The FTSE fell 13.7 per cent since the start of July - the worst quarterly fall since Q3 2002 and the fourth worst in its history, reports Shamik Das.
Alex Hern looks at Nick Boles’s claims the Conservatives have lurched to the right, and his policy prescriptions to solve it.
Ed Miliband apologised for not defending disabled people from attacks by the Tories and right-wing press in his conference speech, reports Shamik Das.
Alex Hern addresses the conservative reaction to the agency workers directive and the financial transaction tax, both proposals coming from Europe.
Rupert Read discusses the flaws, in both aim and execution, of Eric Pickles’s plan to return to weekly bin collections.
Harriet Harman closed the Labour party conference in Liverpool today with a call to arms, reports Shamik Das.