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Alistair Darling arrives at the Marylebone JobCentrePlus in London. The number of professionals on the dole has shot up since the recession started The 'white collar' recession has seen unemployment among professionals soar, new figures showed today.

By Jenny Fyall THE head of a renewables group will today call on Chancellor Alistair Darling to hand over A 174 million of unspent money for Scottish green energy projects.

THE G20 summit ended in disarray last night after the US shot down plans for a new tax on banks just hours after they were floated by Alistair Darling.

THE SNP yesterday blamed Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling as a further 1,000 job losses were announced by bosses at Lloyds Banking Group.

THE Glasgow North-East by-election is a fight for the "future" of the city, Alistair Darling declared yesterday.

Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the SNP have urged voters yesterday in Glasgow North East not to vote for the British National Party in Thursday's by-election. Their decision to join forces rather than ignore the BNP campaign, is evidence of mounting concern about the far-right party in a country where its impact has hitherto been negligible.

ST. ANDREWS, Britain, Nov. 7 -- It is still too early to remove stimulus, and climate change financing remains the key to success of the Copenhagen conference, the G20 finance ministers and bank governors said Saturday.

Chancellor insists Obama administration's refusal to back a 'day-to-day financial transaction tax' does not mean an end to plans Alistair Darling today pledged that the Government would step up its fight for a new international tax on banking despite an initially frosty response to the plan from Washington.

G20 policymakers remain divided on how to scale back fiscal and monetary stimulus programs at the ongoing G20 Finance Minister and Central Bank Governor Meeting.

Rain and strong winds gave way to sunshine Saturday morning at St. Andrews, where the Group of 20 industrialized and developing countries met to discuss economic reform and climate change issues.

Mervyn King will reveal the Bank of England 's forecasts for the crucial pre-election period this week, amid a furious row among some of Britain's most prominent economists about whether the recession is already over.

U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling urged the Group of 20 nations to maintain stimulus measures for their economies to cement a recovery from the worst recession in six decades.

Nov. 7 - British finance minister Alistair Darling urges his G20 counterparts work towards a $100 billion deal to tackle climate change at a summit in Scotland.

Chancellor tells audience in Edinburgh that it is not yet certain 'the global recovery has sufficient momentum to be sustained and durable' G20 nations should not plan their exit strategies from the life support measures they implemented in the midst of financial crisis until they can ensure recovery is sustainable, the chancellor said tonight.

Alistair Darling took the bulk of the flak this week for attempting to defend the changes at Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland, which will see the taxpayer stump up a further A 40bn against a backdrop of promises of no big bonuses.

Alistair Darling has said that a deal to tackle climate change is "essential", as he prepared for a summit with finance ministers and bankers.

The Group of 20 leading nations will agree this weekend it is too early to pull the plug on emergency support for the global economy and launch a new system of checks to help rebalance world growth and prevent future crises.

Alistair Darling reminded me of a teenager asking for money as he tried to explain why he needed yet more cash for the banks.

Royal Bank of Scotland stunned unions today by announcing another 3,700 job cuts as it prepared to reveal details of a major restructuring which will see the taxpayers' stake in it increase to 84%. As RBS, currently 70% owned by the public, admitted it was cutting 14% of its work force in a desperate attempt to slash costs, the chancellor, Alistair ...

Chancellor Alistair Darling says bank sales will only happen "when the time is right" The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling came on the Politics Show to explain his plan to break-up the state-owned banks and create three new, privately-owned companies.