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Britain plummets down graduate league table

OECD report says Britain's "competitive advantage" has been lost, slipping behind Poland, Iceland, Portugal and Slovakia.

7 Sep 2010, 9:58 am | click here to view more

Britain Backs New E.U. Oversight Plan

Britain’s chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, endorsed a clutch of new agencies to supervise financial activities across the European Union.

7 Sep 2010, 6:28 pm | click here to view more

Britain falls behind Slovakia as UK plummets in graduate league table

Britain has slipped from third to 15th in a table of countries ranked by their rates of students gaining university degrees.

7 Sep 2010, 5:41 pm | click here to view more

Britain falls in graduation rate ranking

Britain's position in an international graduate league table has plummeted, as spending cuts threaten to cast a further blow to higher education, a report showed Tuesday.

7 Sep 2010, 4:21 pm | click here to view more

Britain invites Indian financial firms to set up shop there

Britain Tuesday invited Indian banks, financial and insurance firms to set up businesses in the country.

7 Sep 2010, 3:32 pm | click here to view more

Britain's youngest female double murderer jailed

Britain's youngest female double murderer has been given a life sentence for killing her dad and a lady in separate incidents when she was just 15.

7 Sep 2010, 3:14 pm | click here to view more

Britain marks anniversary of 'Blitz' as new row looms with Germany

London - Britain Tuesday marked the 70th anniversary of the start of the Blitz - the aerial bombing of London and other cities - by the Nazi Luftwaffe in September, 1940.

7 Sep 2010, 1:42 pm | click here to view more

Britain finds strong demand at 2047 linker sale

Britain received strong demand at a sale of 2047 index-linked gilts on Tuesday as dealers rebuilt their possess stocks of the gilt after end-investors had bought heavily at the end of last month.

7 Sep 2010, 11:16 am | click here to view more

Britain to announce student visas crackd

Britain is to outline a crackdown on people arriving on student visas as it bids to tighten its immigration system.

6 Sep 2010, 11:23 am | click here to view more

Britain to announce student visas crackdown

Britain is to outline a crackdown on people arriving on student visas Monday as it bids to tighten its immigration system, described by a minister as "largely out of control".

6 Sep 2010, 11:01 am | click here to view more