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The chancellor today promised to restore savers’ confidence in the banking system after the run on the Northern Rock bank. In his maiden speech as chancellor to the Labour party conference, Alistair Darling stressed government support for savers, vowing to strengthen protection of ordinary savers and to guarantee their assets in a bank of building… Read more »
Gordon Brown has said he will use this year’s Labour conference to launch a wealth of new policies, but attention continues to be fixed on the possibility of an autumn election. The official line from the prime minister is he is getting on with the job of running the country, but the word from Labour… Read more »