September 2011
Growth cut the 2010-11 deficit as fast as cuts
George Osborne’s strategy was 75% cuts and 25% taxes, but he forgot to add in growth; growth last year cut the deficit as much as cuts.
Nomination for most influential left-wing thinker: The disabled rights community
Nomination for left-wing thinker of the year: The disability rights community, in trying to change the way the whole country thinks about people with disabilities.
Time to move beyond the eurozone
It’s time to set out the agenda for a managed but clear process for Greece, followed by other countries, to secede from European Monetary Union and the eurozone.
Can Clegg deliver on his social mobility pledges?
In his speech to the Lib Dem conference today, Nick Clegg pledged to do more for social mobility; One Society’s Larissa Hansford looks at he challenges he faces.
Clegg’s speech: Long on dramatic pauses, short on facts
Nick Clegg's spin on issues such as the NHS, the environment and child detention didn't quite match the facts, in his Liberal Democrat party conference speech.
Clegg attacks Labour/union link – but keeps schtum on Tory/City links
Nick Clegg will attack “vested interests” in his speech this afternoon, hitting out at Labour’s union link - yet saying nothing about the Tories’ City links.