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UK POLITICS & POLICY 9:43am

Dilnot defends government care plan

Pensioners in Bournemouth

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Proposed cap on costs will ‘reduce anxiety’

Editorial Care for the needy
Long-term care funding plan criticised
Elderly promised ‘dignity in old age’
Peter Orszag Healthcare is US’s real problem

From COMPANIES 7:06pm

UK accounting body probes Autonomy

Financial reports in run-up to HP takeover to be scrutinised

UK BUSINESS 11:31am

Ministers hint at EU meat import ban

Action will be taken if human health is at risk

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 10, 2013

Private sector helps spur jobs growth

Northeast job creation rate over five times national average

UK POLITICS & POLICY 12:35pm

Daughter tells court of pressure on Pryce

Huhne ‘badgered’ former wife to take speeding points

Pryce ‘ashamed’ of Huhne article
Westminster Blog Chris Huhne turned down Treasury job

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Tighter rules for banks will cut support for growth and should be adjusted to permit credit expansion

Alex Salmond

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Scottish minister dismisses UK report

Westminister legal opinion on independence bid branded ‘arrogant’

Cameron to add voice to pro-union drive

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 10, 2013

Carney not expected to make sudden change

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

From COMPANIES Feb 10, 2013

Science drives Antarctic activities

Geopolitics becoming more important as other countries also claim territory

Barclays

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Barclays plans £2bn cost-cutting

At least 2,000 jobs to go in strategic overhaul

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Matthew Engel Barclays’ lessons learnt put to the test

From COMPANIES 9:30pm

Bank rules favour the big players

MPs bemoan lack of competition, but rules stifle small rivals

Smaller banks say rules hit their lending
Adam Ridley Loosen bank reins, boost the economy

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Might Chris Huhne have been the Treasury chief secretary?

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Explainer on the problem with education statistics and an FT alternative

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©Alamy Care funding distorted to exempt the affluent elderly

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