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ITVLauraK

  1. Big gain for City Hall - he has great judgement + talent for running unruly team! before you ask, I'd'never have known who he voted for!
  2. My excellent former news ed, Will Walden, who masterminded last elex at beeb off to try to control Boris' comms! big loss to telly news...
  3. Thanks for all tweets this week as ever - not around tomorrow so keep up with @itvnews and @ITVRichard
  4. Building firms big and small, and Vince Cable on GDP - watch our piece @itvnews at 6.30
  5. Company boss tells me there lots govt could do to speed up economy without spending cash IF it was their top priority - he's not sure it is
  6. itv.com/news/2012-05-2… David Miles, Bank of England, says economy extraordinary 14 pc smaller than if credit crunch hadn't changed everything
  7. Balfour says govt can't just turn on spending taps but need to get on with infrastructure -firms ready to spend but need certainty to do so
  8. Boss of one of UK s biggest building firms, Balfour Beatty, tells me govt must 'get moving' on infrastructure
  9. GDP my blog itv.com/news/2012-05-2…
  10. GDP my blog -
  11. "@itvnews: No such thing as a free bank account? By @ITVLauraK itv.com/news/2012-05-2…" my blog on free banking...
  12. Office for National Stats says construction fell 4.8 percent in the period - is recession still 'accident of the maths'?
  13. Construction figs many thought were over pessimistic dragged down economy more than previously thought January to March
  14. UK GDP revised down a nudge for first part of the year to -0.3 percent - harder to write off as 'flatlining'
  15. Morning,another take on GDP for 1st part of yr at 9.30, Hewlett Packard shedding more than 20,000 jobs round world + should banking be free?
  16. Watch our piece on mis-selling here...cost to banks could potentially end up as much as 10 billion itv.com/news/2012-05-2…
  17. His bank says it would cost him 100k to get out of the policy - he says costs of continuing to pay will force him to close down altogether