Darling Delivers Pre Budget Report Aimed At Ending UK Economic Woes.

    In his Pre-Budget Report delivered in the House of Commons yesterday Chancellor Alistair Darling gave a gloomy assessment of the UK’s economic fortunes, cutting growth forecasts from 2.75% to between -0.75% and -1.25% for the coming year. In response he...

Brown Plays Down Talk Of An Early Election To Focus On The Economy.

  UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has spent the weekend playing down talk of an early General Election and sought to focus on the plans for reviving Britain’s struggling economy contained in today’s Pre Budget Statement. There has been widespread press speculation...