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Tory leadership ballots close

The ballots for the Conservative party leadership close today, with David Cameron set to beat rival David Davis by as much as two votes to one. A poll in yesterday’s Sunday Telegraph found that 67 per cent of grassroots Tory voters support the shadow education secretary, compared to just 33 per cent for Mr Davis…. Read more »

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Brown backtracks over economic forecasts

Gordon Brown has today been forced to downgrade his economic growth predictions as he made his pre-Budget statement to the House of Commons. The chancellor admitted that Britain’s economy was not increasing at the rate he predicted in March’s Budget – between three and 3.5 per cent – but in fact was growing at 1.75… Read more »