How Osborne sent the march of the makers into reverse
Manufacturing’s strong rallying out of the 2008 recession, was killed stone dead at the turn of 2011, as effects of the government’s economic policies kicked in.
Yearly Archives: 2012
Who’ll be first across the bridge in the race to be Labour’s Bristol Mayor candidate?
As campaigning gets under way in the race to be Bristol’s first directly elected mayor, Left Foot Forward previews Labour’s prospective candidates.
Social mobility desperately needs to be top of the national policy agenda
Research shows the UK is a lot less socially mobile than other countries and this problem needs to be prioritised.
WATCH: Krugman savages the austerians with embarrassing ease
On last night’s Newsnight, Nobel laureate Paul Krugman took apart the arguments of the austerians, clearly, forensically, brilliantly.
Osborne tries to bury charity tax U-turn – the fifth flip-flop this week
George Osborne was forced into another humiliating U-turn today – this time on the charity tax, the fifth government reverse this week.
Now is the time for a new Tax Justice Consensus
Richard Murphy from Tax Research UK proposes a new Tax Justice Consensus to replaced the predominant ideas of the Washington Consensus.
Child poverty: Absolute and relative
A new campaign is raising awareness of the social impact of inequality – and you can help.
Now the EC warns Osborne: Deficit “projected to fall more slowly” due to weak growth
The European Commission today became the latest international body to issue a warning on the state of the UK economy, reports Shamik Das.
Universities tell Cameron: Please don’t crack down on international students
Seventy university heads have sent a letter to the prime minister asking him not to unfairly target international students to lower immigration levels.
Police Commissioners: Less machismo, more safeguarding vital services
By promising to ringfence funding for vital local services, Labour can challenge forthcoming PCC elections’ narrow-minded, macho obsession with policing.