recession". Philip Hammond, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, said: "Peter Mandelson's speech shows that Labour do not understand basic economics. He said that Gordon Brown's record...

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...message on the urgent need to reduce the deficit. "What on earth are they doing giving away the shares at a knock down price?" he told the Andrew Marr show. Given that RBS shares are currently trading around...

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...for early fiscal tightening. Mandelson's comments come as Labour seeks to take advantage of the support for delaying spending cuts until 2011 from more than 60 economists. RENTOKIL PLANS EUROPEAN...

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...committee for helping push Britain into recession. The Business Secretary said that the policy pursued by the committee had "helped get us into this pickle". He made the criticism as he questioned the...

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...Cameron after care talks collapse Business secretary claims Tory leader wrecked attempts to get consensus because he wanted to exploit issue for political advantage Peter Mandelson has hit out at David...

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...crisis. "I think that both the European Council and the European Commission have to play a much stronger leadership role," Mandelson, regarded as Prime Minister Gordon Brown's de facto number two, told the...

Read more: UK urges EU to lead on banking reform

...crisis. "I think that both the European Council and the European Commission have to play a much stronger leadership role," Mandelson, regarded as Prime Minister Gordon Brown's de facto number two, told the...

Read more: Britain's Mandelson attacks EU on banking reform (AFP)

...of world tension between governments over the way to deal with the banking crisis has been revealed today after Peter Mandelson, the Business Secretary, said that neither America nor the European Union had...

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...over the Tories' economic strategy. He described Mr Cameron as "bobbing around like a cork in water" and portrayed him and Mr Osborne as a "Laurel and Hardy duo". The Business Secretary said: "David Cameron...

Read more: Exclusive: Vote of no confidence in Tory economic policies

Lord Mandelson accused the Tories of being in ''disarray'' over economic policy as Labour called on David Cameron to make clear his plans for post-election spending cuts. Published: 11:05AM GMT 01 Feb 2010 The...

Read more: Lord Mandelson attacks Tory 'disarray' on spending cuts

He attacked the Tories for what they were saying about the economy. It is talking Britain down when David Cameron compares Britain ludicrously in everyone's eyes to Greece, and when George Osborne describes...

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...spring's election. The chancellor said: "The risk is that if you start taking money out of the economy this summer you will set back the progress we have made and derail the economy. I think that would be...

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...Boris Johnson over their public schooling. The peer's comments will do little to quell speculation of a rift between him and the Prime Minister over election strategy. The pair have been working closely together...

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