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From GLOBAL ECONOMY 2:00pm

Lending drops despite BoE scheme

Bank of England

Credit fell £2.4bn in final three months of 2012

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Policy makers eye radical options for UK
Osborne urged to curb business rates

From COMPANIES 9:22am

Confident HSBC lifts dividend

Full-year pre-tax profit falls 6% to $20.6bn

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 11:56am

Construction index hits three-year low

Sharp drops in commercial building and civil engineering activity

From COMPANIES 7:40pm

Housebuilding incentive branded a flop

£3.3bn scheme to reward councils is not working, says former minister

From COMPANIES Feb 28, 2013

Sports Direct buys Republic

UK’s largest sports retailer buys the collapsed northern chain’s 114 stores

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Wolfgang Münchau

Wolfgang Munchau

The bank bonus issue is the first shot in a long battle

UK POLITICS & POLICY 12:03am

NHS spending on outsourced care increases

Annual rise of 10% hides wide variation between services

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Mar 3, 2013

Policy makers eye radical options for UK

Governor-designate spurs fresh thinking at central bank

Lending drops despite BoE scheme
Undercover Economist A way to burn a hole in Britain’s pocket

UK POLITICS & POLICY 8:57am

Cardinal apologises for ‘sexual conduct’

Catholic Church leadership on a ‘learning curve’

UK POLITICS & POLICY Mar 3, 2013

SFO whistle-blower casts doubt on convictions

Allegations at handling of evidence by agency’s digital forensic unit

Britain's East Coast railway line will be run by state-appointed Directly Operated Railways for no more than two years following its transfer from National Express Group Plc

©Bloomberg UK POLITICS & POLICY 9:03pm

East Coast railway set to stay state-run

Government has asked managers to draw up five-year plan

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DATA BLOG

Aerial of a housing estate in Edgware in North West London.

©PA Housing supply/demand malfunctions: data reveal more than 1m hidden households

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A model walks the runway at the Alexander Wang fall 2013 fashion show

©Getty The London Showroom was such a huge success that it is being copied by every place that wants to be a serious fashion city

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WPP seems to be riding the storm which has hit much of the advertising market, with a rising share price

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Lucy Kellaway

Lucy Kellaway

Now is the time to break my silence on being sexually harassed at work

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Gus O’Donnell sees no shame in being a bureaucrat

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