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The finance ministers will meet in Rome
Darling meets international finance ministers

By politics.co.uk staff Chancellor Alistair Darling will meet many of his international counterparts in Rome today to set out the basis of a global response to the financial crisis. The meeting will provide few concrete proposals, but should instigate the framework for the crucial London G20 meeting in April. The new Treasury secretary, Timothy Geithner,… Read more »

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Labour bucks trend to take by-election
Labour bucks trend to take by-election

By politics.co.uk staff Labour has won its first by-election seat of 2009, bucking a strong national drift towards the Conservatives. Rohini Simbodyal took a Tory seat at Jubilee ward in Enfield Borough in north London. The Tory majority at the authority has now dwindled to three. Cannock West in Staffordshire’s Cannock Chase District saw a… Read more »