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 ‘Young people are doing everything right – so why are we shutting them out?’ When we talk about opportunity, we often focus on education, employment and housing. But in my Westminster Hall… Josh Dean MP 30th October, 2026, 2:31 pm Analysis WATCH: Expert economist MP reacts to Budget 2026 Who is the perfect guest to help the LabourList team dissect the politics and economics of the budget?… LabourList Staff 30th October, 2026, 1:05 pm News Labour members back Budget but split over Rosebank, exclusive poll reveals Labour members widely endorse the government’s Budget measures, but are divided on approving development of the Rosebank oil… Daniel Green 30th October, 2026, 6:00 am
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