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The mystique of the modern resignation statement dates from Geoffrey Howe's devastating, unexpected assault on Margaret Thatcher in 1990. In a speech widely thought to be drafted partly by his [...]

As chancellor of the Exchequer, he helped lift Britain with tax cuts and other Conservative measures — the “Lawson Boom” — but harder times followed, and he resigned. LONDON — [...]

Byline: William Keegan The prime minister has fallen out with his chancellor? Happy Easter and please tell me something new. Indeed, tension between Nos 10 and 11 Downing Street is [...]

I promise this is the last time I will mention the Tony Blair and Gordon Brown TV series until next week (Monday's episode, the fourth of five of Blair & [...]

Byline: Gordon Rayner Economic policy, said Nigel Lawson, can only be a success if 'there is, and is seen to be, full agreement between the prime minister and the chancellor'. [...]

Byline: Reports by Patrick Sawer THE government is riven by the question of Europe, the Prime Minister is at odds with key members of her Cabinet and at the same [...]

Byline: Patrick Sawer, Senior News Reporter The government is riven by the question of Europe, the Prime Minister is at odds with key members of her Cabinet and at the [...]

Byline: Ben Farmer Nigel Lawson asked Margaret Thatcher to spare his ministerial Jaguar after she had already removed his country residence in a bruising cabinet reshuffle, newly released papers show. [...]

HIS CABINET career may have ended following a bitter disagreement with Margaret Thatcher over the economy, but 25 years on Nigel Lawson clearly still reveres the former prime minister. So [...]

Trouble, thy name is Nigel. Or so it must seem to David Cameron. In a week, the prime minister's authority has been rocked by Nigel Farage, shaken by the Nigel […]

LIFE INSIDE THE TREASURY Kenneth Clarke Chancellor 1993-97 'The Treasury was a brilliant department; the best I ever served in. It was like an Oxbridge College, brilliant minds engaged in [...]

LEAD: Nigel Lawson, who resigned as Chancellor of the Exchequer last week, challenged Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher openly today to swallow British national pride and let the pound be tied […]

LEAD: One of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's longest-serving ministers, Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson, angrily resigned tonight in a dispute over who was in charge of British economic policy […]

LEAD: The spectacular leap of John Major to the top ranks of British Government might be thought of by some as belying the adage that nice guys finish last. The […]