ANALYSIS: everyone for himself in the city of unity

After the finale of the Berlin Wall celebrations, EU leaders will fight over the top jobs made possible by the events of 1989

Tories plan a voice for business in Europe

Shadow Chancellor George Osborne hints at how the Treasury will operate if the Conservatives win the forthcoming election

Individual carbon ration account proposed

If people used up their yearly ration early, they would have to buy extra from those who had not used their full allowance

Jim Devine denies harassing Tory woman

Could Glasgow North East offer Brown hope?

News in brief

UKIP MEPs’ expenses probed | Briton beats Russian giant | Author to leave Church of England | Take That’ s wedding song

Viscount uses loophole to net £140,000

A hereditary peer whose ancestor gave his name to the Falkland Islands has admitted 'exploiting a loophole' to claim expenses

Labour hit by poll cash crisis

The party is facing an election crisis after Labour's banks imposed a ban spending extra money on campaigning

Home Office covered up immigration risk

Documents reveal Labour's 'open door' policy knowingly risked allowing dangerous people to settle in Britain unchecked

Gordon Brown calls for global banking shakeup

Speaking at G20, prime minister calls on world’s bankers to adopt ‘social contract’ to prevent future bailouts hitting taxpayer

Fresh fatalities as Britain stops to remember war dead

As thousands join Remembrance Day ceremonies, MoD confirms 200th combat death in Afghanistan - followed by the 201st

Drama reveals Queen's spats with Thatcher

The mutual mistrust and dislike between the monarch and former Prime Minister is explored in a new Channel 4 series

The battle to nail an MEP fraudster

Four years after Daniel Foggo first exposed UKIP’s Tom Wise as an embezzler, justice has finally caught up with him

Brown in row over tax
on transactions

The PM has thrown his weight behind a 'Tobin tax' on financial transactions as a way of taxing and reining in the banks

Briefing: MPs’ expenses

The official report on the expenses scandal proposes big cuts and an end to extravagance, but many MPs are fighting to keep their lifestyles

My week: Franny Armstrong

The eco-activist was rescued by the London mayor – cue media frenzy

PROFILE: Elizabeth Truss

The high-flying candidate’s past extramarital affair has sparked a revolt by Norfolk Tories, revealing a rift between the old and new party

US rejects Brown's plans to tax transactions

Humiliation for the prime minster as Americans reject his G20 ideas for banking reforms to prevent taxpayer bailouts

Further row over MPs' expenses reform

Professor Sir Ian Kennedy, due to implement proposed plan to clean-up parliament, is considering scrapping key measures