December 2011
Public support for Cameron’s EU walkout already unravelling
While the headline post-EU summit poll findings support the prime minister, there are already signs that the public is wary of what has happened.
Grim economic news II: OECD cut UK growth prediction. Again
Alex Hern follows up yesterday’s economics round-up with another day of bad news. This time the OECD and Fitch have joined in, both predicting a slow-down.
Inflation starts to head lower (probably)
Tony Dolphin analyses the latest inflation figures, the Consumer Price Indices November 2011 report.
What exactly did Cameron get from the EU summit?
It now looks increasingly likely the EU26 will be able to use the full spectrum of European Union institutions, undemining David Cameron’s summit ‘success’.
Cameron turns Britain from an outlier into an irrelevance
Cameron’s EU decision must be seen as an opportunity in opposition to both lead and win a debate on the twin issues of the future of multilateralism and Europe.
More grim news: Economists predict UK will be back in recession in 2012
Alex Hern reports on the projection that the British economy will fall into recession in 2012.