In June 2008 June 3, 2008, Deloitte and the National Academy of Public Administration convened a group of government leaders and American e-specialists to discuss the future development of e-government using web 2.0 technology. This website provides free acess to webcasts of the discussion, plus a collection of online papers and reports from participants. These cover issues relating to US federal ...

Some bank share prices, 12 September 2008 to September 15th 2009: Royal Bank of Canada plus 15% Standard Chartered plus 15% Barclays

I saw the following on a blogpost last November, so I repackaged it and sent it to some mates titled "The wisdom of Alistair Darling". Unfortunately, we're actually ahead of schedule... Jan 2008 The UK economy is one of the strongest in the world Feb 2008 Growth in the UK next year will be 2.5% April 2008 The UK will continue to grow throughout next year May 2008 The UK will escape recession ...

UK government bonds continued to soar this morning after the Bank of England unveiled plans to buy billions of pounds of assets to kick-start the economy yesterday. Fund managers and speculators rushed to buy government bonds, known as gilts, driving up prices before the launch of the Bank's quantitative-easing programme next Wednesday. The June gilt future was up 251 basis points after rally...

A BANK of England report has warned of "considerable uncertainty" in the labour market despite recent improvements in unemployment figures.

So can anyone explain to me why the Bank of England should be the authority for deciding whether the Government embarks on future fiscal stimulus measures?

Via Finextra (login required).The UK government was forced to rule out letting failed bank Northern Rock wind down because poor IT systems would have left depositors waiting for their money, risking another major run. The revelation comes in a report by the National Audit Office (NAO) on the government's handling of the failed bank, which was nationalised in February 2008. The report says tha...

I think it is shameful the way in which the British government has sold off British Energy to a company in which the French Government has a majority share. In essence, we have just contracted out our future reliance on nuclear power to the French and so we will be at the mercy of future French political priorities. This is all because the UK government is not prepared to invest directly in future...

Please take a moment to sign our petition to the UK government in support of English banks workers. Sadly we feel this is necessary because of the UK Governments ambivalence to our bank workers when compared to the lengths it has gone to reassure bank worker in Scotland.  You can sign the petition here

In the crisis, the UK Government moved swiftly to guarantee the full value of British bank deposits. The Dutch Government adopted a similar policy. These assurances went far beyond the strict requirements of the deposit protection schemes then in force. In the UK, only 90 per cent of any bank deposit up