6:04pm

Tories plan to regain Scots seats

Conservatives target marginals north of border for 2015 election

5:24pm

UK path unclear if Scotland breaks away

Stage is set for unprecedented constitutional uncertainty

5:12pm

Challenges posed by independent Scotland

Foreign affairs committee considers implications

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Blair backs intervention in Mali

Ex-PM compares fight against al-Qaeda to struggle with communism

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 6:09pm

Centrica set for ‘new nuclear’ exit

Expected pullout from Hinkley Point and Sizewell opens door to Chinese

From COMPANIES 5:42pm

Accounting group hits back at politicians

Disappointment expressed over civic-mindedness query

From UK BUSINESS 4:23pm

CBI chief outlines ‘EU realist’ strategy

Bloc’s flux creates ‘huge opportunities for British business’

Feb 1, 2013

Romania’s hackles raised over rain of adverts

Ambassador says not weather but sluggish economy will deter settlers

Feb 1, 2013

Britain’s housing wealth divide

The winners – and losers – of Britain’s property gamble

Feb 1, 2013

London housing widens wealth gap

Value of top 10 boroughs equals Scotland, Wales and N Ireland

Feb 1, 2013

Cameron faces Tory revolt over gay marriage

At least half party’s backbenchers expected to rebel in vote

From UK BUSINESS Feb 1, 2013

Four-runway Heathrow is in panel’s options

Airports review to look at scheme straddling the M25

From COMMENT Feb 1, 2013

Britain in knots over infrastructure

Big projects need clear plans and honesty about who pays, writes Dieter Helm

Feb 1, 2013

Sheffield city centre loses out in HS2 plan

Train stop scheduled for Meadowhall, three miles from steel town’s heart

Feb 1, 2013

Leaders urged to press for end to poverty

Cameron chairs UN panel in Liberia where he calls for an end to extreme poverty

Feb 1, 2013

Watchdog warns Cameron over debt claims

PM’s claim that government is paying down debts is false

From COMPANIES Feb 1, 2013

Victorian railway builders found shortcuts

Long before HS2, the pioneers’ vision was less assured

Feb 1, 2013

Met officer jailed for phone-hacking leak

April Casburn handed 15-month sentence

Feb 1, 2013

Bulgarians brush off UK fears on migration

Many opt to remain in mother country than settle in Britain

Feb 1, 2013

Barnier urges UK to keep faith with EU

Internal market commissioner says he is open to EU treaty update

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