Lib Dem Treasury spokesman, who called for Alistair Darling to step down, says there are no short cuts to chancellor's job The Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman, Vince Cable, told a disappointed Hay festival crowd today that he did not want to be chancellor of the exchequer under a Labour government, despite calling on Alistair Darling to step down. Asked if he would step in if Gordon Brown...

This is the full speech to Labour Party Annual Conference by Alistair Darling MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer: Within months, the country faces a big choice. A choice not just about who's in Government, but about the values that will shape our country and the opportunities for our people. A choice that will affect every area of our lives, every aspect of our future. If we didn't know a y...

Alistair Darling said yesterday that Labour was to blame for the success of the ­British National party at last week's European and county council elections through its ­failure to articulate a sense of vision. In a damning assessment of his party's predicament, the chancellor said: "People felt disillusioned with us and didn't vote for us. That's our fault. We should b...

Alistair Darling MP, Labour's Chancellor of the Exchequer, commenting on OECD forecasts of UK growth said: "The OECD report today is a vindication of the approach that the Labour Government is taking. "We are coming through this deep global recession because of the actions we took to support the economy. Along with the governments of every major economy, we rejected the Tory call to do nothin...

FORMER Chancellor Alistair Darling today warned the new government against breaking up the banks as he prepared to quit Labour's front bench.

Chancellor Alistair Darling has set out the stall for more interventionist government in his speech to the Labour party conference.

EXAMPLE ONE In a speech on 18 May, David Cameron said this (as reported in the Daily Mail)... Mr Cameron hopes his offer of a return to what Lady Thatcher called "live within your means" will chime with disillusioned voters. Five months later, at today's Labour conference session, Chancellor Alistair Darling the BBC reports... Mr Darling said the government would be "disciplined" in its attit...

Ex-chancellor Alistair Darling’s account of his 1,000 days in office reveals the court politics, cluelessness and lack of direction that were at the heart of Brown’s New Labour government.

Nick Robinson in Newslog: Chancellor in distress Benedict Brogan in Telegraph Blogs: Alistair Darling on the brink Labour List: “It’s Gordon’s call whether I stay or go” Alex Barker in Westminster blog: Brown: Darling has been an excellent chancellor Downing...

Alistair Darling the Chancellor has refused to rule out future tax rises after admitting that Government borrowing will have to rise this year.