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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Mon, 9 Nov 2009 19:46:13 +0000Mon, 9 Nov 2009 21:41:41 +0000Newspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/world/uk/economy(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/980823f6-cd4c-11de-a748-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fuk%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/980823f6-cd4c-11de-a748-00144feabdc0.htmlEd Miliband, energy secretary, has uveiled plans for a huge expansion of nuclear power, outlining a strategy designed to speed up planning approvals for power stations and other large infrastructure projectsMon, 9 Nov 2009 17:05:13 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/907adf14-cb00-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fuk%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/907adf14-cb00-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlThe National Association of Pension funds has warned that planned rule changes are likely to increase the risk that good schemes will close downMon, 9 Nov 2009 00:17:07 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/448e0b4a-cc8f-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fuk%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/448e0b4a-cc8f-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlThe jobs market remains weak and could relapse, even though employment prospects are deteriorating less rapidly than at any time since the recession beganMon, 9 Nov 2009 00:01:09 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/825b8872-cd65-11de-8162-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fuk%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/825b8872-cd65-11de-8162-00144feabdc0.htmlBuilding will start on a third fewer social homes next year, in a sign of wider restraints on government spending. The news comes as the country's property quango reveals that the value of its development assets fell £1.1bn in the housing crashMon, 9 Nov 2009 19:46:13 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/8e68678a-ccba-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fuk%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8e68678a-ccba-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlThe Tobin tax was the brainchild of James Tobin, an American Nobel Prize-winning macroeconomist. As described by Tobin, the tax involves applying a small charge on foreign currency transactions to protect countries from exchange-rate volatilitySun, 8 Nov 2009 23:22:02 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/28e783cc-cc9d-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fuk%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/28e783cc-cc9d-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlFSA chairman Lord Turner welcomed the government's conversion to his argument that a transaction tax or other levy on global banks should be considered Sun, 8 Nov 2009 23:13:01 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/2ff69bba-cace-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fuk%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2ff69bba-cace-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlAll the world's big economies are seeing strong signs of recovery from the worst global recession since the Great Depression, according to data from the OECDFri, 6 Nov 2009 13:36:57 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d5ad736-cac1-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fuk%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d5ad736-cac1-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlThe number of companies going into liquidation fell in the third quarter but the number of individuals becoming insolvent has continued to rise, according to official dataFri, 6 Nov 2009 11:38:16 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/0feb6eb8-ca60-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fuk%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/0feb6eb8-ca60-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.htmlSavills, a leading estate agent, forecasts an end to the UK housing recovery this year because of the lingering effects of the crisis-hit economyFri, 6 Nov 2009 03:10:20 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/019a2248-ca63-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fuk%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/019a2248-ca63-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.htmlOne thing all economists agreed about on Thursday was that the Bank of England's dalliance with unconventional monetary policy is nearing its endThu, 5 Nov 2009 23:50:27 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/53498d2a-c9ed-11de-a5b5-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fuk%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/53498d2a-c9ed-11de-a5b5-00144feabdc0.htmlThe government will take over control of National Express's lossmaking East Coast franchise a week on Friday, the company announced, ending uncertainty over the route's futureThu, 5 Nov 2009 19:13:57 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/73becdc6-ca39-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fuk%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/73becdc6-ca39-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.htmlBusinesses were relieved by the monetary policy committee's decision to pump an extra £25bn into the economy, welcoming a fresh boost to assist faltering steps towards recoveryThu, 5 Nov 2009 18:50:29 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/bb96d04c-c9fa-11de-a5b5-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fuk%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bb96d04c-c9fa-11de-a5b5-00144feabdc0.htmlThe Bank of England will pump another £25bn into the economy, which remained mired in recession in the third quarter, in what was described as 'one last heave' to propel growthThu, 5 Nov 2009 12:26:08 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/b3862ef0-c9f2-11de-a5b5-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fuk%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b3862ef0-c9f2-11de-a5b5-00144feabdc0.htmlIndustrial production returned to growth in September, compensating for some of the weakness seen over the summer, but still leaving overall output in the third quarter down significantlyThu, 5 Nov 2009 10:57:29 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/9921423a-c96f-11de-a071-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fuk%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9921423a-c96f-11de-a071-00144feabdc0.htmlA tour operators lobby group says a repeat of the Beijing pattern for London could cause a loss of 2.5m visitors to the UK capital and £1.5bn of visitor spending in the Olympics yearThu, 5 Nov 2009 02:29:29 +0000