Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling has claimed that Alex Salmond's campaign for Scottish independence has stalled at the starting line after a poll found that only a third of Scots want to leave the UK. The poll findings were released by the former chancellor a few hours ...  

FORMER chancellor Alistair Darling has hosted high-level meetings at his Edinburgh home about how the “No to Independence” campaign should proceed. Mr Darling, the MP for Edinburgh South West, admitted that he has had several long meetings with leading ...  

The eurozone bail-out treaty should be "abandoned", former Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling has said. Mr Darling called the treaty, which aims to enforce budget discipline and prevent EU countries running up huge debts, "ridiculous ...  

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair may form part of a "call to arms" to keep the UK together and grow its economy, it has been suggested. Alistair Darling, who held several cabinet posts in the Blair administration before becoming Chancellor of the Exchequer ...  

The decision to strip Fred Goodwin of his knighthood following the near-collapse of the Royal Bank of Scotland was a "terrible mistake", Alistair Darling has said. Giving evidence to MPs on Tuesday morning, the former chancellor said there was "a bit of ...  

Mar. 21 - Analysis of UK Finance Minister George Osborne's 2012 budget, with former chancellor Alistair Darling.  

Britain became liable for a potential multi-billion contribution to the EU's bailout fund under a deal signed by former Chancellor Alistair Darling in the final days of the last Labour government. Following negotiations by Chancellor George Osborne ...  

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And it's been two years — two and a half years now — in the making, this crisis. I hope the action will be taken." Alistair Darling, who was in charge of Britain's Treasury in 2008, said the impact could be severe. "A Greek exit could start a fire that ...  

I ask the about room temperature because the IMF also provided a forecast, in April 2010, of Alistair Darling's deficit cutting plans. They predicted that the UK would have a budget deficit of 5.2 per cent. So it's surprising Lagarde said today that "When ...  

ALISTAIR Darling has made the first major assault of the No campaign against independence by seeking to spike the guns of Alex Salmond's glittering Yes Scotland launch today. The former Labour Chancellor put himself in the vanguard of the attempt to keep ...  

Former Labour Chancellor Alistair Darling, right, warned the Greek situation is now ‘very, very dangerous’ and compared it to the collapse of state-owned banks in 2008. Speaking on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show yesterday, he said: ‘Last week Greece ...  

The Global Decline of Labor Rights “If you push countries to a situation where they have no hope and no light at the end of the tunnel … people will turn to simplistic and sometimes downright nasty solutions,” Alistair Darling, Britain’s former ...  

Former Chancellor Alistair Darling said Whitehall honours committees should stop handing out honours to the “usual “suspects”. He told the Public Administration Select Committee on Tuesday that he was against “quotas” which awarded a familiar ...  

Our correspondent said the reshuffle was very limited and Mr Miliband had resisted the temptation to bring back some senior figures such as Alan Johnson, Alistair Darling and his brother David Miliband.