Clegg warns UK of 'choppy' recovery amid fears North will suffer most from cuts

Mr Clegg stressed cuts will begin next April and be spread over four years so there is no 'sword of Damocles that's going to come down straight away'.

Spending cuts 'to hit north harder'

Industrial areas in the North East and Midlands are least resilient to economic shocks, BBC-commissioned research suggests.

Middlesbrough 'least resilient' area in England

Middlesbrough is the area of England least resilient to economic shocks, according to BBC-commissioned research.

New Google Instant shows search results as you type

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Aon to offer more monitoring

Bowing to a massive outcry from 22,000 state pensioners whose Social Security numbers were published online, the company that made the mistake will give them three years of free credit monitoring instead of just one.