Westminster Blog 1:18pm

Ukip surged despite referendum pledge

Liberal Democrat PUKNEWS ©AFP 11:30am

Lib Dems sweep to Eastleigh victory

Surge for Ukip pushes Tories into third place

David Cameron ©EPA 7:49am

Cameron defiant despite Eastleigh blow

Conservatives reeling after being pushed into third place by Ukip

Nigel Farage ©Reuters 7:20am

Eastleigh result set to reverberate

Relieved Liberal Democrats given fresh hope but Ukip jubilant

12:03am

Exams are a good teacher test, study shows

Assessing pupils’ scores seen as better than observing lessons

11:43pm

Eastleigh poll result ‘too close to call’

Counting begins in key byelection for coalition parties

10:56pm

Net UK migration drops by a third

Overseas student numbers fall sharply

8:41pm

Hospitals plan sweeping changes to staff terms

Blueprint will be controversial among unions and in Westminster

8:40pm

Mid Staffs trust nears administration

Pressure grows on NHS chief executive Nicholson

7:14pm

MPs angry over migration curb on students

Government urged to act over damage to higher education

7:12pm

Van Rompuy hits at Cameron on treaty change

European Council president says altering EU deals is not a priority

7:11pm

Labour attacks Osborne on banking reform

Shadow chancellor says shake-up does not go far enough

Robert Shrimsley from COMMENT 3:42pm

Beware of misreading Eastleigh result

The by-election is a political, not electoral, problem for David Cameron

From UK BUSINESS 11:55am

UK mortgage lending falls, says BoE

Business borrowing climbs despite rate rise

From UK BUSINESS 12:01am

Specialists to review report into HBOS failure

Former Treasury official and two financial services executives to conduct check

From UK BUSINESS 12:01am

Britons shun companies over tax avoidance

Survey finds public anger mounting at multinationals

From EUROPE 10:47pm

Banks fear damage from EU bonus cap

Warning of coup for US and Asia rivals

From COMPANIES 7:03pm

Hester changes tune on RBS turnround

Chief more upbeat over prospects for state-owned bank

From EUROPE 6:32pm

Osborne fights to limit bonus cap fallout

UK seeks concessions and to ‘save face’ over EU bank deal

Feb 28, 2013

Number of young ‘Neets’ falls

Most marked decline was among 16 to 18-year-olds

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