FT UK News

UK News Headlines from the Financial Times.

Recovery starts next year, says Balls
The UK prime minister's closest ally has warned of "tougher" times ahead but insists the economy will rebound to help Labour clinch a fourth term
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Civil servants threaten rolling strikes
Labour faces a fresh assault from unions with civil servants threatening to co-ordinate rolling strikes with other disaffected public sector workers this winter
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Forensic breakthrough on text messages
A new technique for the forensic analysis of text messages may soon be used in court, according to research to be released on Monday at the BA Festival of Science in Liverpool
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Call for shake-up of aid to Africa
The only hope for alleviating Africa's poverty and malnutrition is for aid agencies to forget about supporting traditional farming and use 'modern agricultural technology'
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Call for energy tax to fuel 'bold measures'
UK union leaders urged tax cuts for the lower paid, a rise in the winter fuel allowance and bigger pay rises for struggling public sector workers
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'Dragons' Den' chief feels heat in court
The High Court rules that Oxonica, chaired by former BBC TV show star Richard Farleigh, owes licensing fees to another company over a 'green' fuel additive designed to improve efficiency
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SNP alleges Downing Street 'cave-in'
The Scottish National party claims that Gordon Brown has changed his stance in giving Holyrood greater financial powers because of the party's surging popularity and Labour's Glasgow-East by-election defeat
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Shoppers fill basket with cheaper food
British consumers are changing their eating habits and deploying 'inflation-busting' tactics when they walk the aisles in an effort to bring down their food bills
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Landowners attack UK coastal path plan
Farmers and landowners warn that proposals for a £50m national hiking track along beaches and cliffs that traces the entire periphery of the UK are badly thought-out and underfunded
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Labour forced to return £15,000 to charity
Labour was embroiled in a fresh funding row yesterday after it emerged the party had been forced to pay back a total of £15,000 it received from a children's...
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Negative equity could hit 1.3m, says study
Many homeowners face the prospect of having a property worth less than its mortgage if house prices fall by 25-35% from their peak in 2007, City analysts say
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Lawyer who told 9/11 joke awarded payout
An Asian lawyer suspended over a quip that she was Osama bin Laden's 'friend' two weeks after the 2001 twin towers attacks gets a £600,000 compensation after a seven-year legal battle
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PM urged to take extra tax from 'super-rich'
Brendan Barber, Britain's top trade unionist, also warned Brown that he was facing an onslaught from Labour unless he reined in his government's ties with big business
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Brown seeks help to cut energy bills
Gordon Brown has been trying to persuade some of the UK's biggest retailers and media companies to support a package of measures to help customers cut their energy costs
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Schools look to expansion in the Gulf
English private schools are expanding into the Gulf, seeking to capitalise on burgeoning demand from wealthy expatriates and locals and keep fees down in the UK
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