Alistair Darling the Chancellor has launched a personal attack on George Osborne saying his Conservative shadow is not "grown up" and engages in "the politics of the playground".

Shadow chancellor George Osborne has written to Alistair Darling accusing him of damaging the UK economy.

Alistair Darling, the chancellor, said this about City bankers in his speech to the Labour conference in Manchester last week:

Chancellor George Osborne has warned Labour to expect a political backlash from the publication of Alistair Darling's memoirs.

Alistair Darling attacked the Tories for proposing "premature" spending cuts while George Osborne called the Government "wasteful" in a televised debate ahead of the general election.

TORY councillor Jason Rust has met shadow chancellor George Osborne, as part of his bid to take the Edinburgh South West Westminster seat from Chancellor Alistair Darling.

Alistair Darling MP, Labour's Chancellor of the Exchequer, said in response to George Osborne's National Insurance Contributions proposals today: "This would derail the recovery this year, undermine deficit reduction, and put public services at risk. George Osborne has panicked and is making policy up on the hoof. "What George Osborne announced today will put families, their public servi...

Alistair Darling, the former Labour chancellor, has rejected Ed Balls's suggestion that the Coalition should have a "Plan B" for economic policy.

Alistair Darling MP, Labour's Chancellor of the Exchequer, said in response to George Osborne's National Insurance Contributions proposals today: "This would derail the recovery this year, undermine deficit reduction, and put public services at risk. George Osborne has panicked and is making policy up on the hoof.

Whatever it was that David Cameron put in George Osborne's tea today, it certainly worked. The Shadow Chancellor's attack on Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling was absolutely blistering and his best Commons performance to date. It wasn't just that he got his sound bites right; running through his entire response to Darling was a righteous indignation and anger that has been too often...