The coalition is under pressure to protect struggling companies from banks that could use the recovery to sell their assets and recoup loans after it emerged that Conservatives have quietly dropped plans for sweeping bankruptcy reform
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FT on 31st Aug 2010 (via ft.com)
David Cameron has great plans for education and welfare reform, but first he must sell the Tories to the voters, says Bruce Anderson.
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Telegraph on 17th Feb 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
The Labour Party has been saved from bankruptcy after wealthy lenders agreed to a delay in the repayment of their loans.
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David Cameron has great plans for education and welfare reform, but first he must sell the Tories to the voters, says Bruce Anderson.
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The media is full of faux hysteria this morning concerning Lehman Brothers, one of the world's largest investment banks, which has announced it plans to file for bankruptcy protection - a move expected to rock global financial markets. The stricken firm said it plans to file a petition under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code. The move usually allows companies to reorganise their contractua...
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Graduates will be offered a ten percent discount to repay their student loans early under plans from the Conservatives to fund extra university places.
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Telegraph on 9th Jan 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
The Conservatives have appointed a second advertising agency amid mounting pressure on the party leadership to spell out its tax and spending plans in the wake of the Budget.
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Westminster Tories: reform services, keep spending tight Mandelson in withering attack on Osborne Osborne wants sums the Swedish way National Councils “need to do more” over recession UK denies Iran revolution plans New homebuyer loans up by 23% How the squeeze leaves everyone battered International The taxman cometh to Liechtenstein US conservatives use NHS against Obama Fears for 700...
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After the Coalition: responsibility, independence and freedom are the watchwords for the Conservatives, says Chris Skidmore.
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The coalition Government is facing the threat of industrial action by postal workers, with a union revolt against plans to sell off parts of the Royal Mail.
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Telegraph on 23rd May 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Mandy had decided, in his infinite folly, to bail out the car industry using taxpayers’ money to guarantee loans. It is clear that these loans will go to, among others, Tata, which owns Jaguar Land Rover. The car subsidiaries are market failures because they don’t sell enough cars. Their parent companies are often very profitable and yet
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