101.   Banks were lower amid concerns about the possible introduction of an industry regulator by a future Labour government.

102.   Blair also bluntly warned there were some things a Labour government would not agree to.

103.   Britain is fast fading into the background, analysts say, even though the new Labour government in London has vowed to pursue a strong Hong Kong policy.

104.   Brown earlier stressed that a Labour government would not give the Bank of England operational independence from the outset.

105.   Brown, a vital cog in the Labour government particularly as the euro issue smoulders away, had always intended to take paternity leave.

106.   But a Labour government is expected to be more co-operative in Brussels, even if it maintains a robust defence of British interests.

107.   Brown stressed that a Labour government would not give the Bank of England operational independence from the outset.

108.   But the Labour government, under heavy pressure from its backbench members of parliament, has agreed to reopen the debate on hunting with hounds.

109.   But they have a pivotal influence which, they claim, could prove the difference between a Tory or a Labour government.

110.   Damascus is demanding that any talks with Israel resume at the point where they were broken off with the previous Labour government there.