6:35pm

Cable raises tensions over cuts

Business secretary warns chancellor not to target areas focused on growth

Stephen Hester, chief executive officer of Royal Bank of Scotland ©Bloomberg Westminster Blog 6:04pm

As it happened: Parliament quizzes RBS executives

Hester: ‘Degree of self-servedness in industry got to a wrong place’

Alex Salmond ©Reuters 3:59pm

Scottish minister dismisses UK report

Westminister legal opinion on independence bid branded ‘arrogant’

12:35pm

Daughter tells court of pressure on Pryce

Huhne ‘badgered’ former wife to take speeding points

9:43am

Dilnot defends government care plan

Proposed cap on costs will ‘reduce anxiety’

12:00am

Call for more competition in pensions

Ministers urged to let state-backed providers compete against private sector

Notebook from COMMENT 7:00pm

No more the SNP’s ‘nippy sweetie’

Nicola Sturgeon has become the life and soul of the party, writes Brian Groom

From UK BUSINESS 2:55pm

Start-up Loans scheme hits 1,000th mark

Start-up Loans scheme for youth enterprise passes milestone

British Secretary of State for the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Owen Paterson arrives to addresses the media outside his department on February 9, 2013, following a meeting with food retailers and the Food Standards Authority (FSA) after horsemeat was found in beef ready meals. Britain held emergency talks about horsemeat found in beef ready meals amid confusion over the origin of the meat in a food scandal that has spread to several other European countries ©AFP From UK BUSINESS 11:31am

Ministers hint at EU meat import ban

Action will be taken if human health is at risk

From COMPANIES 10:34pm

FBI probes EADS unit claims

US authorities yet to decide on any investigation of GPT

Feb 10, 2013

Long-term care funding plan criticised

Many still likely to have to sell homes to pay bills

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 10, 2013

Carney not expected to make sudden change

Impact on economy likely to be ‘evolution, not revolution’

Lucy Kellaway from MANAGEMENT Feb 10, 2013

End of the line for the landline

The death of the old-style phone may help us individually but it loosens the bonds between us

Feb 10, 2013

Inheritance tax thresholds to be frozen

Funds will be used to pay for social care reforms

From EUROPE Feb 9, 2013

Cameron wins rare victory in Europe

UK and Germany lead others to secure first cut in long-term budget

Feb 8, 2013

Downing St calls ‘horsemeat’ summit

Fears of ‘criminal conspiracy’ as European scandal spreads

Feb 8, 2013

Pryce ‘ashamed’ of Huhne article

Ex-minister’s former wife had ‘no choice’ on speeding points

From COMPANIES Feb 8, 2013

Embattled Hester aims to finish the task

Hester leadership is regarded as crucial to RBS revival

From COMMENT Feb 8, 2013

London unites the world but splits the UK

The capital’s property market is a national challenge, writes Jim O’Neill

Feb 8, 2013

PM buoys eurosceptic Tories

Cameron praises European allies on EU budget cuts

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