25th February, 2010, 8:25 am Coulson under fire – 8 in the morning, February 25th Alex Smith Share this article: By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 * Andy Coulson is under pressure after it was revealed that a private investigator hired under his editorship of the News of the World broke the law. * Publicly owned RBS announces losses of £3.6 billion — but is due to pay £1.3 billion in bonuses to staff. * Gordon Brown shouted “you ruined my life” to Tony Blair in the final confrontation that led to Blair stepping down, according to Andrew Rawnsley’s book. * “Osborne blew it — all we got was pub talk”, says Liam Byrne on an economic speech by the shadow chancellor last night. * The Prime Minister has said that the case for assisted dying is less strong than it was in the past due to improvements in care, attracting criticism from right to die campaigners. * Gus O’Donnell says he did ask Gordon Brown to be “positive and supportive” to his officials. * The public needs to be better informed about the meaning and mechanisms of a hung parliament, the former head of the civil service has said. * Next month’s budget will belong to Alistair Darling, says Sunder Katwala. Alex Smith Alex is the founder and CEO of The Cares Family. He was editor and first director of LabourList in 2009-2010, during which time he established the site as the number one Labour blog, and later an aide to Ed Miliband. @alexsmith1982 View all articles by Alex Smith Subscribe to our daily email More from LabourList Comment ‘With government borrowing rising, here’s how Reeves can ignite growth’ The Labour Government faces a £5bn fiscal deficit for the autumn budget – a significant reduction from the… Joe Jervis & Hugh Goulbourne 23rd July, 2025, 6:30 am Labour conference 2025 Labour party conference 2025: When and where is the next conference? Labour’s next party conference, coming a year since the party returned to government, is taking place in just… Daniel Green 22nd July, 2025, 10:00 am News Revealed: The party rule changes Labour conference could vote on Labour could vote on an array of party rule changes at its annual conference in Liverpool in September,… Tom Belger 22nd July, 2025, 9:32 am
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