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The key challenge is to ensure the next decade is one of growth and not one of low growth and high unemployment
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Without the prime minister's backing, this wouldn't have happened. This also reflects a recognition by the chancellor, Alistair Darling, of the importance of arts and culture. It has always been my view that to pull the plug on these projects would have been political madness and also have run against t...
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Finance ministers must be engaged because if there isn't an agreement on contributions, the Copenhagen agreement is going to be much more difficult
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Perry is going to tie down Alistair Darling on a runway at Heathrow, and has asked Sir Richard Branson to mow him down with one of the Virgin Atlantic airliners.
SOURCE: The Telegraph -
It really is important that we as finance ministers are engaged in (finding consensus), because if there isn't an agreement on finance ... then the Copenhagen agreement is going to be much, much more difficult.
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is that we've been through three-party political conferences but when you look at what needs to happen in terms of building a low carbon economy, creating green jobs and helping to save the world from climate change, the fact is that George Osborne, Shadow Chancellor, didn't spend one word talking about...
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I think it really is imperative that when we reach the end of the day that we have shown that we have made some real progress ... If there isn't an agreement on finance ... then the Copenhagen agreement is going to be much, much more difficult.
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What does it say about Gordon Brown that he got into a trial of strength with Alistair Darling, and lost ... The Iron Chancellor has turned into the plastic Prime Minister. These Labour Party politicians are better at writing books about courage than displaying it.
SOURCE: Times Online -
There can be no room for complacency amongst G20 countries this weekend
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Alistair Darling is a remarkably well-regarded MP here in Edinburgh
SOURCE: Edinburgh Daily News -
At the G20 [in Pittsburgh]we agreed that it would be a real mistake to withdraw the stimulus packages before their work was done
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The attack on the Tories was set to intensify today, with Chancellor Alistair Darling due to contrast Labour's record of investment with Conservative plans for deep-rooted spending cuts.
SOURCE: Manchester Evening News -
So the G20 must push for a deal on climate financing and governance - this is an essential part of tackling climate change. The road ahead will be difficult, there are arguments still to be won. But that's no reason to give up, rather it's a reason to redouble our efforts.
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that they are only interested in themselves, or you can take the view that they do actually want to make changes that benefit people. Some are in the first category and some in the second. Alistair Darling is undoubtedly in the second. He is the absolute epitome of a Presbyterian Scottish bank manager w...
– Martin Sixsmith SOURCE: The Independent -
We will be able to split Northern Rock by the end of the year but I'm not going to rush into a sale. We will only sell when the time is right and when the price is right
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We have what we believe is a viable bank [with Northern Rock], which can be sold with private investment coming back in. The remaining assets, they’re not all bad, some of them, you know. If we could take commercial property for example, it may not be worth that much today, but in time it will come back
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Two years ago it looked like Northern Rock had come to an end and I think it is a real tribute to the staff here who have gone through a very difficult two years that they have held everything together
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The worst of the recession is behind us. A year ago, the world banking system and the global economy were staring into the abyss. Today, the financial system is more stable. Confidencemore stable. Confidence is returning across the world economy, in a way few would have thought possible at the beginning...
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What happened with Goldman Sachs last week sends the wrong signals ... I've spoken to all our banks and none of them would be standing here today if the taxpayer hadn't put their hand into their pocket.
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There's a long way to go yet (on climate change) and a lot of reasons to be cautious but all the more reason to show determination
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ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 3: In this handout image supplied by the IMF, (L-R) French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling, pose for a picture prior to the SDR...
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ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 3: In this handout image supplied by the IMF, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling (L), French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (C) and U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner (R) talk after their G-7 meeting at the Istanbul Congress Center Oct...
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BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 29: Members of the Cabinet (L-R) Jack Straw, Alistair Darling, Harriet Harman, Lord Mandelson, Alan Johnson and David Miliband listen to Prime Minister Gordon Brown as he speaks to the Labour Party Conference on September 29, 2009 in Brighton, England.
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The key challenge is to ensure the next decade is one of growth and not one of low growth and high unemployment
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Without the prime minister's backing, this wouldn't have happened. This also reflects a recognition by the chancellor, Alistair Darling, of the importance of arts and culture. It has always been my view that to pull the plug on these projects would have been political madness and also have run against t...
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Finance ministers must be engaged because if there isn't an agreement on contributions, the Copenhagen agreement is going to be much more difficult
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Perry is going to tie down Alistair Darling on a runway at Heathrow, and has asked Sir Richard Branson to mow him down with one of the Virgin Atlantic airliners.
SOURCE: The Telegraph -
It really is important that we as finance ministers are engaged in (finding consensus), because if there isn't an agreement on finance ... then the Copenhagen agreement is going to be much, much more difficult.
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is that we've been through three-party political conferences but when you look at what needs to happen in terms of building a low carbon economy, creating green jobs and helping to save the world from climate change, the fact is that George Osborne, Shadow Chancellor, didn't spend one word talking about...
SOURCE: ddi News -
I think it really is imperative that when we reach the end of the day that we have shown that we have made some real progress ... If there isn't an agreement on finance ... then the Copenhagen agreement is going to be much, much more difficult.
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What does it say about Gordon Brown that he got into a trial of strength with Alistair Darling, and lost ... The Iron Chancellor has turned into the plastic Prime Minister. These Labour Party politicians are better at writing books about courage than displaying it.
SOURCE: Times Online -
There can be no room for complacency amongst G20 countries this weekend
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Alistair Darling is a remarkably well-regarded MP here in Edinburgh
SOURCE: Edinburgh Daily News -
At the G20 [in Pittsburgh]we agreed that it would be a real mistake to withdraw the stimulus packages before their work was done
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The attack on the Tories was set to intensify today, with Chancellor Alistair Darling due to contrast Labour's record of investment with Conservative plans for deep-rooted spending cuts.
SOURCE: Manchester Evening News -
So the G20 must push for a deal on climate financing and governance - this is an essential part of tackling climate change. The road ahead will be difficult, there are arguments still to be won. But that's no reason to give up, rather it's a reason to redouble our efforts.
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that they are only interested in themselves, or you can take the view that they do actually want to make changes that benefit people. Some are in the first category and some in the second. Alistair Darling is undoubtedly in the second. He is the absolute epitome of a Presbyterian Scottish bank manager w...
– Martin Sixsmith SOURCE: The Independent -
We will be able to split Northern Rock by the end of the year but I'm not going to rush into a sale. We will only sell when the time is right and when the price is right
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We have what we believe is a viable bank [with Northern Rock], which can be sold with private investment coming back in. The remaining assets, they’re not all bad, some of them, you know. If we could take commercial property for example, it may not be worth that much today, but in time it will come back
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Two years ago it looked like Northern Rock had come to an end and I think it is a real tribute to the staff here who have gone through a very difficult two years that they have held everything together
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The worst of the recession is behind us. A year ago, the world banking system and the global economy were staring into the abyss. Today, the financial system is more stable. Confidencemore stable. Confidence is returning across the world economy, in a way few would have thought possible at the beginning...
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What happened with Goldman Sachs last week sends the wrong signals ... I've spoken to all our banks and none of them would be standing here today if the taxpayer hadn't put their hand into their pocket.
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There's a long way to go yet (on climate change) and a lot of reasons to be cautious but all the more reason to show determination
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If we stopped supporting the economy now it would crash. Every country in the world and just about every informed commentator is saying the same thing. The job is not finished. The Tories have been wrong at every turn.
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The IMF does need reforming
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The principle of no taxation without representation is as true today as it ever was. We are one of the largest donors to the IMF at the moment and I feel very strongly that we therefore need to be represented.
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The UK's top five banks have committed to leading the way in implementing reforms to bank remuneration agreed by the G20 in Pittsburgh
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Germany, France and Japan are showing signs of growth. Many independent forecasters now believe the UK too is coming out of recession
