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Morning Line: Why are newspapers so big?

11:44 | 12 Mar 2010 | By Richard Lander

Newspapers are bleeding financially  but they just keep getting bigger and bigger. Last time I looked we still had one pair of eyes to read them.

Morning Line: Should the Tories ditch George Osborne for Ken Clarke?

11:15 | 11 Mar 2010 | By Tony Bonsignore

Would Conservative fortunes be improved by making Ken Clarke shadow chancellor?

Morning Line: Five ideas for an election-winning budget on March 24

11:52 | 10 Mar 2010 | By Tony Bonsignore

Gordon Brown today announced that the Budget will take place in two weeks' time. What might he do to increase Labour's chances of an election victory on May 6?

Morning Line: Are there alternatives to Labour's 'job-killing' tax hikes?

11:01 | 09 Mar 2010 | By Lorna Bourke

The main parties are all in agreement on the need to hike income tax and national insurance. And they are all wrong.

Morning Line: Why Darling should think again on higher rate pensions tax relief

10:01 | 08 Mar 2010 | By Lorna Bourke

There is a strong case for restricting pension tax relief for the wealthy. But the government's current proposals are complex, costly and contradicatory.

Morning Line: Is war on the baby boomer generation justified?

10:15 | 05 Mar 2010 | By Richard Lander

It seems to be open season on the almost-oldies; is such hostility really necessary?

Morning Line: Message to 6 Music campaigners – pipe down and connect

10:01 | 04 Mar 2010 | By Richard Lander

However good 6Music is, it’s now just one of a million sources of musical inspiration that surround us. Protesters should put down their placards and go find some of them.

Morning Line: The UK economy is down, but certainly not out

11:49 | 03 Mar 2010 | By Deborah Hyde

Britain has always come through when its back is up against the wall, and this time will be no different.

Morning Line: Is a full-blown sterling crisis a real possibility?

11:49 | 02 Mar 2010 | By Tony Bonsignore

Is this the first act in a rapidly unfolding currency crisis, or simply a natural readjustment for an overvalued currency?

Morning Line: Will saying 'no' more often rebuild confidence in Lloyds?

12:22 | 01 Mar 2010 | By Deborah Hyde

Lloyds thinks a return to old-fashioned banking is key to its future success.

Morning Line: How steep will the house price fall be?

09:10 | 26 Feb 2010 | By Chris Marshall

Don’t trust Nationwide’s figures? Fair enough, but they coincide with data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders showing that mortgage lending has fallen to a 10-year low.

Morning Line: Is it time to put twitching corpse RBS out of its misery?

11:42 | 25 Feb 2010 | By Tony Bonsignore

Today’s RBS results are less bad than feared, but they’re still awful. Is it time to end to start considering alternatives to its status as a ‘private’ bank?

Morning Line: Was Darling attacked by 'forces of hell' just for telling the truth?

11:33 | 24 Feb 2010 | By Tony Bonsignore

Alistair Darling simply told the truth in 2008 when he said the UK was facing its worst economic conditions in 60 years. The ‘forces of hell’ he unleashed are a sad indictment of British politics.  

Morning Line: Lloyds' bonus move a clever ploy by unrepentant bankers

10:56 | 23 Feb 2010 | By Tony Bonsignore

Comments by Lloyds chairman Sir Win Bischoff shows the bankers have no intention of changing their ways.

Morning Line: Who best to fix the indebted economy – Tories or Labour?

10:26 | 19 Feb 2010 | By Chris Marshall

The debate among warring economists shows how urgently we need political parties to set out a clear plan of action on the yawning budget deficit. 

Morning Line: So who is enjoying the recovery, exactly?

11:16 | 18 Feb 2010 | By Tony Bonsignore

Unemployment is rising and living standards falling. So who exactly is enjoying the supposed recovery? 

Morning Line: Greece's dodgy debt deals don't let EU off the hook

11:10 | 17 Feb 2010 | By Deborah Hyde

EU piles pressure on Greece after news the country used complex financial instruments to mask the levels of its debt, netting investment banks billions of pounds in fees.

Morning Line: Should the Bank of England let inflation take off?

11:40 | 16 Feb 2010 | By Tony Bonsignore

Some economists think the Bank of England should abandon its current inflation target. Others think it already secretly has.

Morning Line: A 10% Death Tax would be political suicide

09:52 | 15 Feb 2010 | By Lorna Bourke

Instead, what about a 10% pay cut for all public sector workers earning more than £50K a year?

Morning Line: Tough decisions ahead as council jobs cull speeds up

10:48 | 11 Feb 2010 | By Deborah Hyde

Birmingham Council is the latest local authority to announce job cuts but it's not all good news.

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