New Blow For Osborne as IMF Warns Austerity is Hurting UK

IMF concludes UK visit by warning George Osborne that "slow growth could permanently damage medium-term growth prospects".

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Mervyn King Fails in MPC Vote to Extend Asset Buyback to £400bn

Top policymakers stay away from raising asset purchase programme on inflation concerns.

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Dale Cregan Pleads Guilty to Murdering David and Mark Short

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Zambia Slides Further Towards Dictatorship [BLOG]

As Chuck Parnell reports, attacks on judicial independence in Zambia are part of a larger push for total control of state power.

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Presidential probe to follow Eurovision 2013 'stolen points' drama.