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Nick Clegg warns of 'economic 9/11'

Oct 13 2008:
Banking crisis could lead to conflict, instability and nationalism, says Lib Dem leader
Dying for guidance

Oct 13 2008:
Yvonne Roberts: The UK's legal stand on euthanasia is too muddy – with an ageing population, we must get off the fence and face facts
Executive pay set for radical overhaul

Oct 13 2008:
A clampdown on bankers' pay forms a key part of the government's £37bn banking rescue package announced today
World's largest ever longitudinal study of households launched

Oct 13 2008:
Government-funded study will allow social scientists to research vital issues facing communities in Britain
George Osborne on the banking crisis: extracts from shadow chancellor's article

Oct 13 2008:
These are extracts from George Osborne's article in the London Evening Standard blaming Gordon Brown for the banking crisis
George Osborne blames Gordon Brown for economic 'disaster'

Oct 13 2008:
Shadow chancellor abandons bipartisan approach to banking crisis with attack on prime minister
The power of words

Oct 13 2008:
Kwame Kwei-Armah: Black History Month: My hero, Malcolm X, taught me to find and destroy the hate within
Brown and the banking crisis: remember the Falklands

Oct 13 2008:
Michael White: I hope George Osborne was watching Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling's Downing Street press conference this morning

Banking crisis timeline

Oct 13 2008:
How the credit crash has led to dramatic, unprecedented events in the City, on Wall Street and around the world
Tories slam delays over maintenance grant payments

Oct 13 2008:
Tories call for independent inquiry into delayed education maintenance allowance payments
Will the banking sector be saved by the rescue plan?

Poll: Oct 13 2008:
The prime minister said the dramatic investment in RBS, LLoyds and HBOS will help the UK banking industry to survive the global financial turbulence
Insurance offered to parents of children denied first-choice school

Oct 13 2008:
Offer from home insurer Sheilas' Wheels criticised by Local Government Association for implying parents have to 'pay to appeal'
A newspaper that goes back to the future

Oct 13 2008:
Copies of a unique four-page newspaper entitled The Manual were distributed to London commuters at several stations this morning. Unique? Yes, because every word and every image - every mark of any kind - was drawn by hand
Financial crisis: FTSE 100 rebounds on bank bail-out

Oct 13 2008:
Shares in London and Europe gained sharply after the UK government announced an injection of £37bn into Britain's biggest high street banks
Iceland savings: 'There are serious problems if local authorities can't get their money back'

Audio (3min 58sec), Oct 13 2008:
Robert Booth on the negotiations between Britain and Iceland on British savings in their banks