Portrait of the week

Portrait of the week

14 September 2013 9:00 am

Home George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that the British economy was ‘turning a corner’, with ‘tentative signs…

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7 September 2013 9:00 am

Home Having recalled Parliament to debate British military action over Syria, David Cameron, the Prime Minister, found the government defeated,…

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31 August 2013 9:00 am

Home Parliament was recalled four days early to debate military action against Syria, which David Cameron, the Prime Minister, had…

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24 August 2013 9:00 am

Home The cost of the HS2 railway line was expected by some in the Treasury to rise from £43 billion…

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17 August 2013 9:00 am

Home The population of the United Kingdom rose by 420,000, to 63.7 million, by the middle of last year, with…

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10 August 2013 9:00 am

Home Retail sales enjoyed their fastest July growth in seven years, thanks to demand for beer, sun cream, swimwear and…

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3 August 2013 9:00 am

Home Barclays decided to issue £5.8 billion in shares to meet capital reserve requirements from the Bank of England. Lord…

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27 July 2013 9:00 am

Home The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a boy, weighing 8lb 6oz, an heir to the crown, third in…

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20 July 2013 9:00 am

Home Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, put into ‘special measures’ 11 hospitals among the 14 with the worst death rates…

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13 July 2013 9:00 am

Home There was a fine game of hunt-the-issue over the process to find a replacement, as parliamentary candidate in Falkirk,…

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6 July 2013 9:00 am

Home Business confidence in Britain was at its highest level since 2007, according to a survey by the British Chambers…