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 ‘The Mayfield Review could lead to a healthier, happier workforce and lower welfare costs’ A key issue continues to plague Britain’s economic recovery – how do we support the millions of people… Neil Greenberg 5th November, 2025, 9:30 am Comment ‘Scrapping Ebacc is a bold leap forward in ensuring arts education for all’ Today the government has unveiled a major overhaul of the national curriculum, promising to equip young people with… Alison Cole 5th November, 2025, 6:00 am Comment ‘An opportunity to accelerate humane science’ The publication of the latest statistics on animal use in scientific procedures offers an opportunity to reflect. While… Steve Race 5th November, 2025, 6:00 am
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